JProfiler releases

JProfiler Release 6.0.6

Thu, 1 Jul 2010 09:00:00 +0200

New features:

Full support for eclipse 3.6

JProfiler Release 6.0.5

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 09:00:00 +0200

Bugs fixed:

Some usages of LockSupport.park were recorded as runnable
Fixed loading of some snapshot files from JProfiler 5.1 and earlier

JProfiler Release 6.0.4

Mon, 7 Jun 2010 09:00:00 +0200

New features:

Heap walker: "Purging index" phase is is now much faster
Bundled IntelliJ IDEA plugin now supports IDEA 9.0.2

Bugs fixed:

Thread dumps in offline snapshots were not loaded in the JProfiler GUI
Fixed loading of some snapshot files

JProfiler Release 6.0.3

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:00:00 +0100

Bugs fixed:

Opening large snapshots (> 2-3 GB) could result in using up all disk space
Data from the locking history graph and the monitor history view that was already visible in the JProfiler GUI at the time of saving was not shown in snapshots
Wrong tooltip was displayed for snapshots in the threads history view if no monitors were recorded for a particular thread and time
In the telemetry views, it was sometimes possible to zoom in from the initial zoom level, but not to zoom out again
The main thread was not recorded on BEA JRockit JVMs

JProfiler Release 6.0.2

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:00:00 +0100

Bugs fixed:

The IDEA 9.0 integration did not work with the final release of IDEA 9.0
Load session settings on startup for local sessions profiled with 1.6+ configured with the "Start immediately" startup mode to avoid problems with retransforming a large number of classes

JProfiler Release 6.0.1

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:00:00 +0100

Bugs fixed:

NetBeans plugin did not work if JProfiler was installed in a path with spaces
Source path could not be changed temporarily for a snapshot
The native library path in a local session configuration was ignored for 1.5+ JVMs
Print an exception if the "Create an HRPOF heap dump" trigger action fails

JProfiler Release 6.0

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 09:00:00 +0100

New features:

Current locking and locking history graphs
Thread dumps view
Method statistics view
Exceptional method runs: Analyze the slowest executions of selected methods in detail
"Tree map" view mode in all call tree views and the biggest objects view of the heap walker
Auto-tuning for dynamic instrumentation: Methods with disproportional overhead will be suggested for a list of ignored methods
Simplified manual configuration of profiling with a single -agentpath VM parameter for Java 5+
Changing profiling settings without restarting the profiled JVM for Java 6+
Loading snapshots from IDE integrations
Support for FreeBSD x86 and Linux PPC
Thread history view: Tool tips with stack traces and links to the monitor section
Monitor history view: Integration with the new locking graphs
Call tracer: Added stack trace context information
Configurable levels and threshold for expansion in call trees
"Select in heap walker" actions now also work with snapshots. In live sessions you will be asked whether to use the current heap dump or whether to take a new one
Conditional recording of the monitor event history
Profiling without waiting at startup (nowait mode) does not require a config file for Java 6+ anymore
Minimum number of significant digits for data feed labels in VM telemetries
New icon set for Windows Vista/Windows 7 and all other non-Windows XP platforms
Remember window sizes for JProfiler frames
IDE integration for Netbeans 6.8 with support for profiling Glassfish v3
IDE integration for IntelliJ Idea 9
Integration wizard for JBoss 5.1
Integration wizard for Glassfish v3
Integration wizard for Coldfusion 9
Integration wizard for Oracle Weblogic 11g

Bugs fixed:

Fixed exception in command line integration wizard
Method trigger configuration: Browse in profiled classes did not work
Fixed performance regression in the selection of the heap walker time view with JRE 1.6 update 10 and higher
IDE integrations: Deselecting the "Open new window" option did not always work
Selecting primitive arrays in the heap walker from other views was not possible
Fixed problem with repeated docking and undocking of profiling views
Red markers for unprofiled classes in call tree views were sometimes incorrect
Native console for local sessions did not work on Windows Vista and Windows 7

JProfiler Release 5.2.4

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:00:00 +0200

Bugs fixed:

Fixed a race condition that could lead to a deadlock in the profiled JVM
Fixed a crash in the profiled JVM that could occur when the JVM terminated and the JProfiler GUI was not connected
Fixed a crash in the heap walker related to internal reflection classes

JProfiler Release 5.2.3

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:00:00 +0200

New features:

Support for eclipse 3.5 in the IDE integration wizard
Support for Netbeans 6.7 in the IDE integration wizard

Bugs fixed:

Make it clear in the GUI that invocation counts for non-runnable thread states refer to thread state events and not to actual method invocations
Method triggers on constructors did not work
Object comparison: Reloaded classes with the same name contributed multiple rows with erratic numbers to the comparison
Heap walker: The fallback for large snapshots did not always work
Heap walker: Fixed a crash on Mac OS X when calculating deep sizes
Heap walker: HPROF snapshots with multiple segments (for example Android snapshots) could not be loaded
Certain old JProfiler snapshot files could not be loaded anymore
Fixed a rare crash when profiling the IBM JVM
Mac OS X: Thread name changes were not shown in the JProfiler GUI

JProfiler Release 5.2.2

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:00:00 +0200

New features:

Added integration wizard for Netbeans RCP applications

Bugs fixed:

Fixed exception when scanning heap dump
If small icons were chosen for the toolbar, it was not possible to reset the icon size without restarting JProfiler
Fixed loading of very large snapshot files
An exception was thrown at startup if a 1.5+ JRE without java.lang.management classes was used for profiling
Fixed exception for JNDI profiling with some JNDI service providers
Fixed NullPointerException when opening certain HPROF files
Fixed ArrayIndexOutOfBoundException when loading snapshot
Payloads larger than 64K lead to exception during profiling
Install eclipse plugin in "dropins" folder for eclipse 3.4
Solved "Could not find an unused local port" problem for IDE integrations
Web start sessions: "java-vm-args" attribute of the "j2se" element in the JNLP descriptor was ignored, so profiling did not work with 1.6.0 update 10 and higher when this attribute was used
Recorded objects and recorded throughput telemetries were always disabled for snapshots
Command line export: -liveness option was not respected for RecordedObjectsView
Mac OS X: Applet profiling instructions given by the wizard were wrong