upgrade-browser-sdk-v5

Installation
SKILL.md

Upgrade Datadog Browser SDK to v5

Systematic migration guide from v4 to v5. Follow steps 1-7 in order. Each step includes a search pattern to find affected code.

Step 1: Update SDK version

CDN setup — update script src URLs:

v4 pattern v5 replacement
datadoghq-browser-agent.com/us1/v4/datadog-rum.js datadoghq-browser-agent.com/us1/v5/datadog-rum.js
datadoghq-browser-agent.com/us1/v4/datadog-logs.js datadoghq-browser-agent.com/us1/v5/datadog-logs.js
datadoghq-browser-agent.com/us1/v4/datadog-rum-slim.js datadoghq-browser-agent.com/us1/v5/datadog-rum-slim.js

Replace us1 with your site: eu1, us3, us5, ap1. For US1-FED, the pattern is flat with no site prefix: datadog-rum-v5.js, datadog-logs-v5.js, datadog-rum-slim-v5.js. Note: AP2 is not available for v5 — upgrade to v6 first if you need AP2.

Search: grep -r "datadoghq-browser-agent.com.*v4" --include="*.html" --include="*.js" --include="*.ts" --include="*.tsx" --include="*.jsx"

npm setup — update package.json dependencies:

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