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    Enabling and Monitoring IBM ACE Tracing for ISO 8583 TCP/IP Integration Servers

    While IBM ACE delivers strong core integration and messaging capabilities, ISO 8583 TCP/IP transaction flows currently rely primarily on native logging and flow‑level diagnostics, which offer limited centralized observability and real‑time operati...
    2 days ago in Instana / Tracing 0 Submitted

    Automatically onboard new OpenShift namespaces

    When new application namespaces are created in OpenShift, an agent restart is required for them to be recognized before instrumentation activity will commence. In an OpenShift cluster with 47 nodes, agent restarts can be a disruptive operation. I ...
    about 17 hours ago in Instana / Kubernetes 1 Submitted

    Nutanix monitoring - Possibility to restrict monitoring of VMs

    For Nutanix technology, customer is asking to have the possibility to enable monitoring for selected VMs only (like the implementation for Idea INSTANA-I-4349 regarding vSphere technology).
    3 days ago in Instana / Sensor 1 Submitted

    OpenStack monitoring - Possibility to restrict monitoring of VMs

    For OpenStack technology, customer is asking to have the possibility to enable monitoring for selected VMs only. (Like the implementation of Idea INSTANA-I-4349 regarding vSphere technology).
    3 days ago in Instana / Sensor 0 Under review

    Add Instana instrumentation support for GeneXus HTTP client libraries (including Ron’s Http-Client)

    Problem A customer application built with GeneXus is being monitored using Instana. The application performs outbound HTTP calls to backend services (Bantotal services) using the HTTP client implementation provided by the GeneXus runtime. During a...
    17 days ago in Instana / Tracing 0 Submitted

    Display all WebSphere Datasource Names and allow for multiple metrics for Websphere Servers

    Widget with multiple metrics for WebSphere requires a “Datasource Name” dimension. What we want to achieve is the following view: Display all defined WebSphere Datasource Names and for all available WebSphere Server (or based on a filter) for mult...
    3 days ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities 0 Submitted

    Improve filtering options in Custom Dashboard tables

    Custom Dashboard tables in Instana have limited filtering capabilities. They do not support wildcards, short string searches (e.g., 2‑character suffixes), or basic operators like contains, starts with, or ends with.For use cases such as Oracle Gol...
    8 days ago in Instana / User Interface 0 Submitted

    Add Native Alert Ownership and Metadata

    Problem: Instana lacks first-class ownership metadata for alerts. Relying on custom payloads in the alert. Proposed Capability: Owner/team field on alerts Tag-based filtering Alert inventory and export APIs
    about 17 hours ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities 0 Submitted

    Improve Custom Metric Discoverability and Descriptions

    Problem: Metric names are long and unclear, forcing customers to use scripts to understand them. Proposed Capability: Friendly metric names Inline descriptions Plugin → Metric explorer UI Hover/tooltips explaining metric meaning
    about 17 hours ago in Instana / Common 0 Submitted

    Ability to have Multi-Metric Smart Alerts for Applications. i.e Health Rules

    Problem: Customers migrating from AppDynamics rely on health rules that combine multiple metrics (latency, error rate, throughput) within a single alert. Instana currently limits application smart alerts to a single metric. Proposed Capability: Al...
    about 17 hours ago in Instana / Alert 0 Submitted

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