NGINX sensor releases

Instana monitors NGINX by using the Instana NGINX sensor. The sensor provides insights into the health and performance of NGINX.

For more information, see Monitoring NGINX.

Release 1.1.88

NGINX sensor 1.1.88 is released on 19 May 2026.

Improvements

The Nginx sensor now supports non-root agent installations.

Release 1.1.87

NGINX sensor 1.1.87 is released on 21 November 2025.

Fixes

This release prevents deadlock by consuming both stdout and stderr streams of the Nginx process.

Release 1.1.86

NGINX sensor 1.1.86 is released on 15 July 2025.

Fixes

This release fixes an issue where NGINX metrics were not collected and displayed in the Instana UI.

Release 1.1.85

NGINX sensor 1.1.85 is released on 3 July 2025.

Fixes

This release fixes the issue where the NGINX version displayed incorrect results due to CRI-O switching from runc to crun, which does not provide any container metrics.

Release 1.1.84

NGINX sensor 1.1.84 is released on 12 May 2025.

Improvements

Nginx sensor now supports custom poll rate configuration.