Deployments

Deployment Markers

Record deployment events in New Relic so you can correlate releases with performance changes.

Record a Deployment

newrelic apm deployment create \
  --applicationId <APP_ID> \
  --revision "v1.2.3" \
  --description "Brief description of what changed" \
  --user "deploy-bot"

Required

• --applicationId — numeric APM application ID
• --revision — version string (e.g. git SHA, semver, MR number)

Optional

• --description — what changed (show in NR UI on charts)
• --user — who/what deployed
• --changelog — detailed change notes

Get Application ID

newrelic entity search --name "my-app" --type APPLICATION --domain APM | \
  jq '.[] | {name, applicationId}'

List Recent Deployments

newrelic apm deployment list --applicationId <APP_ID>

GitLab/GitHub CI Integration

Add to your CI pipeline after a successful deploy:

#!/bin/bash
# deploy-marker.sh
APP_ID="${NEW_RELIC_APP_ID}"
REVISION="${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA:-$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)}"
DESCRIPTION="${CI_COMMIT_TITLE:-Deployment}"
USER="${GITLAB_USER_LOGIN:-ci-bot}"

newrelic apm deployment create \
  --applicationId "$APP_ID" \
  --revision "$REVISION" \
  --description "$DESCRIPTION" \
  --user "$USER"

Why Deployment Markers Matter

After recording a deployment, the New Relic UI places a vertical line on all APM charts at that timestamp. This makes it immediately obvious if:

• Response times increased after a deploy
• Error rates spiked post-release
• Throughput dropped unexpectedly

You can also query them via NRQL:

SELECT *
FROM Deployment
WHERE appId = <APP_ID>
SINCE 1 week ago

Automation: Mark on Every Merge

Script to call from a post-merge webhook or CI step:

#!/bin/bash
# Usage: ./deployment-marker.sh <app_id> <revision> <description>
set -euo pipefail

APP_ID="${1:?app_id required}"
REVISION="${2:?revision required}"
DESCRIPTION="${3:-Automated deployment}"

newrelic apm deployment create \
  --applicationId "$APP_ID" \
  --revision "$REVISION" \
  --description "$DESCRIPTION" \
  --user "steven-openclaw"

echo "Deployment marker recorded: $REVISION → app $APP_ID"