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Agent Observability

Reviewed 9 April 2026 Canonical definition

Agent observability is the ability to understand what AI agents are doing through metrics, logs, traces, and runtime events. It extends traditional monitoring by showing decision paths, tool calls, data access patterns, and policy outcomes.

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