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My subscriptions: Extend Capabilities

Add ability to mark http status codes as errors though they are not in the 5xx range

Hi, Certain application owners in our organisation have the need to report error rates based on functional errors which are e.g. reported with a 412 (or other) http status codes. This is technically not an error and those requests are not marked a...
about 19 hours ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities Submitted

Log Deduplication for Instana Distribution of OpenTelemetry Collector

Many applications generate repetitive log messages within short time intervals. Currently, all instances of these messages are forwarded to the Instana backend, resulting in unnecessary disk space consumption, increased bandwidth utilization. The ...
6 days ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities Submitted

MSAD Monitoring without DHCP Server

Customer would like to monitor Microsoft Active Directory technology without DHCP server installation pre-requisite. Customer stated that, even if its possible to install DHCP on Domain Controller, they prefer not to do it, because possible ip con...
9 days ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities Submitted

Global and Policy‑Based Endpoint Mapping for Application Perspectives

Problem Statement Instana’s default HTTP endpoint mapping behavior (“use the first URL path segment”) is insufficient for modern, large‑scale microservice and API‑driven environments, particularly where: APIs are versioned using path prefixes (f...
about 1 month ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities Submitted

Add Identifier/Flag for Events Suppressed During Maintenance Windows to Support Downstream Integrations

When an Instana environment is in a maintenance window, events are intentionally suppressed and not forwarded to downstream systems such as ServiceNow (SNOW). However, Instana currently provides no mechanism to identify or retrieve which events we...
2 months ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities Submitted

Need to improve accounting/billing capabilities

I'm working with a customer that wants improvements in the accounting and billing capabilities. First, they want a very clear and easy way to see the projection for the month. Ideally, just a number that we report rather than having to flyover the...
3 months ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities Submitted