Hey, I think the observability insights in the logs are pretty cool, but our application is getting the data in RSCs 99% from db queries and not from fetches. Having a similar UI with query duration for queries would be great. Is there an Observability API that I can use to add traces? Thanks

Hi, Bernd! :waving_hand: Yes, you can add custom traces for your database queries using Vercel’s OpenTelemetry integration. Vercel’s Observability platform supports custom instrumentation through OpenTelemetry, which allows you to add traces for your database queries similar to how fetch requests …

Thanks. After reading the docs it was not apparent that OTEL traces will show up in the monitoring logs.

Hi @pawlean , We are now an Observability customer. First of all. Your example is not working. You have posted a made up API method. After digging through the docs I’ve added registerOTel({ serviceName: "app-frontend" }); to instrumentation.ts and then added spans for my db calls. import { tra…

Hi @pawlean can I expect a response?

The question was aimed at if it’s possible to show custom traces in the logs UI like here: [image]

Queries in Vercel Observability

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pawlean (Pauline P. Narvas) May 30, 2025, 12:37pm 7

Hi, Bernd!

I actually asked your question in yesterday’s live session:

https://community.vercel.com/t/community-session-optimize-your-website-with-tracing/11526

Does this help?

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