# Cross-link map: Tracing (/docs/tracing)

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- [Session tracing](https://vercel.com/docs/tracing/session-tracing) — Learn how to trace your sessions to understand performance and infrastructure details.
- [Always-on Tracing](https://vercel.com/docs/tracing/always-on-tracing) — Continuously collect traces from your production and preview traffic using sampling rules, so you can debug real request
- [Instrumentation](https://vercel.com/docs/tracing/instrumentation) — Learn how to instrument your application to understand performance and infrastructure details.
- [Trace Drains Reference](https://vercel.com/docs/drains/reference/traces) — Learn about Trace Drains - OpenTelemetry-compliant distributed tracing data formats and configuration.
- [AI Gateway Trace Drains](https://vercel.com/docs/ai-gateway/observability-and-spend/trace-drains) — Forward an OpenTelemetry trace of every AI Gateway request to your own observability tool, and understand trace drain bi

## This page links to (7)

- [Working with Drains](https://vercel.com/docs/drains) — Drains collect logs, traces, speed insights, and analytics from your applications. Forward observability data to custom
- [Trace Drains Reference](https://vercel.com/docs/drains/reference/traces) — Learn about Trace Drains - OpenTelemetry-compliant distributed tracing data formats and configuration.
- [Runtime Logs](https://vercel.com/docs/logs/runtime) — Learn how to search, inspect, and share your runtime logs with the Logs tab.
- [Always-on Tracing](https://vercel.com/docs/tracing/always-on-tracing) — Continuously collect traces from your production and preview traffic using sampling rules, so you can debug real request
- [Instrumentation](https://vercel.com/docs/tracing/instrumentation) — Learn how to instrument your application to understand performance and infrastructure details.
- [Session tracing](https://vercel.com/docs/tracing/session-tracing) — Learn how to trace your sessions to understand performance and infrastructure details.
- [Vercel Toolbar](https://vercel.com/docs/vercel-toolbar) — Learn how to use the Vercel Toolbar to leave feedback, navigate through important dashboard pages, share deployments, us

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### From vercel-changelog

- [Traces now support Tree and Waterfall views](https://vercel.com/changelog/traces-now-support-tree-and-waterfall-views)

### From vercel-kb

- [Add structured application logs to Vercel Functions](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/add-structured-application-logs-to-vercel-functions) — Learn how to add structured application logs to Vercel Functions to help troubleshoot function issues in real time.
- [Vercel vs Akamai](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/vercel-vs-akamai) — A detailed guide to Vercel vs Akamai: compute models, AI infrastructure, framework support, media streaming, CDN capabil
- [Vercel vs Fastly](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/vercel-vs-fastly) — A detailed guide to Vercel vs Fastly: full-stack application platform vs CDN infrastructure layer, covering framework su
- [Vercel vs Netlify](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/vercel-vs-netlify) — A detailed guide to Vercel vs Netlify: runtimes, compute architecture, AI infrastructure, security, and when to choose e
- [Vercel vs Northflank](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/vercel-vs-northflank) — A detailed guide to Vercel vs Northflank: Fluid compute, CDN and caching, container image functions, security defaults,
- [Vercel vs Railway](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/vercel-vs-railway) — A detailed guide to Vercel vs Railway: serverless vs always-on containers, container images via Dockerfile.vercel, frame
- [Vercel vs Render](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/vercel-vs-render) — A detailed guide to Vercel vs Render: compute models, AI infrastructure, Docker and container image support, background

### From vercel-docs

- [Observability for Durable Agent Harnesses](https://vercel.com/docs/agent-harnesses/observability) — See each durable agent session in Vercel Agent Runs, with its turns, model and tool calls, timing, and token usage, and
- [vercel traces](https://vercel.com/docs/cli/traces) — Search spans across a team, inspect request traces, capture session traces, or manage project trace sampling rules from
- [Trace Drains Reference](https://vercel.com/docs/drains/reference/traces) — Learn about Trace Drains - OpenTelemetry-compliant distributed tracing data formats and configuration.
- [Using Drains](https://vercel.com/docs/drains/using-drains) — Learn how to configure drains to forward observability data to custom HTTP endpoints, dedicated Audit Log destinations,
- [Runtimes](https://vercel.com/docs/functions/runtimes) — Runtimes transform your source code into Functions, which are served by our CDN. Learn about the official runtimes suppo
- [Glossary](https://vercel.com/docs/glossary) — Learn about the terms and concepts used in Vercel's products and documentation.
- [Testing & troubleshooting microfrontends](https://vercel.com/docs/microfrontends/troubleshooting) — Learn about testing, common issues, and how to troubleshoot microfrontends on Vercel.
- [Vercel Enterprise Plan](https://vercel.com/docs/plans/enterprise) — Learn about the Enterprise plan for Vercel, including features, pricing, and more.
- [Production checklist for launch](https://vercel.com/docs/production-checklist) — Ensure your application is ready for launch with this comprehensive production checklist by the Vercel engineering team.
- [Always-on Tracing](https://vercel.com/docs/tracing/always-on-tracing) — Continuously collect traces from your production and preview traffic using sampling rules, so you can debug real request
- [Session tracing](https://vercel.com/docs/tracing/session-tracing) — Learn how to trace your sessions to understand performance and infrastructure details.
- [Workflow Data Retention](https://vercel.com/docs/workflows/retention) — Learn how long Vercel Workflows keeps run data, when Vercel deletes it, where Vercel stores it, and how to delete it soo