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title: node-agent-12-16-0
source: https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/release-notes/agent-release-notes/nodejs-release-notes/node-agent-12-16-0
---

## Notes

#### Features

-   Added support for response streaming Lambda functions ([#2981](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/pull/2981)) ([61dbbf9](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/commit/61dbbf9b4a6cf69f5378387fc9c17c31671e9da4))
-   Added AWS entity linking segment attributes for otel bridge ([#2978](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/pull/2978)) ([6bf1ccc](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/commit/6bf1ccc657a955b4064a7a3a473bf24948d4ff56))
-   Added error handling on transactions for otel spans ([#2985](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/pull/2985)) ([4e61e09](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/commit/4e61e0935394744345c39f6b581ee86e66d0f82c))

#### Code refactoring

-   Updated span event generation to assign the appropriate `span.kind` based on the segment name ([#2976](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/pull/2976)) ([697b17e](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/commit/697b17e0553111aa494d08bc33eb7043cdfa8ca6))

#### Documentation

-   Updated compatibility report ([#2988](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/pull/2988)) ([ed17a6d](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/commit/ed17a6df1152a8e54cb8c8570fec0015990a4247))

#### Miscellaneous chores

-   Clarified supported next.js middleware versions in docs ([#2984](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/pull/2984)) ([15cb454](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/commit/15cb454f9cc38ccc22089d62aaeea54713159aa7))
-   Clarified system metrics sampler naming ([#2987](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/pull/2987)) ([8647d43](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/commit/8647d43f097d6d3d68a372824d9feb325604be96))
-   Refactored loops to be simpler ([#2990](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/pull/2990)) ([79fb8e9](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/commit/79fb8e90802954b617c1c00aecc866aa065aee12))
-   Removed unused transaction method ([#2986](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/pull/2986)) ([cb4e2f7](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/commit/cb4e2f7a8b84adb6d744a2083b083c92e306fbd5))
-   Reverted restriction in NestJS versioned tests ([#2979](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/pull/2979)) ([ffddcab](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/commit/ffddcab6d77bfc10c0df9cbfa724bc1c8f5fb251))

#### Tests

-   Fixed fastify assertions around span kind while running security agent ([#2983](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/pull/2983)) ([c641645](https://github.com/newrelic/node-newrelic/commit/c6416451f1fa6126b7dfd59f6b9267f9d2188ad0))

### Support statement:

We recommend updating to the latest agent version as soon as it's available. If you can't upgrade to the latest version, update your agents to a version no more than 90 days old. Read more about keeping agents up to date. (<https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/new-relic-solutions/new-relic-one/install-configure/update-new-relic-agent/>)

See the New Relic Node.js agent EOL policy for information about agent releases and support dates. (<https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/apm/agents/nodejs-agent/getting-started/nodejs-agent-eol-policy/>)