1.8.9

⭐ New Features

• Make descriptions static for cache metrics #3321
• Avoid allocation of iterator with Tags#empty instance #3313

🐞 Bug Fixes

• HttpClientTimingInstrumentationVerificationTests cannot be implemented #3308
• ClassNotFoundException is thrown in a non-Spring Boot application when excluding LatencyUtils #3287
• Return value of LongTaskTimer#record and recordCallable is not marked Nullable #3284

🔨 Dependency Upgrades

• Backport unpinning of de.flapdoodle.embed.mongo version #3339
• Upgrade to netty 4.1.79, reactor-bom 2020.0.21 #3338
• Upgrade to signalfx-java 1.0.21 #3337
• Upgrade to io.dropwizard.metrics:metrics-graphite 4.1.33 #3336
• Upgrade to aws-java-sdk-cloudwatch 1.12.276 and software.amazon.awssdk:cloudwatch:2.17.247 #3335
• Upgrade to Gradle Wrapper 7.5.1 #3334
• Upgrade io.spring.ge.conventions to 0.0.11 #3289

❤️ Contributors

We'd like to thank all the contributors who worked on this release!

• @izeye, @bogdandrutu