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Instana

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    Enable Hostname Resolution for Instana Agent Pods Running Without Host Network

    Currently, in Kubernetes clusters where the Instana agent runs without hostNetwork mode, the host sensor retrieves the pod name instead of the actual host name (FQDN).This happens because the hostname is determined using the hostname command, whic...
    24 days ago in Instana / Sensor 0 Planned for future release

    Add support for Google ADK

    Currently we are using Google ADK and LiteLLM but to get traces to the Instana backend we have to use OTel which limits observabiltiy and functionality. We would like to request Google ADK support so that tracing works "out of the box".
    27 days ago in Instana / GenAI observability 0 Planned for future release

    Need ability to configure retention period for Traces and Transactional data - Backend database

    In Instana we have ability to configure retention period for metrics data and but not for Traces and Transactional data, I need the same flexibility to configure retention period for Traces and Transactional data as well. for example my clickhouse...
    27 days ago in Instana / Backend Enablement 0 Planned for future release

    Ability to create alerts using K8s event

    Instana offers the ability to create alerts and smart alerts from events, but the creation of alerts from Kubernetes events is not currently supported. The goal is to have this feature available so customers can set up alerts to track specific eve...
    about 2 months ago in Instana / Kubernetes 0 Planned for future release

    Support for ElasticSearch v8.18 and higher

    Currently, Instana Sensor supports until v8.17.1 https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/instana-observability/1.0.299?topic=technologies-monitoring-elasticsearch#configuration. ElasticSearch has already moved to v9.x and Instana support for ElasticSearch has...
    3 months ago in Instana / Sensor 1 Planned for future release

    Instana to monitor the JDBC connection percentage for the IBM WebSphere Application Server

    Currently, Instana does not support monitoring the JDBC connection pool usage as a percentage of the total pool size for WebSphere Application Server. This feature is essential to detect and alert when JDBC connection utilization exceeds a defined...
    3 months ago in Instana / Backend Enablement / Sensor 1 Planned for future release

    Node Status

    We have recently onboarding our Openshift Cluster to Instana for infra monitoring. Today we faced an issue where a node was not in Ready state and hence it generated a lot of incidents related to the Pods in that node. We managed to find the event...
    3 months ago in Instana / Infrastructure 0 Planned for future release

    Request for Numeric Event IDs in Instana

    Title: Support for Numeric Event IDs in Instana Description: Currently, Instana generates event IDs as alphanumeric strings (UUID-like). While this ensures global uniqueness, it makes integration with external systems (e.g., SIEM, ServiceNow, Splu...
    3 months ago in Instana / Alert 1 Planned for future release

    Event ID in the subject line

    Description: At present, Instana alert emails display the Event ID (currently alphanumeric) only in the email body. For operational efficiency, we need the Event ID to also appear in the email subject line. Current Behavior: Event ID is alphanumer...
    3 months ago in Instana / Alert 2 Planned for future release

    Add possibility to have longer retention periods for Logs in cold storage

    Many clients have the requirement to keep logs for longer periods in a cold storage, for example 180 days. Main competitors in the Logging space do have this capability. We need to be able not only to store it but also to perform similar actions a...
    3 months ago in Instana / Logging 1 Planned for future release

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