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Operations → Observability

Application Instrumentation

Adding or configuring code and runtime hooks that emit application telemetry such as metrics, logs, traces, and events.

Application Instrumentation

Application Instrumentation makes internal behavior observable by emitting structured metrics, logs, traces, and events. Instrumentation may be added manually at important domain and system boundaries, automatically by agents or runtime hooks, or through framework integrations.

Good instrumentation preserves request context, uses stable semantic names, avoids sensitive data, controls cardinality, and records user-visible outcomes rather than only infrastructure activity.