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 Changes by Version
 ==================
 Release Notes.

 8.3.0
 ------------------
 #### Project
 * Test: ElasticSearch version 7.0.0 and 7.9.3 as storage are E2E tested.
 * Test: Bump up testcontainers version to work around the Docker bug on MacOS.

 #### Java Agent
 * Support propagate the sending timestamp in MQ plugins to calculate the transfer latency in the async MQ scenarios.
 * Support auto-tag with the fixed values propagated in the correlation context.
 * Make HttpClient 3.x, 4.x, and HttpAsyncClient 3.x plugins to support collecting HTTP parameters.
 * Make the Feign plugin to support Java 14
 * Make the okhttp3 plugin to support Java 14
 * Polish tracing context related codes.
 * Add the plugin for async-http-client 2.x
 * Fix NPE in the nutz plugin.
 * Provide Apache Commons DBCP 2.x plugin.
 * Add the plugin for mssql-jtds 1.x.
 * Add the plugin for mssql-jdbc 6.x -> 9.x.
 * Fix the default ignore mechanism isn't accurate enough bug.
 * Add the plugin for spring-kafka 1.3.x.
 * Add the plugin for Apache CXF 3.x.
 * Fix okhttp-3.x and async-http-client-2.x did not overwrite the old trace header.

 #### OAP-Backend
 * Add the `@SuperDataset` annotation for BrowserErrorLog.
 * Add the thread pool to the Kafka fetcher to increase the performance.
 * Add `contain` and `not contain` OPS in OAL.
 * Add Envoy ALS analyzer based on metadata exchange.
 * Add `listMetrics` GraphQL query.
 * Add group name into services of so11y and istio relevant metrics
 * Support keeping collecting the slowly segments in the sampling mechanism.
 * Support choose files to active the meter analyzer.
 * Support nested class definition in the Service, ServiceInstance, Endpoint, ServiceRelation, and ServiceInstanceRelation sources.
 * Support `sideCar.internalErrorCode` in the Service, ServiceInstance, Endpoint, ServiceRelation, and ServiceInstanceRelation sources.
 * Improve Kubernetes service registry for ALS analysis.
 * Add health checker for cluster management
 * Support the service auto grouping.
 * Support query service list by the group name.
 * Improve the queryable tags generation. Remove the duplicated tags to reduce the storage payload.
 * Fix the threads of the Kafka fetcher exit if some unexpected exceptions happen.
 * Fix the excessive timeout period set by the kubernetes-client.
 * Fix deadlock problem when using elasticsearch-client-7.0.0.
 * Fix storage-jdbc isExists not set dbname.
 * Fix `searchService` bug in the InfluxDB storage implementation.
 * Fix CVE in the alarm module, when activating the dynamic configuration feature.
 * Fix CVE in the endpoint grouping, when activating the dynamic configuration feature.
 * Fix CVE in the uninstrumented gateways configs, when activating the dynamic configuration feature.
 * Fix CVE in the Apdex threshold configs, when activating the dynamic configuration feature.
 * Make the codes and doc consistent in sharding server and core server.
 * Fix that chunked string is incorrect while the tag contains colon.
 * Fix the incorrect dynamic configuration key bug of `endpoint-name-grouping`.
 * Remove unused min date timebucket in jdbc deletehistory logical
 * Fix "transaction too large error" when use TiDB as storage.
 * Fix "index not found" in trace query when use ES7 storage.
 * Add otel rules to ui template to observe Istio control plane.
 * Remove istio mixer
 * Support close influxdb batch write model.
 * Check SAN in the ALS (m)TLS process.

 #### UI
 * Fix incorrect label in radial chart in topology.
 * Replace node-sass with dart-sass.
 * Replace serviceFilter with serviceGroup
 * Removed "Les Miserables" from radial chart in topology.
 * Add the Promise dropdown option

 #### Documentation
 * Add VNode FAQ doc.
 * Add logic endpoint section in the agent setup doc.
 * Adjust configuration names and system environment names of the sharing server module
 * Tweak Istio metrics collection doc.
 * Add otel receiver.

 All issues and pull requests are [here](https://github.com/apache/skywalking/milestone/62?closed=1)
	Changes by Version
	==================
	Release Notes.

	8.3.0
	------------------
	#### Project
	* Test: ElasticSearch version 7.0.0 and 7.9.3 as storage are E2E tested.
	* Test: Bump up testcontainers version to work around the Docker bug on MacOS.

	#### Java Agent
	* Support propagate the sending timestamp in MQ plugins to calculate the transfer latency in the async MQ scenarios.
	* Support auto-tag with the fixed values propagated in the correlation context.
	* Make HttpClient 3.x, 4.x, and HttpAsyncClient 3.x plugins to support collecting HTTP parameters.
	* Make the Feign plugin to support Java 14
	* Make the okhttp3 plugin to support Java 14
	* Polish tracing context related codes.
	* Add the plugin for async-http-client 2.x
	* Fix NPE in the nutz plugin.
	* Provide Apache Commons DBCP 2.x plugin.
	* Add the plugin for mssql-jtds 1.x.
	* Add the plugin for mssql-jdbc 6.x -> 9.x.
	* Fix the default ignore mechanism isn't accurate enough bug.
	* Add the plugin for spring-kafka 1.3.x.
	* Add the plugin for Apache CXF 3.x.
	* Fix okhttp-3.x and async-http-client-2.x did not overwrite the old trace header.

	#### OAP-Backend
	* Add the `@SuperDataset` annotation for BrowserErrorLog.
	* Add the thread pool to the Kafka fetcher to increase the performance.
	* Add `contain` and `not contain` OPS in OAL.
	* Add Envoy ALS analyzer based on metadata exchange.
	* Add `listMetrics` GraphQL query.
	* Add group name into services of so11y and istio relevant metrics
	* Support keeping collecting the slowly segments in the sampling mechanism.
	* Support choose files to active the meter analyzer.
	* Support nested class definition in the Service, ServiceInstance, Endpoint, ServiceRelation, and ServiceInstanceRelation sources.
	* Support `sideCar.internalErrorCode` in the Service, ServiceInstance, Endpoint, ServiceRelation, and ServiceInstanceRelation sources.
	* Improve Kubernetes service registry for ALS analysis.
	* Add health checker for cluster management
	* Support the service auto grouping.
	* Support query service list by the group name.
	* Improve the queryable tags generation. Remove the duplicated tags to reduce the storage payload.
	* Fix the threads of the Kafka fetcher exit if some unexpected exceptions happen.
	* Fix the excessive timeout period set by the kubernetes-client.
	* Fix deadlock problem when using elasticsearch-client-7.0.0.
	* Fix storage-jdbc isExists not set dbname.
	* Fix `searchService` bug in the InfluxDB storage implementation.
	* Fix CVE in the alarm module, when activating the dynamic configuration feature.
	* Fix CVE in the endpoint grouping, when activating the dynamic configuration feature.
	* Fix CVE in the uninstrumented gateways configs, when activating the dynamic configuration feature.
	* Fix CVE in the Apdex threshold configs, when activating the dynamic configuration feature.
	* Make the codes and doc consistent in sharding server and core server.
	* Fix that chunked string is incorrect while the tag contains colon.
	* Fix the incorrect dynamic configuration key bug of `endpoint-name-grouping`.
	* Remove unused min date timebucket in jdbc deletehistory logical
	* Fix "transaction too large error" when use TiDB as storage.
	* Fix "index not found" in trace query when use ES7 storage.
	* Add otel rules to ui template to observe Istio control plane.
	* Remove istio mixer
	* Support close influxdb batch write model.
	* Check SAN in the ALS (m)TLS process.

	#### UI
	* Fix incorrect label in radial chart in topology.
	* Replace node-sass with dart-sass.
	* Replace serviceFilter with serviceGroup
	* Removed "Les Miserables" from radial chart in topology.
	* Add the Promise dropdown option

	#### Documentation
	* Add VNode FAQ doc.
	* Add logic endpoint section in the agent setup doc.
	* Adjust configuration names and system environment names of the sharing server module
	* Tweak Istio metrics collection doc.
	* Add otel receiver.

	All issues and pull requests are [here](https://github.com/apache/skywalking/milestone/62?closed=1)