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Introducing Grafana Faro, an open source project for frontend application observability

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Date Published
Author
Bogdan Matei
Word Count
747
Company Posts That Month
22
Language
English
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Summary

Grafana Faro is a newly announced open-source project focused on enhancing frontend application observability by introducing a configurable web SDK to capture observability signals, which can be integrated with backend and infrastructure data for comprehensive full-stack visibility. Aimed at addressing the complexity of modern browser frontends, Faro offers a JavaScript library that provides automatic instrumentation to capture logs, errors, and performance metrics, along with an event API to track user interactions. It integrates seamlessly with Grafana Cloud, allowing users to collect, process, and analyze frontend data without worrying about infrastructure management. The project is currently in a private beta phase, offering Grafana Cloud users the opportunity to trial its Frontend Application Observability service, designed to simplify real user monitoring.

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