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PINNED Configure maintenance flyouts
User interface settings include the option “Show maintenance notes”. How can I as onprem-backend administrator configure and switch on such flyouts to inform my users about upcoming maintenance?

Instana

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Provide a way to disable Java distributed tracing on per app basis

The documentation shows a way to disable distributed instrumentation tracing for Java apps through host agent configuration: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/instana-observability/current?topic=machine-java-configuration#disabling-automatic-instrumenta...
over 2 years ago in Instana / Java 1 Delivered

Support AWS Cloudfront

Hello, Would it be possible to monitor AWS Cloudfront services in Instana ? Regards, Quentin
over 2 years ago in Instana / Sensor 2 Delivered

Add time shift comparison on a weekly base

Update: I've just seen this is already implented :) Dear Instana Devs and POs, We really like the newly introduced "Time Shift" feature of Instana. However, for our use cases, the options "Previous Timeframe" and "Yesterday" are often not sufficie...
over 2 years ago in Instana / Application perspectives 0 Delivered

Instana openAPI should also provide Annotation Results for a POD/Deployment

When doing a call via the Instana open API, the current Snapshots are just containing the LABELS but no ANNOTATION. It would be really good also to see ANNOTATIONS as they also contain important data.
over 2 years ago in Instana / API-C 0 Delivered

Support for monitoring IBM Informix

Instana do not have support IBM Informix database monitoring. I suggest to add support.
over 2 years ago in Instana / Sensor 3 Delivered

Update Android Client of Instana - So it will work with upcoming Gradle 8.0

Can you pls make the Android client Gradle 8.0 compatible? Error from Gradle (Android Studio build): API 'android.registerTransform' is obsolete. It will be removed in version 8.0 of the Android Gradle plugin. The Transform API is removed to im...
over 2 years ago in Instana / Real User Monitoring 1 Delivered

CentOS8 support

Currently CentOS8 is not listed as a supported OS for on-prem on Instana official documentation.
over 2 years ago in Instana / Self Hosted 2 Delivered

Monitoring Tibco BW - metrics

Hi, Based on Request #24197 and Request #24185 Tibco BW (https://www.tibco.com/products/tibco-businessworks) is not supported by Instana. We have all our business logic there and right now we do not have any way to monitor or trace it. Business wo...
over 2 years ago in Instana / Java / Tracing 4 Delivered

FR - Certificate Expiry Sensor

Hi, As an Instana user I would like the ability to have a metric showing the number of days until a certificate expires, including the ability to alert at x or y days until expiry, so that I can proactively prevent issues caused when this happens. BR
over 2 years ago in Instana / Synthetic 4 Delivered

Release markers on Custom Dashboards

when working with Custom Dashboards I want to have an indication when changes happen in order to analyze my data around a focal point. For this I would like to have release markers also in the Time Series widget on Custom Dashboards.
over 2 years ago in Instana / Common 1 Delivered