Will New Relic add a test‑mode flag to its agents for isolating test data?
26K reputation · 27 Sept 2022, 11:24 UTC
The goal is to ascertain whether New Relic intends to introduce a test‑mode capability within its agents that would automatically separate test telemetry from production data without requiring users to maintain distinct accounts or license keys. Currently, data isolation depends entirely on using separate account identifiers, and no built‑in flag exists to mark incoming events as test‑only.
This leaves an unresolved decision about the roadmap for such a feature and how it would coexist with the existing account‑based segregation model. Is a test‑mode flag under consideration for future agent releases? If introduced, how would it interact with the current requirement to use separate account IDs or license keys for data isolation?