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Monitor managed Kafka services with remote JMX (e.g. with Amazon MSK)

There is no supported method in Instana at the moment to monitor/observe managed Kafka services on the public cloud providers, e.g. Amazon MSK. Instana needs a way to pull in metrics and traces from Amazon MSK using remote JMX: https://docs.aws.am...
7 days ago in Instana / Tracing 0 Under review

Filtering traces and trace spans based on time spent in various stages such as self-time, network time, waiting time

Knowing the self-time and waiting time of HTTP requests would help in understanding the performance of the system and the performance of downstream systems. This will be helpful in creating accurate SLO dashboards that measure the performance of e...
2 months ago in Instana / Tracing 1 Under review

Missing traces for pods that run for about 5-10 minutes

The issue is caused because the instrumentation is not completed by the time the job completes its execution, which results in missing of trace data. We need the agent to be started - and running - before the application so we can instrument all t...
about 2 months ago in Instana / Tracing 0 Under review

Support CBOM Format for Certificate Upload and Algorithm Metadata Integration

Solution Value Statement Enable IBM Concert to ingest certificate data using the CBOM (Cryptographic Bill of Materials) format, including algorithm metadata, to improve automation, interoperability, and cryptographic posture visibility across ente...
20 days ago in Concert 0 Under review

Reducing data load by optimazing JVM StackTrace storage

Data load is ending into high costs for Instana customers, and probably for Instana itself. Analyzing the root cause of these big ammounts of data sent to the backend, we have realized that JVM's stack-traces are big chunks of data, which are main...
2 months ago in Instana / Tracing 1 Under review

Java Configuration-based SDK need support LMAX disruptor framework

We have a major business partner(Worldline - a world wild payment solution provider) is using LMAX disruptor within their new generation payment solution(PaySuite), they would like to partner with us to leverage Instana as the primary observabilit...
26 days ago in Instana / Tracing 1 Under review

A new view or option under "Dimensions" that allows Support to right-click and debug affected applications, services, and microservices

Problem Description Who is affected: Support engineers, SREs, and operations teams managing complex application environments. Current process: Status visibility is fragmented across tools.Troubleshooting requires manual data gathering and environm...
8 months ago in Concert 0 Under review

IBM Concert SaaS support Private Link

Solution Value Statement Enable IBM Concert SaaS to support Private Link connectivity, allowing all traffic to remain within the cloud provider’s private network. This enhances security, reduces latency, and aligns with enterprise compliance requi...
about 2 months ago in Concert 0 Under review

Auto-Discovery Support for Azure ARO, Azure VMs, and .NET Applications

Solution Value Statement Expand IBM Concert’s auto-discovery capabilities to include Microsoft Azure environments. Specifically Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO), Azure VMs, and .NET applications - to support applications, resilience metrics, continuo...
about 2 months ago in Concert 0 Under review

Add Infrastructure Inventory

This idea would be similar to how you have access_points for certs For our use case with ingesting certs: We have windows servers with many keystore locations on each server The same cert can be included in many of the keystores across many server...
7 months ago in Concert 0 Under review