Build 293

Impacted users

A new feature, Impacted Users, is now available for application Smart Alerts. This feature tracks the number of users affected by specific conditions, which helps you to identify widespread performance issues.

This feature provides the following capabilities:

• Prioritize fixes to address the issues that impact many users first.
• Leverage quantifiable data to justify resource allocation for improvements.
• Assist developers focus on areas with the most frequent impact.

For more information, see Smart Alerts.

Mobile apps dashboard: Performance tab

Instana has enhanced the Mobile apps dashboard with the following performance features to provide deeper insights into the application performance. These improvements help monitor key metrics and identify areas for optimization. With the addition of new monitoring capabilities, you can track the application behavior better and enhance user experience.

• Low Memory Identification: This feature identifies when the mobile application is running with low memory, providing valuable insights into potential memory-related issues affecting performance. With this feature, you can diagnose and optimize memory usage in your application.
• App Not Responding (ANR) or App Freezing Detection: This monitoring capability tracks and reports ANR events and application freezes. With this feature, you can proactively identify and resolve performance bottlenecks that impact user experience.
• App Start Time and Launch Time Details: This feature displays detailed metrics on the start time of the application. With this feature, you can assess and optimize the startup performance, ensuring a faster and smoother user experience from launch.

For more information, see Android and iOS.

Save filters

Instana now allows users to save, edit, and delete filters on the Analytics page, which improves filter management and usability.

New layout for Kubernetes clusters and namespaces tabs

A new layout is available for Kubernetes clusters and namespaces tabs. The updated layout enhances the usability and navigation, providing a clearer and more structured view of clusters and namespaces information.

Alerts based on severity

You can now configure different alert channels for different severities in Smart Alerts for mobile applications, websites, and logs. Alert notifications are sent to different alert channels based on the severity of the issue.

Span processing

Previously, when a span attribute used an incorrect data type, the ingested tracing data was rejected. Now, the span processing is more lenient. Even if a span attribute uses an incorrect data type, the tracing data is still processed.

Support for monitoring DeepSeek models

Instana now supports monitoring of DeepSeek models. For more information, see DeepSeek.

Thresholds for mobile applications, websites, and logs Smart Alerts

You can now set thresholds for the warning and critical severities in Smart Alerts for mobile applications, websites, and logs.

Meta widget overflow

Previously, the content of the Meta widget in the Trace Detail view on the Analytics dashboard overflowed. This issue is now fixed.

Service mapping

Previously, when a call was made to the IP address 169.254.169.254 by explicitly using the default HTTP port 80 (for example, 169.254.169.254:80), the call was incorrectly mapped to the unspecified service instead of the Cloud Metadata Service. This issue is now resolved.