AppDynamics SaaS Controller Enhancements

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For the list of issues resolved in this release, see SaaS Controller Resolved Issues.

For the list of known issues, see Known Issues.

Note: The software for the update described in this release note may be provided to select customers as an early release prior to GA. Release notes provided during such early access period may have certain inaccuracies such as missing documentation and are subject to change at the sole discretion of Cisco or Splunk, as applicable.
Product / Component Summary Release Version Release Date
Accounts

In Controller, an administrator logged in with local credentials must re-enter their current password before modifying user credentials on the Administration > Users page. This security measure prevents unauthorized admins from altering account credentials.

 26.4.0 May, 2026
Alerting

In the HTTP request template or in email template, you can now use the following predefined variable to include the AppDynamics database hostname in the alerts:

${latestEvent.eventProperties.hostname}

The hostname is registered in the CMDB record and is required for proper correlation and incident management.

 26.4.0 May, 2026
Browser Real User Monitoring The JavaScript Errors dashboard is now available in the Controller UI. It provides detailed insights into browser-side errors. 26.4.0 May, 2026
Controller This release introduces the Edit Applications Name permission specifically for the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) applications. By default, this permission is included in the Admin and Administrator roles. 26.4.0 May, 2026
Dash Studio With this release:
  • standard deviation band is supported on the Time Series widget.
  • the ADQL Query field provides autocomplete suggestions as you type.
 26.4.0 May, 2026
Database Monitoring Database Monitoring can now programmatically fetch the required access keys for HashiCorp Vault authentication. 26.4.0 May, 2026
Database Monitoring This release includes Blocking Session support for the PostgreSQL database. 26.4.0 May, 2026
Database Monitoring

This release supports the following MongoDB metrics:

  • QueryExecutor_Scanned
  • QueryExecutor_ScannedObjects
  • QueryExecutor_CollectionScans_NonTailable
  • QueryExecutor_CollectionScans_Total
 26.4.0 May, 2026
Licensing

For the Agent-based Licensing account, you can now view the Usage(Bytes) and Usage(Count)storage usage metrics for each application in the License > Application level usage tree in the Metric Browser.

The storage metrics are currently available for Transaction Analytics, Browser Real User Monitoring, and Mobile Real User Monitoring applications. These metrics are supported on Events Service 26.1.0 or later. You can use the metrics to create health rules and monitor which application is consuming more storage and limit it.

Note:

To enable this feature, set the following flag:

appdynamics.licensing.usages.report.per-app.business-metrics.storage.enabled= true

Contact Cisco Support.

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for details.
26.4.0 May, 2026
Observability for AI Observability for AI now supports monitoring Cisco AI PODs. This enhancement provides comprehensive visibility into your Cisco AI PODs infrastructure and the enterprise AI applications hosted within it. 26.4.0 May, 2026
Note: With this release, the Log Tail widget will no longer be available on Custom Dashboards. You will not be able to create new instances of this widget, and any existing Log Tail widgets in older war rooms will be hidden.

Agent Management Enhancements

This release includes the following enhancements:

  • The supported agents now automatically release their licenses to the pool when disabled and reacquire them when re-enabled. This enhancement allows for more efficient license distribution across your environment and eliminates the need to terminate agent processes or restart applications to free up licenses for other agents.