March 2026
Release notes for March 2026.
Splunk Observability Cloud released the following new features and enhancements in March 2026. This is not an exhaustive list of changes in the Splunk Observability Cloud ecosystem. For a detailed breakdown of changes in versioned components, see the list of changelogs.
| New feature or enhancement | Description | Release date |
|---|---|---|
| Application Performance Monitoring (APM) |
Endpoint rules now support:
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March 18, 2026 |
| Exclude packages from call graphs to keep call graphs readable and focused on application code. See Exclude packages from call graphs. | March 18, 2026 | |
| Visualize method durations with the summary bar on a call graph. See Visualize method self-time with the summary bar. | March 18, 2026 | |
| Edit the default business transaction rule to only create business transactions based on specific URI segments in endpoint names. See Edit the default business transaction rule. | March 18, 2026 | |
| Digital Experience Analytics (DXA) | Digital Experience Analytics (DXA) is a powerful new tool that delivers crucial insights about customer behavior. DXA empowers teams to track feature usage, visualize user journeys, monitor conversions, and surface friction that impacts business outcomes. See Introduction to Digital Experience Analytics. | March 18, 2026 |
| Domain change | Splunk Observability Cloud is transitioning to the new domain observability.splunkcloud.com to highlight our integration with the Splunk Cloud Platform and provide a more consistent experience. During the transition, customers can access Splunk Observability Cloud and ingest data using either the new or legacy signalfx.com domains. For more information, see Splunk Observability Cloud domain change. |
March 24, 2026 |
| Self-service audit events | The Audit Events API provides programmatic access to your organization's audit trail, enabling you to retrieve, filter, and analyze system activities and user actions within Splunk Observability Cloud. See Splunk Observability Cloud audit events. | March 18, 2026 |
| MCP server with Splunk Observability Cloud | The MCP server acts as a bridge to your observability data in your Splunk Observability Cloud deployments from wherever you work. You can use natural language queries and automated workflows to question your observability data from your IDEs, chatbots, or homegrown LLMs. See Interact with your observability data using the Splunk MCP server. | March 18, 2026 |
| Real User Monitoring (RUM) | You can now use the AI Assistant to explore your RUM data and reduce troubleshooting time by finding key metrics and attributes. For more information, see Analyze RUM data with the AI Assistant. | March 23, 2026 |