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SMART Alert - Add new metrics to support monitoring JBoss Modules

I have a customer that has several JBoss servers, each one with many JBoss modules that need to have to be monitored.Today we have to create custom events one by one. So we'd like to request an improvement in the Smart Alerts to avoid creating tho...
2 months ago in Instana / Java 0 Under review

Trigger events from inactive subsystems regardless of the number of subsystems displayed by the active subsystems widget

The client has 63 subsystems that we cannot monitor because the Instana metric only shows the top 20 assets, which means that events are not generated when the subsystem is not among the 20 that Instana captures. The solution is for Instana to all...
4 months ago in Instana / IBM i 0 Functionality already exists

show build level for Power Firmware version

We would like to see the full version for the Power Firmare. For now you can see the base version (For example: P H M Cversion V10R3), but we would like to see everything (For example: V10R3 M1062)
16 days ago in Instana / IBM Power 0 Submitted

Allow Zone Definition for Hosts through OTel Collector in Instana

When using the OpenTelemetry (OTel) collector to send metrics to the Instana Backend, there is currently no mechanism to define or pass the "zone" attribute for the monitored hosts. This results in all hosts being categorized as "undefined zone" w...
6 months ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities 2 Planned for future release

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.
10 days ago in Instana / Security and Compliance 1 Not under consideration

Request to Enhance Audit Trail Functionality

Background Currently, Instana provides audit trail capabilities through action logs and access logs.Action logs record changes made by users within Instana, but they do not capture screen navigation within the platform.As a result, for industries ...
10 days ago in Instana / Common 0 Needs more information

Enable Application Log Retention Beyond 90 Days

Background The retention period for application logs is currently limited to a maximum of 90 days.Other APM products allow configuring retention for more than 90 days and provide log archiving features, such as offloading logs to external storage ...
10 days ago in Instana / Logging 0 Submitted

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 ...
10 days ago in Instana / Infrastructure 1 Not under consideration

Inclusion of option to disable Auto-Closure of Agent Alerts in Instana

Sharing the customer request below: "I wanted to raise a concern regarding the current alert auto-closure mechanism in Instana, specifically for cases where agents go offline or stop reporting. While I appreciate the workaround suggested—setting b...
4 months ago in Instana / Infrastructure 1 Submitted

Add hours to SLO Objective lenght

We have a KPI that monitors the login failures and we need to define a SLO between 8 AM and 10PM, but with the current length options we cant do that. If its possible we would like to have the option to select specific dates that reoccur every day...
5 months ago in Instana / SLO/SLI (STAN) 1 Needs more information