observability

Noun

observability (countable and uncountable, plural observabilities)

1. (uncountable) The state of being observable.
2. (countable) A measure of the extent to which something is observable.
3. (distributed computing) The ability to collect data about the execution of distributed programs, especially the interaction among its components.
   • “In 2018, we saw many companies that are cloud-native and in the tech sector talking about observability,” he said. “Last year, we saw this becoming more mainstream, with large organizations adopting cloud-native technologies and becoming interested in observability.”2021 February 18, Scott Carey, quoting Spiros Xanthos, “Observability: What IT should know as the technology heats up”, in InfoWorld
   • Observability is defined as the ability to understand the internal state of a system by only looking at external outputs of the system. […] Observability builds on monitoring and enables you to gain insights about the internal state of your application.2021, Brendan Creane, Amit Gupta, Kubernetes Security and Observability, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 72

   Synonyms:

   o11y