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Status Not under consideration
Workspace Instana
Categories Logging
Created by Guest
Created on Oct 16, 2025

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Would like logging in audit log for when an agent is changed from info to debug

Would like for when someone changes the agent log level from info to debug to be logged in the audit trail

Idea priority Medium
  • Admin
    Henning Treu
    Jan 28, 2026

    Hi Kathy, please raise a ticket with IBM Instana support.

    I will close this idea for the time being for the following reasons:

    • the change from UI is temporary and falls back to INFO after 10 mins

    • the agent logs are limited to 5MB per log file and 10 log files max. A default agent install will not exceed 50MB of log data.


    Feel free to re-open this idea or a new idea if you think this is not sufficient.


    Best regards

    Henning Treu - Product Manager Instana Agent

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  • Admin
    Henning Treu
    Jan 16, 2026

    Hi Kathy,

    the 10 minute period to fall back to INFO is a feature we have since the beginning of Instana :-)

    If this did not happen, the situation is in fact a bug and we can look into it in the scope of a support ticket.

    Did this happen more than once, or is it even reproducible?


    Best

    Henning

    Reply
  • Guest
    Jan 15, 2026

    We had issues in the past the the log level did not go back to info after 10 minutes and caused logs on the system that filled the hard drive. And wanted to know who had set the debug. Can you tell me when this feature was added?


    Thank you

    Reply
  • Admin
    Henning Treu
    Jan 14, 2026

    Hi Kathy,

    thanks for posting the idea.

    If the agent log level is changed to DBEUG from the UI in Agent Management Dashboard, it will stay at this level only for 10 minutes and falls back to INFO after this.

    What is the reason you want to see who changed the log level?


    Thanks & best regards

    Henning Treu - Product Manager Instana Agent

    Reply

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