feat!: Remove newrelic from base dependencies (#504)

This will reduce the dependency set for deployers not using New Relic.
See DEPR: openedx/public-engineering#360

Also, update docs around choice of backends.

Author: timmc-edx

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ Change Log
 Unreleased
 ----------
 
+8.0.0 - 2025-05-22
+------------------
+* **BREAKING CHANGE**: ``newrelic`` removed from dependencies. Users of New Relic should install the package separately in their services. `See relevant DEPR <https://github.com/openedx/public-engineering/issues/360>`_.
+
 7.4.0 - 2025-04-10
 ------------------
 * Same as 7.3.0

README.rst

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ This repository includes shared utilities for:
 * `Logging Utilities`_: Includes log filters and an encrypted logging helper.
 
 * `Monitoring Utilities`_: Includes Middleware and utilities for enhanced monitoring.
-  At this time, supports NewRelic monitoring.
+  Supports several monitoring backends.
 
 * `Plugin Infrastructure`_: Enables enhanced Django Plugin capabilities.
 

edx_django_utils/__init__.py

@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 EdX utilities for Django Application development..
 """
 
-__version__ = "7.4.0"
+__version__ = "8.0.0"

edx_django_utils/monitoring/README.rst

@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 Monitoring Utils
 ================
 
-This is our primary abstraction from 3rd party monitoring libraries such as newrelic.agent. It includes middleware and utility methods for adding custom attributes and for better monitoring memory consumption.
+This is our primary abstraction from 3rd party monitoring libraries such as New Relic, Datadog, and OpenTelemetry. It includes middleware and utility methods for adding custom attributes and for better monitoring memory consumption.
 
 See ``__init__.py`` for a list of everything included in the public API.
 
-If, for some reason, you need low level access to the newrelic agent, please extend this library to implement the feature that you want. Applications should never include ``import newrelic.agent`` directly.
+If, for some reason, you need low level access to a monitoring library, please extend this library to implement the feature that you want. Applications should never include ``import newrelic.agent`` (or similar) directly.
 
 Choice of monitoring tools
 --------------------------
 
-The most complete feature support is for New Relic (the default), but there is also initial support for OpenTelemetry and Datadog.
+The most complete feature support is for New Relic (the default), but there is also relatively complete support for Datadog and preliminary support for OpenTelemetry. Private or alternative implementations can also be used.
 
 The Django setting ``OPENEDX_TELEMETRY`` can be set to a list of implementations, e.g. ``['edx_django_utils.monitoring.NewRelicBackend', 'edx_django_utils.monitoring.OpenTelemetryBackend']``. All of the implementations that can be loaded will be used for all applicable telemetry calls.
 

requirements/base.in

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 Django                    # Web application framework
 django-waffle             # Allows for feature toggles in Django.
-newrelic                  # New Relic agent for performance monitoring
 psutil                    # Library for retrieving information on running processes and system utilization
 stevedore                 # Used by plugins to make importing easier
 django-crum               # Used by logging filters

requirements/base.txt

@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ django-crum==0.7.9
     # via -r requirements/base.in
 django-waffle==4.2.0
     # via -r requirements/base.in
-newrelic==10.12.0
-    # via -r requirements/base.in
 pbr==6.1.1
     # via stevedore
 psutil==7.0.0

requirements/test.txt

@@ -46,9 +46,7 @@ iniconfig==2.1.0
 mock==5.2.0
     # via -r requirements/test.in
 newrelic==10.12.0
-    # via
-    #   -r requirements/base.txt
-    #   -r requirements/test.in
+    # via -r requirements/test.in
 opentelemetry-api==1.33.1
     # via
     #   -r requirements/test.in