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    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...
    6 days ago in Instana / Tracing 0 Submitted

    Expose DB2 JDBC PreparedStatement bind variable values in Instana SQL traces (optional / configurable)

    For enterprise z/OS customers running mission‑critical DB2 workloads, Instana SQL visibility is functionally limited because AutoTrace, by design, does not capture JDBC PreparedStatement bind variable values, rendering all parameters as ?. While d...
    16 days ago in Instana / DB2 0 Submitted

    Enable URL/Hostname to be Supported to JS - Only url/path configuration is supported for now

    The current EUM auto‑instrumentation issue is driven by unsupported selector filters specifically hostname‑based filtering. Since Tomcat auto‑instrumentation officially supports only URL/path match expressions, Need to enable to support for RL/Hos...
    4 days ago in Instana / Agent 0 Submitted

    Need Air-gapped support for the k8s IDOT - Self-Hosted Custom Edition

    Since October 2025, the FIS(Fidelity Information Services) customer has been working to enable distributed tracing using OpenTelemetry (OTel) integration to achieve end‑to‑end traceability across Istio, Envoy Proxy, HAProxy and related components....
    9 days ago in Instana / Kubernetes 0 Submitted

    Multiple Tags at Object Level

    Can IBM please add the option to allow multiple Tags to be associated with Objects at an Object level not Agent level, for example MQ Queue Managers / Ace Integration Servers . This is required on a large enterprise to allow custom dashboards to e...
    about 1 month ago in Instana / User Interface 1 Submitted

    Provide ability to read Prometheus Metrics with Bearer token

    Hi Team, We are trying to retrieve prometheus metrics in instana UI which are authenticated with bearer token. We followed below configuration, but it's not working, let us know is any other changes required com.instana.plugin.prometheus: poll_rat...
    4 months ago in Instana / Kubernetes / Sensor 1 Submitted

    Enable Bidirectional Integration Between Instana and BigPanda

    The current integration approach between Instana and BigPanda is limited to one‑way communication using webhooks, allowing Instana to send or collect data unidirectionally. However, some customers(FIS, TIS, TSYS) require full bidirectional synchro...
    11 days ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities 0 Submitted

    Monitor cpu and memory for sidecar container (defined under initContainer)

    starting kubernets 1.33, pods can have containers defined in two ways:- traditional .spec.containers - under initContainers with restartPolicy: Always. https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/workloads/pods/sidecar-containers/ " Note: In this example,...
    18 days ago in Instana / Kubernetes 0 Submitted

    nstana Agent Operator: Missing Required Images, Incorrect Tag Usage, and No Offline Image Selection in Red Hat Certified Operator Catalog for Air‑Gapped OpenShift Environments

    BWI reported that the Instana Agent Operator from the Red Hat Certified Operator Catalog cannot be deployed successfully in air‑gapped OpenShift environments due to several concrete technical issues. Two required container images are missing from ...
    about 1 month ago in Instana / Agent 1 Submitted

    Customer Request: Instana SaaS Usage Metering and Cost Forecasting Dashboard

    There is a need to provide an Instana SaaS usage metering dashboard and a cost forecasting dashboard,with enhancements requested to reach a comparable level of functionality to what Dynatrace currently provides. Background for the Feature Enhancem...
    1 day ago in Instana / User Interface 0 Submitted

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