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Traces and logs

Search traces and spans, inspect a span waterfall, and read correlated logs.

The trace explorer shows each request as a trace and each operation as a span. Use it to find errors, slow operations, model calls, tools, and agent steps.

Explore traces and spans

Open Traces in a project. Select Traces or Spans above the table.

The two views use the same filters:

Filter Behavior
Search Searches trace or span names after a 250 ms delay
Status Shows all statuses, successes, or errors
Environment Uses environment values from telemetry
Framework Uses the detected framework
Session Limits results to a selected session or conversation
User Limits results to a selected user

Search does not examine prompt or response content. The filters stay in the page URL, so you can bookmark or share the filtered view.

Trace table

The trace table can show these columns:

Date · Trace · Input · Output · Duration · Tokens · Cost · Spans · Models · Session · User · Environment

Select a session or user value to apply that filter. The token cell separates input and output tokens and provides cache and reasoning details. The duration cell shows time to first token when the trace has that value.

Span table

The span table can show these columns:

Date · Type · Name · Model · Tool / Agent · Conversation · Service · Environment · Status · Duration · Tokens · Cost

Select a span row to open its trace with that span selected.

Open Columns to select table columns. The browser keeps the column selection in local storage. Select Load more to add the next result page.

The trace explorer uses the full retention period for the project. It does not have a separate date-range control.

Inspect a trace

Select a trace row to open the trace detail. The header shows status, duration, first-token time, span count, tokens, cost, service, environment, framework, user, conversation, and trace ID.

The span waterfall shows the operation tree against a shared time axis. You can resize the span and operation columns. Use Expand all or Collapse all to control the tree.

Keyboard controls

Focus the waterfall tree, then use these keys:

Key Action
or j Select the next span
or k Select the prior span
PageDown or PageUp Move eight spans
Home or End Select the first or last span
or l Expand a span or select its first child
or h Collapse a span or select its parent

The selected-span panel shows model, provider, tool or agent, duration, tokens, cost, operation, IDs, and finish data. Content tabs can include Input / Output, Attributes, Events, and Error.

Use Pretty for parsed chat messages. Use JSON for the stored value. The detail view shows a Truncated badge when a payload exceeds its preview limit.

Read logs

Open Logs in the project sidebar. The table shows Date · Level · Entity · Message · Data.

The level filter starts at error. You can select warn, info, debug, or all levels. Message search examines the 100 rows in the loaded page.

The logs view uses a fixed 30-day window and has no pagination. Select a row to open its full message and attributes. If the log has trace context, select the trace button to open its parent span.

Last updated on August 3, 2026

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