Release 1.0.294

JavaScript agent W3CHeader support

JavaScript agent 1.7.5 now supports W3C-compliant headers in requests to the backend. Instana can now monitor websites with OpenTelemetry (OTEL) instrumented backends, even without the Instana agent on the backend. This enhancement broadens the range of applications that you can monitor, ensuring complete system visibility regardless of the backend's instrumentation.

For more information, see W3CHeader support.

Smart Alerts for websites

A new metric, HTTP latency, is added to the slowness blueprint in the website Smart Alerts. This metric allows users to create alerts based on the beacon duration of HTTP requests.

Support for XenServer monitoring (public preview)

Instana now supports monitoring XenServer hosts. For more information, see Monitoring XenServer (public preview).

Synthetic monitoring

A new test type, DNS, is added to perform DNS query tests. For more information, see Monitoring endpoints with Synthetic tests.

You need to upgrade the Synthetic PoP to 1.2.14 to obtain support for the new DNS capability.

Business monitoring is now Business processes

The name of the Business monitoring area has been changed to Business processes.

Create automation action scripts from GitHub or Gitlab

You can create an automation action script from a GitHub repository or a GitLab project file. For more information, see Intelligent Remediation: live action generation with watsonx (public preview).

Export generated scripts to GitHub or GitLab

You can export the scripts generated with watsonx to a GitHub repository or a GitLab project. For more information, see Intelligent Remediation: live action generation with watsonx (public preview).

Unified Identity Provider configuration

The Identity Providers are now displayed as a single tab. You can view the status of all authentication providers at once. For more information, see Configuring authentication.

Synthetic monitoring

The following security vulnerabilities are fixed in Synthetic PoP:

• CVE-2024-20918
• CVE-2024-20919
• CVE-2024-20926
• CVE-2024-20932
• CVE-2024-20952