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Monitorng issue:jvm_attach_generic with Istio AuthorizationPolicy

Now,When we use istio Authorization Policy which allow instana-agent request,Errors(Monitorng issue:jvm_attach_generic) occur. Because of "With Istio AuthorizationPolicy enabled, the problem with socket is not ready to listen to command we send fr...
almost 2 years ago in Instana / Agent 4 Planned for future release

Improve the agent deployment process : have a dev/prod or beta/stable type of release

I/we would like to have a discussion about how agents are released into the "Dynamic Agent." What we are talking about is how the .jar files are pulled from maven into the dynamic agent. Today, you have a few options in how your agents work. If...
almost 2 years ago in Instana / Agent 0 Future consideration

Tracing 'Send Email' actions

"Should we see emails sent by our java apps using springs Java mail sender? (I am missing outgoing Emails inside the trace or the email-server as an unmonitored system / host)"
almost 2 years ago in Instana / Agent / Java 0 Not under consideration

Agent starting time in Agent overview

Sometimes we have new agents reporting to an instana backend. In the agent overview we can't see which agents are new because in the list, there is no "started at" column. But the information is hidden behind the status field. We can see it "on mo...
almost 2 years ago in Instana / Agent / WAS 0 Not under consideration

Detailed framework and JDBC information

Ability to collect and report on the used versions of instrumentation frameworks and jdbc drivers. Use-Case: Having performance problems on the database front and with having this information we can determine or exclude problems based on the jdbc ...
almost 2 years ago in Instana / Agent / Java 3 Not under consideration

Better Agent update management

Controlling and managing agent updates is difficult, and at times does not work, or at least, does not work as expected. We have had difficulty suspending updates in K8s - turning it off has been temporary, finding it on again. Automatic updates...
almost 2 years ago in Instana / Agent 0 Future consideration

Agent liveness check

While Instana Agent offers a health endpoint, this endpoint is only available on the localhost we are seeking a reliable way of validating that the agent is running by ie polling a heartbeat of liveness check without the need for another monitorin...
almost 2 years ago in Instana / Agent 3 Functionality already exists

Change log for Agent/Sensor Updates

It's currently hard to learn which changes an agent update did bring. Since there is no dedicated changelog, the only way to learn about version updates is to look at the agent log and compare sensor/agent versions before and after the "Performing...
almost 2 years ago in Instana / Agent 0 Future consideration

Ability for Profiling IBM J9 runtime

Please add the ability for Profiling IBM J9 runtime
almost 2 years ago in Instana / Agent 2 Not under consideration

Full support for Spring Integration framework within Java tracer

Currently, Spring Integration is not a fully supported framework. Some of the calls are supported, but not all.
almost 2 years ago in Instana / Agent / Java / Tracing 1 Not under consideration