eBPF sensor releases

The eBPF sensor monitors eBPF services and functions in Instana, including abnormal crash detection and OpenTelemetry eBPF profiling.

For more information, see OpenTelemetry eBPF profiler support in Instana.

Release 1.2.8

eBPF sensor 1.2.8 is released on 28 April 2026.

Improvements

This release remediates critical and high CVEs in the eBPF sensor and preflight artifacts.

Release 1.2.7

eBPF sensor 1.2.7 is released on 16 December 2025.

Fixes

This release fixes memory leak in the eBPF sensor health check.

        

Release 1.2.6

eBPF sensor 1.2.6 is released on 27 October 2025.

Fixes

This release fixes the issue with ebpf-profiler discovery on arm64.

Release 1.2.5

eBPF sensor 1.2.5 is released on 24 September 2025.

Fixes

Previously, the ebpf profiler artifact was missing in the statis agent. This update adds the reference for the artifact in the static build.

Release 1.1.9

The eBPF sensor 1.1.9 is released on 18 March 2025.

Improvements

This release adds commit ID to the file name while downloading the OpenTelemetry eBPF profiler. This commit ID serves as a version indicator. With this update, you can track versions of the open source OpenTelemetry eBPF profiler, which does not follow semantic versioning.

Release 1.1.8

The eBPF sensor 1.1.8 is released on 12 March 2025.

Features

This release adds support for OpenTelemetry eBPF profiling in Instana. The sensor now performs the following functions:

  • Downloads, installs, and runs the OpenTelemetry eBPF profiler.
  • Profiles Java, PHP, NodeJS, Ruby, and Python processes by using the OpenTelemetry eBPF profiler.