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Workspace Instana
Categories Infrastructure
Created by Guest
Created on Sep 10, 2025

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Failed missing node should be displayed in the InfrastructureMap to attract attention

This is the request from the banking client after they executed the failure-recovery test of DB node. 
This request is not for how we can notified on the failure, but for improving the display of the Infrastructure map.

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During the test, they displayed the Infrastructure map and monitored the node failure cases.  When node failure occurs, system failure is detected and alert is notified through the mail for the operational team.

The failed node will be not displayed anymore in the infrastructure map after a certain period of time.  For the people whom the alert mail is not sent to, they can't notice a missing node even they checks the infrastructure map.

Node failure ( or agent failure ), where all of the metrics is not sent to Instana, is the most severe case for the system operation. 
So on that case, please display the failed node with the blink, or more distinct color (such as deep purple)  for everyone to understand severe incident happens from the infrastructure map.

Other idea is to make a small pane in the right of the infrastructure map, where the missing node or component is listed ( display such as DBNOODE is not detected since 2025/09/10 11:11)  until someone with permission closes the pane.

Idea priority Medium

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