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Extended Query size in On-Prem Backends

Instana at the moment only collects the first 4KB of a query. Expanding the query capture limit beyond the current 4KB for Self-Hosted Instana deployments would unlock significant value for both customers and our own troubleshooting capabilities. ...
6 days ago in Instana / Tracing Submitted

Add span filtering for Hazelcast

Hi, I would like to have ability to filter tracing spans that relate to Hazelcast. Something similar is already done for Redis (described on Optimize data ingest in Instana). This would allow to further reduce data ingestion. Best regards,ldrascic
about 1 month ago in Instana / Tracing Submitted

Mask database queries

Hi, We encounter the problem that some database query's may not be visible for everyone.The monitoring is happening on application-side. An Instana agent on the database is not necessary. We have for example a Kubernetes cluster with 10 namespaces...
about 1 month ago in Instana / Tracing Functionality already exists

Enabling and Monitoring IBM ACE Tracing for ISO 8583 TCP/IP Integration Servers

While IBM ACE delivers strong core integration and messaging capabilities, ISO 8583 TCP/IP transaction flows currently rely primarily on native logging and flow‑level diagnostics, which offer limited centralized observability and real‑time operati...
about 2 months ago in Instana / Tracing Under review

Add Instana instrumentation support for GeneXus HTTP client libraries (including Ron’s Http-Client)

Problem A customer application built with GeneXus is being monitored using Instana. The application performs outbound HTTP calls to backend services (Bantotal services) using the HTTP client implementation provided by the GeneXus runtime. During a...
2 months ago in Instana / Tracing Under review

Implement sensor for observability of applications developed in PowerBuilder

PowerBuilder remains a crucial framework for massive, traditional ERP and financial systems in sectors such as government, healthcare, and banking. These applications are the backbone of many organizations, but they lack modern observability. With...
2 months ago in Instana / Tracing Future consideration

Enable Native Trace / Call Payload Visualization and Aggregation in Instana Dashboards

Problem Statement Customers using Instana for application performance monitoring cannot natively visualize or aggregate trace/call‑level payload data (custom tags, request/response attributes, business fields) in dashboards. While payload data can...
2 months ago in Instana / Tracing Future consideration

Enable native distributed trace continuity across AWS Lambda functions orchestrated by Step Functions

We are implementing a serverless architecture with the following flow: API Gateway → Lambda → Step Function → Lambda Instana correctly traces the Lambda functions individually, but the distributed trace is broken when execution crosses the AWS Ste...
2 months ago in Instana / Tracing Under review

Need to be able to trace some fields from body

Dear colleagues, Our customer is very interested in monitoring and tracing some body attributes and parameters. Like transaction details for development and troubleshooting. also would be useful to monitor a handled errors when for example header ...
3 months ago in Instana / Tracing Under review

Need to capture application payloads via tracing

Need to capture application payloads via tracing. The customer stores business data in the application payloads and they want to be able to view that data within Instana and build custom dashboards and write thresholds against the business data. T...
4 months ago in Instana / Tracing Under review