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  1. As a Systems Engineer running nginx as my web server, I want a dedicated PRTG sensor that reads nginx's built-in status page and turns it into real-time channels for active connections, request throughput, connection states, and dropped connections, so that I can monitor my web server's actual load and health and get alerted before it starts refusing traffic.

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  2. As a Network Engineer monitoring multi-vendor network infrastructure,
    I want the SNMP Custom Table sensor to support string value handling in its channels (e.g., mapping strings to sensor states or displaying them in the sensor message),
    so that I can monitor all relevant data from SNMP tables - including string-based status fields, names, and descriptors, without needing to create individual string sensors or custom scripts for each OID.

    Background:
    In SNMP Custom Table sensors, it is currently not possible to evaluate string returns within channel strings. The user considers this a notable gap, because string returns are very common in…

    2 votes

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  3. As a PRTG user, I want a single sensor per server (HPE, Dell, Lenovo, Supermicro, etc.) that monitors all fans via Redfish, so that I get a consolidated view of fan health and speeds without cluttering my device tree with one sensor per fan.

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    Hi there,

    Great news! Your idea has been reviewed and is now officially on our roadmap! This means we've committed to developing it in the future.

    While we don't have an exact release date yet, we're planning to implement this feature/improvement as part of our upcoming development cycles. We're excited about the value this will bring to our users.

    We appreciate your patience as we work to bring this to fruition. We'll let you know once it moves into active development.

    Thanks for helping us build a better Paessler!

    Best regards,

    The Paessler Product Team

  4. As a PRTG user, I want to monitor individual temperature readings from any Redfish-compliant server (HPE, Dell, Lenovo, Supermicro, etc.) — one sensor instance per temperature probe — so that I get granular thermal visibility and per-sensor alerting.

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    Hi there,

    Great news! Your idea has been reviewed and is now officially on our roadmap! This means we've committed to developing it in the future.

    While we don't have an exact release date yet, we're planning to implement this feature/improvement as part of our upcoming development cycles. We're excited about the value this will bring to our users.

    We appreciate your patience as we work to bring this to fruition. We'll let you know once it moves into active development.

    Thanks for helping us build a better Paessler!

    Best regards,

    The Paessler Product Team

  5. As a Systems Engineer responsible for monitoring UPS infrastructure,
    I want the SNMP UPS Status sensor to include an "Output Source" channel that indicates whether the UPS is supplying power from utility (mains) or battery,
    so that I am immediately alerted when a UPS switches to battery power due to a utility outage, without having to wait for the battery charge to drop to a warning or error threshold.

    Background:
    I've just started testing the SNMP UPS Status (NEW) sensor with Eaton UPSs. Having the Battery Status, Charge Remaining, Current Load, and Estimated Time Remaining are all super handy.
    However,…

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  6. As an IT Infrastructure Manager operating PRTG in a network without direct internet access,
    I want the SSL Certificate sensor to natively support the HTTP proxy settings configured on the parent device,
    so that I can monitor the SSL/TLS certificates of external websites through our proxy — just like I already can with HTTP-based sensors — without needing to rely on a separate monitoring tool.

    Background: We are using PRTG without direct internet access. With the proxy setting of the device we can monitor a HTTPS website, but not the SSL certificate of that site. That is a problem for…

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  7. As a Systems Technician, I want PRTG native AWS sensors to support current European regions so that we can meet standard data sovereignty requirements and maintain verified monitoring architecture without custom workarounds.

    Under the framework of the EU GDPR, Swiss DPA, and regional national laws, many organizations and enterprise clients must guarantee strict data sovereignty. This requires that both critical workloads and their associated monitoring infrastructure remain within specific national borders to satisfy formal audits.

    Currently, several native PRTG AWS v2 sensors cannot be deployed in these territories because the regions are missing from the built-in selection menu. The sensors…

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  8. As an IT Infrastructure Manager managing a large-scale monitoring environment,
    I want the ability to enable automatic acknowledgment of alerts on Ping v2 sensors,
    so that I can use Ping sensors for lightweight availability tracking and state logging without being burdened by a high volume of alerts that require manual acknowledgment.

    Background:
    In the legacy Ping sensors, there was a feature that allowed automatic acknowledgment of alerts (auto-ack).
    We use Ping sensors across a large number of devices primarily for visibility. They act as a lightweight form of logging and state tracking.
    Notifications are still triggered as needed, but we…

    2 votes

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  9. As a Network Engineer, I want to see a 'Used Memory (%)' channel alongside the existing 'Available Memory' channel in the SNMP Cisco System Health sensor, so that I can choose the metric that best fits my alerting thresholds and dashboards.

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  10. As a Systems Engineer, I want to be able to use Synology NAS sensors on the multi-platform probe, so that I can monitor my Synology storage devices from Linux-based or containerized probe environments without depending on a Windows remote probe

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  11. As a Systems Engineer, I want to be able to use HPE ProLiant sensors on the multi-platform probe, so that I can monitor my HPE server hardware from Linux-based or containerized probe environments without depending on a Windows remote probe.

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  12. As a Network Engineer, I want comprehensive, out-of-the-box sensors for the Cisco Catalyst 9800 Wireless LAN Controller — covering SSID status, per-SSID client counts, per-SSID traffic, WLC high-availability status, and disk space — so that I can proactively manage my wireless infrastructure without relying on manual CLI checks or custom workarounds.

    2 votes

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  13. As an IT Infrastructure Manager,
    I want native PRTG sensors for HPE VM Essentials (VME) clusters that monitor cluster health, host performance, VM status, and resource utilization,
    so that I can maintain unified visibility across my virtualization environment after migrating away from VMware, without relying on manual custom sensor configurations.

    1 vote

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  14. As a Systems Engineee,
    I want a built-in/ automatic migration from existing legacy SNMP sensors to their newer v2 sensor equivalents,
    so that I can adopt the improved sensor types without manually recreating hundreds of sensors and without losing my historical monitoring data, alerts, and configurations.

    6 votes

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  15. As a Systems Engineer managing my organization's IT infrastructure with PRTG, I want PRTG to monitor Veeam Backup & Replication job statuses by connecting directly to the Veeam B&R REST API (v13+), so that I can monitor backup jobs without requiring a Veeam Enterprise Manager license or a portal administrator account, reducing both licensing costs and security exposure.

    The current Veeam Backup Job Status (and Advanced) sensors still require and use Veeam Enterprise Manager (and require portal administrator role).

    Would be great to refactor or build new sensors to use/connect directly to the Veeam B&R server instead of the Veeam…

    13 votes

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  16. As a Systems Engineer managing Linux server infrastructure with PRTG, I want a native Linux PSI sensor that reads CPU, memory, and I/O pressure stall metrics directly from /proc/pressure/, so that I can accurately detect resource contention, identify performance bottlenecks earlier, and replace fragile custom SSH script workarounds with a standardized, maintainable monitoring solution.

    Many organizations using PRTG rely on the built-in SNMP Linux Load Average sensor to monitor system load on Linux servers. While this works for basic monitoring, the traditional load average metric has well-known limitations: it only reflects the number of runnable or waiting tasks and does…

    1 vote

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  17. As a Systems Engineer managing containerized workloads across different operating systems and environments, I want a dedicated Podman container monitoring sensor in PRTG so that I can monitor the health, status, resource usage, and uptime of my Podman containers, with the same depth and ease that the existing Docker sensor provides for Docker environments.

    1 vote

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  18. As a Systems Engineer responsible for monitoring SSL/TLS certificates,
    I want PRTG's SSL Certificate sensor (and related sensors) to support OCSP (Online Certificate Status Protocol) as a standalone certificate revocation verification method,
    so that I can accurately monitor certificate validity and revocation status even when the Certificate Authority no longer provides a CRL (Certificate Revocation List), avoiding false alerts or "Unable to Check Revocation Status" warnings that undermine the reliability of my monitoring setup.

    2 votes

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  19. As an IT Infrastructure Manager responsible for disaster recovery operations,
    I want PRTG to integrate with the Zerto Analytics portal to monitor Virtual Protection Groups (VPGs), their size, RPO compliance, and replication health,
    so that I can proactively detect drift in DRaaS protection, ensure business continuity compliance, and receive alerts when disaster recovery SLAs are at risk—all from within my unified PRTG monitoring dashboard.

    1 vote

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  20. As a Systems Engineer responsible for Microsoft Exchange servers,
    I want a native PRTG sensor that can automatically monitor the status and expiration of Microsoft Exchange SMTP certificates (the default self-signed certificate used for internal server-to-server encryption (opportunistic TLS), and a separate "Microsoft Exchange Server Auth Certificate" used for server-to-server authentication (OAuth)),
    so that I can proactively detect certificate expiration or validity issues before they cause email delivery failures, authentication problems, or security vulnerabilities in my Exchange environment.

    Similar requests in the past:
    https://helpdesk.paessler.com/en/support/solutions/articles/76000078074-feature-request-smtp-cetificate-sensor
    and
    https://helpdesk.paessler.com/en/support/solutions/articles/76000076583-feature-request-ssl-certificate-sensor-for-smtp-connector

    3 votes

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