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AWS X-Ray helps developers analyze and debug production and distributed applications, such as those built using microservices architecture.
Last Modified: August 29, 2025

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Key Features
- Distributed application tracing service.
- Analyzes performance bottlenecks.
- Supports microservices monitoring.
- Visualizes request flow.
Common Use Cases
- Tracing application requests for debugging
- Identifying performance bottlenecks
- Monitoring microservices dependencies
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