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What is dd-trace-js?

A tracing library for Node.js that automatically instruments popular modules like Express, Redis, and MongoDB. It captures distributed traces and runtime metrics to identify bottlenecks in asynchronous JavaScript code.

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JavaScriptMonitoring & Logs

Why dd-trace-js?

  • • Plug-and-play setup
  • • Excellent async context handling
  • • Broad framework support

Limitations

  • • Datadog vendor lock-in
  • • Event loop overhead
  • • Large dependency footprint
3/5/2026
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