Build 291

Build 291 is released on 10 March 2025.

Note:

For the latest agent, tracer, and sensor updates, see the following release notes:

Features

StatsD tagged metrics

You can now use StatsD metric tags to filter and group metrics in Analyze Infrastructure and Custom Dashboards.

LangChain monitoring

Instana now supports monitoring LangChain. To monitor LangChain, export traces and metrics from your LangChain application to Instana. For more information, see Monitoring AI Agents.

LangGraph monitoring

Instana now supports monitoring LangGraph. To monitor LangGraph, export traces and metrics from your LangGraph application to Instana. For more information, see Monitoring AI Agents.

Closing multiple issues and incidents

You can use the multi-close feature to simultaneously close multiple issues and incidents. By using the multi-close feature, you can streamline workflows and improve operational efficiency. For more information, see Multi-closing issues and incidents.

Installing the Instana agent on Red Hat OpenShift on z/OS

You can now install the Instana agent on Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform on IBM z/OS by using the IBM z/OS Container Extensions (zCX). For more information, see Installing the agent on Red Hat OpenShift on IBM z/OS by using IBM z/OS Container Extensions.

Improvements

API for triggering notification manually

Previously, notifications that are triggered with an API were limited to events within the current month. This restriction is now removed. For more information, see the API for triggering notification manually.

Collecting machineId on Linux, macOS, and Windows systems

The Instana Host sensor now collects machineId on Linux, macOS, and Windows systems. The machineId is used to correlate OpenTelemetry entities with Host entities.

Automation action snapshot details

The Properties tab of Action History now has an Action snapshot details section, which displays the details of the action at the time of execution.

Synthetic monitoring

  • The Record user actions on failure option is available when you create or edit a Browser Simple or a Browser Script test in Advanced Mode. By default, the Record user actions on failure option is disabled.
  • Custom properties, a new section is added in the test results details page. This section displays the custom properties that are defined in the corresponding Synthetic test.

Fixes

Rounding of SI prefix values

Previously, values that are shown in the SI format were rounded down instead of rounding to the nearest value. A value of 14.57 was formatted as 14 instead of 15. Likewise, a value of 1567 was formatted as 1.5k instead of 1.6k. This issue is fixed now.

The number of decimal places is now more consistent when using SI prefixes. The values that must display a fixed number of decimal places now strictly shows the exact number of decimal places. Previously, this was not always the case, and values showed more or fewer decimal places than expected. For example, when formatting 433.123 by using the SI prefix with one decimal place, the value was 433.123 instead of 433.1.

These errors were limited only to the SI prefix formatter.

Synthetic monitoring

  • The security vulnerability, CVE-2025-24970 is fixed in Synthetic PoP.
  • The inconsistent custom-properties format across create, update, and patch a test operation is fixed in the synctlExternal link icon tool. Not to break the existing automation, the old format is marked as deprecated.

Time Range configuration resets to default value

Previously, when users set a specific Time Range configuration and go to Analytics by using the navigation menu, the system resets the time configuration to its default value. This issue is now fixed.

Upcoming change to the IBM Instana Status Page

On 20 March 2025, Instana is scheduled to transition to IBM Customer Communication Center as the primary tool for communicating service status updates.

This migration is planned to manage and communicate incidents more effectively.

The following list outlines the key details of the migration:

  • Migration date: 20 March 2025
  • Current status page: IBM Instana Status Page
  • New status page: IBM Customer Communication Center
  • Impact: A seamless DNS switch is planned to ensure that the status page remains accessible at the existing URL post-migration. You are not likely to experience any disruption in accessing status updates during the transition.

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