Company
Date Published
Author
Joey Tawadrous
Word count
913
Language
English
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None

Summary

In December 2022, Grafana Labs announced the integration of Pyroscope, an open-source continuous profiling project, into their platform, under the new name Grafana Pyroscope. This integration has introduced flame graphs as a visualization tool for continuous profiling data within Grafana, enabling users to identify resource consumption patterns in their applications. Flame graphs visually represent function call stacks with hierarchical and color-coded blocks, helping users to pinpoint which functions consume the most resources and allowing them to drill down into specific areas for optimization. Additionally, Grafana provides a top table view that complements the flame graph by displaying profiling data in a tabular format, facilitating easier data analysis and search functionality. Grafana Labs continues to refine Grafana Phlare, encouraging user feedback and engagement for future improvements, while also promoting their Grafana Cloud service for comprehensive metrics and dashboard management.