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Workspace Instana
Categories Alert Self Hosted
Created by Guest
Created on Mar 16, 2026

Controlling instana default events (change, online, offline)

if possible to shut down some change/online/offline events similar to the control over default events in the Events page.

To clarify this, controlling change/online/offline events to be sent to the alert channel and appear in alert dashboard but not all of them, only the ones we select or have it ON.

So is it possible:

1. Stop some change/offline/online from being triggered

2. Exclude certain online/offline/change events from appearing on events page or being sent to the configured alert channel.


Idea priority High
  • Admin
    Máté Návay
    Mar 23, 2026

    Can you please provide an example on what you refer to as a "default event"?
    Alert notifications can be controlled using the Alerts feature under Settings based on rules about the triggering entity and sending to the appropriate Alert channel or not send at all.

    Events however will show the event when it was triggered even when no alert routing rule is defined. These can also be filtered on the list using a DFQ, but they will still be created when a change is detected.