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title: Release Apache SkyWalking APM 6.0.0-beta date: 2018-12-25 author: SkyWalking Team

6.0.0-beta release. Go to downloads page to find release tars.

Key updates

1. Bugs fixed, closed to GA
2. New protocols provided, old still compatible.
3. Spring 5 supported
4. MySQL and TiDB as optional storage