Prisma

Hey <!everyone> :v: :prisma-cool:

We just released Prisma `4.2.0` :prisma-rainbow:

:chart_with_upwards_trend: *Prisma Client tracing support (Preview)*
We’re excited to announce <https://www.prisma.io/docs/about/prisma/releases#preview|Preview> support for tracing in Prisma Client! :tada:
Tracing allows you to track requests as they flow through your application. This is especially useful for debugging distributed systems where each request can span multiple services.
Read more about tracing in our <https://www.prisma.io/blog/tracing-launch-announcement-pmk4rlpc0ll|announcement post> and learn more in <https://prisma.io/docs/concepts/components/prisma-client/opentelemetry-tracing|our documentation> on how to start working with tracing. Try it out and <https://github.com/prisma/prisma/issues/14640|let us know what you think>.

:level_slider: *Isolation levels for interactive transactions*
We have improved the `interactiveTransactions` Preview feature with the support for defining the isolation level of an interactive transaction. To set the transaction isolation level, use the `isolationLevel` option in the second parameter of the API. For example:
```await prisma.$transaction(
  async (prisma) =&gt; {
    // Your transaction...
  },
  {
    isolationLevel: Prisma.TransactionIsolationLevel.Serializable,
    maxWait: 5000,
    timeout: 10000,
  }
)```
Learn more about it in <https://www.prisma.io/docs/concepts/components/prisma-client/transactions#transaction-isolation-level|our documentation>. Try it out, and let us know what you think in this <https://github.com/prisma/prisma/issues/8664|GitHub issue>.

:writing_hand: *Renaming of Prisma Client Metrics*
In this release, we’ve renamed the metrics — counters, gauges, and histograms — returned from `prisma.$metrics()` to make it a little easier to understand at a glance. Give Prisma Client `metrics` a shot, and let us know what you think in this <https://github.com/prisma/prisma/issues/13579|GitHub issue>. To learn more, check out <https://www.prisma.io/docs/concepts/components/prisma-client/metrics|our documentation>.

:nail_care: *Syntax highlighting for raw queries in Prisma Client*

This release adds syntax highlighting support for raw SQL queries when using `$queryRaw``` and `$executeRaw```. This is made possible using <https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Prisma.prisma|Prisma’s VS Code extension>.
*Note*: Syntax highlighting currently doesn’t work with when using parentheses, `()`, `$queryRaw()`, `$executeRaw()`, `$queryRawUnsafe()`, and `$executeRawUnsafe()`. If you are interested in having this supported, let us know in this <https://github.com/prisma/language-tools/issues/74|GitHub issue>.

:books: *Learn more in the release notes*
For more info and links to documentation, you can read the <https://github.com/prisma/prisma/releases/tag/4.2.0|release notes>.

:star2: *Help us spread the word about Prisma* :star2:
To help spread the word about Prisma, we’d very much appreciate it if you would star the repo :star2: And if you’re excited about the features in this week’s release, then help us and share your excitement on <https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Check%20out%20the%20latest%20@prisma%20release%20v4.2.0%20%F0%9F%9A%80%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttps://github.com/prisma/prisma/releases/tag/4.2.0|Twitter>.

:newspaper: *Join us on Thursday for the “What’s new in Prisma” livestream*
This week, <@U026ZKT4449> and I will discuss the latest release and other news from the Prisma ecosystem in a <https://youtu.be/5Su2c3ZLBGs|livestream on YouTube> this *Thursday at 5 pm Berlin | 8 am San Francisco*.