Backend release notes

Release notes for Instana® backend.

Note:
For information about releases that are not included in the following release notes, see Documentation for older Instana versions.

The following table lists the release build numbers, release dates, and key changes.

For information about available features in each backend release, see What's new in Instana. For example, if you are using backend 3.315, refer to tables 1.0.315 and 1.0.314 in the what's new topic.

Table 1. Instana backend releases
Backend version Build number Release date Features, improvements, and fixes
321 3.321.1325-0 21 July 2026
Breaking changes
  • The minimum supported CPU architecture is updated from x86‑64‑v2 to x86‑64‑v3. Before you install or upgrade, verify that all target hosts provide x86‑64‑v3 CPU support.

See the following release notes:

319 3.319.488-0 29 July 2026

Fixes:

Resolved an issue that caused unexpected session invalidations and 401 redirect errors when you accessed the base domain in self-hosted SAML environments.

3.319.484-0 9 July 2026
Breaking changes
  • The minimum supported CPU architecture is updated from x86‑64‑v2 to x86‑64‑v3. Before you install or upgrade, verify that all target hosts provide x86‑64‑v3 CPU support.

Fixes:

Updated HistogramDeltaValueExtractor to log malformed histogram discard messages at the DEBUG level instead of a higher log level, improving log clarity and reducing non-critical warnings.

3.319.465-0 17 Jun 2026

Fixes:

Resolved an issue that caused inconsistencies in retrieving tag set data when republishing occurred without a rollover.

3.319.443-0 2 Jun 2026

See 319 release notes in offline docs

317 3.317.508-0 9 July 2026
Breaking changes
  • The minimum supported CPU architecture is updated from x86‑64‑v2 to x86‑64‑v3. Before you install or upgrade, verify that all target hosts provide x86‑64‑v3 CPU support.

Fixes:

Updated HistogramDeltaValueExtractor to log malformed histogram discard messages at the DEBUG level instead of a higher log level, improving log clarity and reducing non-critical warnings.

3.317.488-0 5 May 2026 -
3.315 3.315.590-0 24 April 2026

Improvements:

The zHMC platform now supports Capacity Group Utilization metrics. This enhancement improves visibility into capacity groups by delivering insights into:

  • Configured capacity groups
  • Defined capacity group values (capacity limits)
  • Overall usage at the group level

This capability is available for zHMC sensors running on a guest partition with connectivity to the zHMC server.

Fixes:

LDAP login failed in single‑tenant, single-unit self‑hosted installations that use tenant and unit in the URL path instead of subdomains. You can now log in using LDAP.

3.315.581-0 8 April 2026

Fixes:

You can now trigger SLO Smart Alerts when a calendar‑month SLO is included in the alert configuration.

3.315.553-0 24 March 2026 -
3.313 3.313.493-0 24 April 2026

Fixes:

LDAP login failed in single‑tenant, single-unit self‑hosted installations that use tenant and unit in the URL path instead of subdomains. This issue is now fixed.

3.313.483-0 17 March 2026

Fixes:

  • You can now download the agent without issues.
  • The duration before a monitored entity was transitioned to the offline state was determined as a direct multiple of its configured poll rate. As a result, an entity with a 60‑second poll rate was not marked offline until approximately 20 minutes after it stopped reporting data. The collector now applies the corrected timeout. For entities with poll rates of 15 seconds or greater, a shorter and more consistent timeout is applied. For example, with a 60‑second poll rate, an entity is transitioned to the offline state after 5 minutes of inactivity.
3.313.465-0 24 February 2026 -
3.311 3.311.632-0 24 April 2026

Fixes:

LDAP login failed in single‑tenant, single-unit self‑hosted installations that use tenant and unit in the URL path instead of subdomains. This issue is now fixed.

3.311.626-0 17 March 2026

Fixes:

  • You can now download the agent without issues.
  • The duration before a monitored entity was transitioned to the Offline state was determined as a direct multiple of its configured poll rate. As a result, an entity with a 60‑second poll rate was not marked offline until approximately 20 minutes after it stopped reporting data. The collector now applies the corrected timeout. For entities with poll rates of 15 seconds or greater, a shorter and more consistent timeout is applied. For example, with a 60‑second poll rate, an entity is transitioned to the Offline state after 5 minutes of inactivity.
3.311.607-0 12 February 2026

Fixes:

  • When infrastructure properties exceed 3,000 characters, the platform discards the message, which could result in loss of all information. The platform now properly handles properties with more than 3,000 characters.
  • The alerting service now correctly sends alerts for vSphere metrics.
3.311.587-0 27 January 2026

Fixes:

Fixed an issue where the configured poll rate was not correctly applied to all derived entities.
3.309 3.309.484-0 12 February 2026

Fixes:

When infrastructure properties exceed 3,000 characters, the platform discards the message, which could result in loss of all information. The platform now properly handles properties with more than 3,000 characters.
3.309.478-0 30 December 2025

Fixes:

Fixed an issue where the configured poll rate was not correctly applied to all derived entities.
3.309.475-0 16 December 2025

Fixes:

Fixed UI inconsistencies and missing metadata in email alert notifications.
3.309.455-0 2 December 2025 -
3.307 3.307.461-0 12 February 2026

Fixes:

When infrastructure properties exceed 3,000 characters, the platform discards the message, which could result in loss of all information. The platform now properly handles properties with more than 3,000 characters.
3.307.450-0 17 November 2025

Fixes:

Resolved an issue where entity state sanitization prevented writing tags containing non-UTF-8 characters.
3.307.440-0 4 November 2025 -
3.305 Build 3.305.505-0 26 November 2025

Fixes:

You can now use the Download button on Trace Detail View.
Build 3.305.486-0 7 October 2025 -
3.303 Build 3.303.503-0 17 September 2025 -
Build 3.303.493-0 9 September 2025 -
3.301 Build 3.301.441-0 17 September 2025 -
Build 3.301.422-0 19 August 2025 -
Build 3.301.420-0 12 August 2025 -
3.299 Build 3.299.535-0 17 September 2025 -
Build 3.299.494-0 15 July 2025 -
3.297 Build 3.297.463-0 26 June 2025 -
Build 3.297.455-0 17 June 2025 -