Kafka sensor releases
Instana monitors Kafka by using the Instana Kafka sensor. The sensor provides insights into the health and performance of Kafka.
For more information, see Monitoring Kafka.
Release 1.1.61
Kafka sensor 1.1.61 is released on 2 October 2025.
Features
You can now configure the polling rate for the Kafka sensor to customize the frequency of metric collection.
Release 1.1.60
Kafka sensor 1.1.60 is released on 18 September 2025.
Features
This release updates the Kafka SASL authentication.
Release 1.1.59
Kafka sensor 1.1.59 is released on 28 July 2025.
Fixes
Previously, Kafka controller nodes in Kraft mode were not added to the Kafka cluster. This issue is now fixed, and controller nodes are now added to the Kafka cluster.
Release 1.1.58
Kafka sensor 1.1.58 is released on 9 June 2025.
Improvements
Adds lag metric support for KRaft.
Release 1.1.57
Kafka sensor 1.1.57 is released on 30 April 2025.
Improvements
The metrics reporting is now disabled for Kafka consumers that are created by the Instana Kafka sensor.
Release 1.1.55
Kafka sensor 1.1.55 is released on 13 January 2025.
Fixes
Previously, a few consumer groups from the maximum limit of total consumer groups were not listed in the Consumer Groups Lag Per Topic metric. The issue is now fixed and all the consumer groups that are included in the total consumer groups appear in the metric.