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    Want to separate out the Delete permissions from the Create and Update permissions for key RBAC roles

    In the past, the customer has had many cases where people and teams have accidentally deleted resources such as Applications. They want a VERY small number of people that have the ability to delete objects. Today, when going into the RBAC settings...
    28 days ago in Instana / Access Control 1 Not under consideration

    Possibility to hide API tokens permanently after initial creation

    Hi, API tokens in Instana can always be lookep up after creation and copied by everyone with the appropriate permissions. In our organisation there is a regulation, that access credentials or similar data needs to be placed in the company PIM syst...
    about 1 month ago in Instana / Access Control 1 Not under consideration

    Disk space monitor for Windows System Drive rather than hard coded to C:/D:/etc - enable wild cards on specific drives (example disk space has to be specified per drive)

    Disk space monitor for Windows System Drive rather than hard coded to C:/D:/etc - enable wild cards on specific drives (example disk space has to be specified per drive)
    about 2 months ago in Instana / Common 1 Not under consideration

    Need ability to have daemonset deployment for window's cluster

    Hi Team, Currently we have instana-agent daemonset to monitor the linux eks server. Also we have window's cluster in AWS where nodes image is - Windows Server 2022 Datacenter Could you please provide the daemonset yaml file to install the instana-...
    3 months ago in Instana / Agent 1 Not under consideration

    Notification Feature for User Login to Instana

    [Request] Please implement a feature that notifies administrators when a user logs in to Instana, similar to Instana alert notifications. The notification should be sent via email or WebHook etc.
    4 months ago in Instana / Security and Compliance 1 Not under consideration

    We'd like to limit users with limited infrastructure scope can create custom events that may apply to entities withing their team's scope. Currently, there is no limitation at all

    Custom events in Instana are governed by global permissions, meaning there is no granular RBAC control for this feature. As a result, users with limited infrastructure scope can create custom events that may apply to entities outside their team’s ...
    4 months ago in Instana / Infrastructure 1 Not under consideration

    Allow Instana agent sending metrics to both Instana backend and our streaming layer, e.g. Kafka

    We propose that the Instana agent should be capable of transmitting metrics not only to the Instana backend but also to our streaming layer, specifically Kafka. This dual transmission capability will enhance our data processing and analytics capab...
    4 months ago in Instana / Integrations 1 Not under consideration

    Ability to view logs after agent loss

    It would be interesting to be able to view an agent's logs from the SaaS in order to analyze the reason for its loss. Currently, logs can only be viewed when the agent is reporting to the SaaS, but it would be good to be able to analyze the last m...
    4 months ago in Instana / Logging 1 Not under consideration

    Latent Vacuum Engine v2.2: 6 White Hole Bursts in 100k Cycles — Area Law to 10⁻¹⁶

    **Description**: - **GHZ benchmark** for ibm_sherbrooke/brisbane **Fault-tolerant** via boundary scaling **Photonic interconnect** via HOM V = T **Analog gravity** on silicon photonics **Who benefits?** - IBM Quantum team (2026 advantage) Almaden ...
    4 months ago in Instana / IBM Cloud 1 Not under consideration

    Add Otel tags in log volume Analysis

    Add Open Telemetry tags filter group in log volume to facilite analysis volumetry sent directly to Instana Backend (without passing through Instana Agent)
    4 months ago in Instana / Logging 1 Not under consideration

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