---
title: Java zero-code instrumentation
linkTitle: Java
aliases:
  - /docs/java/automatic_instrumentation
  - /docs/languages/java/automatic_instrumentation
cascade:
  vers:
    instrumentation: 2.12.0
    otel: 1.46.0
---

Zero-code instrumentation with Java uses a Java agent JAR or Spring Boot
Starter. To learn how to manually instrument your service or app code, see
[Manual instrumentation](/docs/languages/java/instrumentation/).