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Fixes

• Fix processes not being able to be unwinded, which is accidentally caused by not having symbol tables by @brancz in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1867

Enhancement

• Add metadata to identify Python and Ruby processes by @kakkoyun in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1868

Full Changelog: https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/compare/v0.23.0...v0.23.1

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Features

• Add thread id and thread name as pprof label by @kakkoyun in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1837

Enhancements

• bpf: Add metrics pertaining to JITed unwinding by @Sylfrena in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1858
• cmd/parca-agent: Bind debug endpoint to localhost only by default by @brancz in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1860
• Do not use global tracer provider by @kakkoyun in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1835

Full Changelog: https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/compare/v0.22.0...v0.23.0

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Fixes

• Use frame pointer unwinding for v8-based applications by @javierhonduco in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1836
• grpc/conn: Introduce exponential backoff retry with jitter for unary requests by @kakkoyun in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1826
• Make archive names linux uname -m compatible by @kakkoyun in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1830

Misc

• ci: Run vmtests before go-build tests by @Namanl2001 in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1814
• build: Clean generated BPF object files by @javierhonduco in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1824
• deploy/jsonnet: Make PSP optional by @kakkoyun in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1823
• chore(deploy/e2e): clean up PSP hacks by @maxbrunet in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1839
• deploy: Make default namespace independent by @brancz in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1847
• cmd/parca-agent/main.go by @brancz in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1843

Full Changelog: https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/compare/v0.21.0...v0.22.0

New Contributors

• @Namanl2001 made their first contribution in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1814

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Features

• Enable arm64 unwinding with frame pointers by @javierhonduco in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1805

Improvements

• Always include all architectures of BPF programs by @brancz in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1809
• *: Fix arm64 builds to choose correct BPF file by @brancz in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1807

Fixes

• Fix JITDump symbolization edge-case by @brancz in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1812
• use error.As() by @Sylfrena in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1810
• Increase default object file pool size and improve error by @brancz in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1800

Misc

• ci(release): update latest tag by @maxbrunet in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1787
• Add analytics by @brancz in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1803

Full Changelog: https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/compare/v0.20.0...v0.21.0

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This Parca Agent release includes three main additions:

1. Improved support for short lived processes.
2. Add support for unwinding mixed stacks (JIT/DWARF/frame-pointer).
3. Various metadata stability improvements.

Apart from these dozens of parca Agent performance improvements landed.

Happy profiling!

— Parca Maintainers

Changelog

• Add Go package to interact with libasyncprofiler by @v-thakkar in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1512
• chore: Disable deprecated linters by @v-thakkar in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1601
• pkg/asyncprofiler: Refactor NewAsyncProfiler to use functional options by @v-thakkar in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1603
• Overhaul process info discovery by @kakkoyun in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1507
• local dev/testing: Add missing dependencies for local tilt test setup by @kakkoyun in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1610
• pkg/asyncprofiler: Fix options format in SetAction by @v-thakkar in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1609
• *: Fetch labels at the first encounter with a process by @kakkoyun in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1611
• chore(container): add commit timestamp to image tag by @maxbrunet in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1621
• cpu.go: Show error if there's an error loading the BPF code by @javierhonduco in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1620
• Upgrade libbpfgo to 80f41e18e690 by @javierhonduco in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1622
• Profile correctness tests by @javierhonduco in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1627
• tests: Move integration tests to their own dir by @javierhonduco in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1629
• chore: Remove exclude-rules for the arguments pkg by @v-thakkar in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1630
• *: Remove retry limit and fix race conditions around ObjectFile by @kakkoyun in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1623
• pkg/perf: Optimize perf map parsing by @brancz in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1650
• build(container): add metadata labels by @maxbrunet in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1656
• internal/pprof: Remove unused vendored pprof packages by @javierhonduco in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1652
• Do not normalize addresses from JIT'd code by @javierhonduco in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1651
• tests/integration: Improve assertions by @javierhonduco in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1660
• deploy/tilt(dev): Add and configure kube-prometheus for local dev cluster by @kakkoyun in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1661
• *: Fix metadata caching issues by @kakkoyun in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1653
• Bump github.com/docker/distribution from 2.8.1+incompatible to 2.8.2+incompatible by @dependabot in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1636
• pkg/perf: Reduce allocs in ReadMap when parsing a large file by @marselester in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1669
• pkg/discovery: Handle multi-target discovery groups properly by @kakkoyun in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1682
• main: Add pprof config flags by @kakkoyun in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1683
• metadata/debuginfo: Add a flag to disable caching for metadata and debuginfo components by @kakkoyun in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1685
• pkg/cpu: Fix variable shadowing of error value by @Sylfrena in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1688
• *: Add inital tracing support using OTel (local testing using jaeger) by @kakkoyun in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1684
• *: Remove unbounded caches by @kakkoyun in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1672
• *: Add metrics, everywhere by @kakkoyun in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1634
• chore(local-observability): use release container image tags by @maxbrunet in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1700
• bpf: Add mixed-mode unwinding for JIT sections by @Sylfrena in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1670
• Use libbpf's cpu number helper by @javierhonduco in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1709
• objectfile: Fix concurrent read and premature close issues by @kakkoyun in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1689
• go.*/gprc: Upgrade grpc middlewares by @kakkoyun in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1715
• *: Add native histograms by @kakkoyun in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1717
• Enable native histograms for local promethei by @kakkoyun in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1718
• *: Separate obtaining raw data and pprof conversion by @brancz in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1716
• pkg/maps: Don't report not ELF errors by @brancz in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1724
• Disable RPC logging by default by @kakkoyun in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1725
• Use more conventional naming by @kakkoyun in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1728
• grpc: Fix codec issue causes kubernetes metadata problems by @kakkoyun in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1729
• pkg/process: Save whether mapping contains debuginfo to upload by @brancz in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1730
• pkg/profiler/cpu: Prevent creating unnecessary closure by @brancz in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1731
• bpf: enable JIT unwinding by default by @Sylfrena in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1727
• Refactor converter component by @kakkoyun in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1734
• *: Introduce lightweight LRU cache and use in hotpaths by @brancz in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1732
• debuginfo/manager: Exclude the time to wait for goroutines turn by @kakkoyun in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1739
• fix(config): fix reloading config from Kubernetes ConfigMap by @maxbrunet in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1735
• buildid: Simplify and optimize build id extraction by @kakkoyun in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1740
• pkg/process: Ensure debuginfo is uploaded by @brancz in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1743
• pkg/process: Filter mappings to only consider executable sections by @brancz in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1745
• pkg/process: Fix race by @brancz in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1746
• *: Remove 3rd-party multi-error packages by @kakkoyun in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1755
• tests/integration: enable in CI by @javierhonduco in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1758
• tests/integration: Fix stackContains by @javierhonduco in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1763
• cpu/process info: Reject inflight requests by @kakkoyun in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1765
• *: Remove burrow.Cache use cache.LRU instead by @kakkoyun in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1760
• maps/vdso: Simplify Base Address calculation by @kakkoyun in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1768
• Upgrade ainur by @kakkoyun in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1771
• *: Simplify ObjectFile life-cycle by @kakkoyun in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1770
• *: Avoid constant recreation of goroutines by @kakkoyun in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1759
• Use puzpuzpuz/xsync instead of sync.Map by @kakkoyun in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1772
• Improve Process Info cache performance by @kakkoyun in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1773
• Add a flag to configure RPC unary timeout by @kakkoyun in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1775
• Add a flag to control object file pool size by @kakkoyun in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1776
• Do not cache process info if we failed to read a mapping by @kakkoyun in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1777
• Add flags to control perf event buffer event handling by @kakkoyun in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1778

Full Changelog: https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/compare/v0.19.0...v0.20.0

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Improvements

• perf(grpc): use optimized code from vtprotobuf by @maxbrunet in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1581
• ksym: Introduce disk-based symbolizer, reducing mem usage by ~15% by @javierhonduco in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1587
• profiler: Reduce mem usage in maps with no filters by @javierhonduco in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1588
• unwinder/native: Remove polling mode by @javierhonduco in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1583

Full Changelog: https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/compare/v0.18.0...v0.19.0

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Fixes*

• Fix race in unwind information state by @javierhonduco in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1576
• Move fdtransfer to target directory by @v-thakkar in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1578

Minor Changes

• build: Pass sanitizers in debug build by @javierhonduco in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1577

Full Changelog: https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/compare/v0.17.2...v0.18.0

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Fixes

• Prevent the panics when we try to retry with a different number of shards by @kakkoyun in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1547

Minor Changes

• Hidden flag to disable address normalization for debugging by @marselester in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1534

Full Changelog: https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/compare/v0.17.1...v0.17.2

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Fixes

• Add cache stat metrics by @kakkoyun in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1521
• pkg/debuginfo: Fix extraction logic by @brancz in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1533

Full Changelog: https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/compare/v0.17.0...v0.17.1

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Features:

• pkg/convert: Add JFR to pprof converter by @brancz in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1499

Enhancements:

• vmtest: Update packages by @javierhonduco in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1517

Bug fixes:

• pkg/discovery: Fix panic when systemd gets corrupted header by @marselester in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1513
• cmd/parca-agent: Make sure log format flag is used by @kakkoyun in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1506
• cmd/parca-agent: Fix debuginfo flags struct by @brancz in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1523
• pkg/profiler/cpu: Fix condition for RequestUnwindInformation by @javierhonduco in https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/pull/1519

Full Changelog: https://github.com/parca-dev/parca-agent/compare/v0.16.0...v0.17.0

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