# Redirects and rewrites now available in Observability

**Published:** November 3, 2025 | **Authors:** Andrew Gadzik, Mark Knichel, Sudais Moorad

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Improved observability into [redirects](https://vercel.com/docs/redirects) and [external rewrites](https://vercel.com/docs/rewrites#external-rewrites) is now available to all Vercel customers.

External rewrites forward requests to APIs or websites outside your Vercel project, effectively allowing Vercel to function as a reverse proxy or standalone CDN.

Customers on all plans get new views that offer visibility into key rewrite metrics:

- Total external rewrites
- External rewrites by hostnames

Customers on Pro and Enterprise plans can upgrade to [Observability Plus](https://vercel.com/docs/observability#enabling-observability-plus) to get:

- Connection latency to external host
- Rewrites by source/destination paths
- Routes and paths for redirect location

[Drains](https://vercel.com/docs/drains) have also been updated to support the following:

- [Redirects](https://vercel.com/docs/redirects)
- [External Rewrites](https://vercel.com/docs/rewrites#external-rewrites)
- [Cached External Rewrites](https://vercel.com/docs/rewrites#caching-external-rewrites)

[View external rewrites](https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%5Bproject%5D%2Fobservability%2Frewrites&title=View+external+rewrites) or learn more about [Observability](https://vercel.com/docs/observability).

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