# Cross-link map: Trace Drains Reference (/docs/drains/reference/traces)

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## Semantically closest pages

- [AI Gateway Trace Drains](https://vercel.com/docs/ai-gateway/observability-and-spend/trace-drains) — Forward an OpenTelemetry trace of every AI Gateway request to your own observability tool, and understand trace drain bi
- [Using Drains](https://vercel.com/docs/drains/using-drains) — Learn how to configure drains to forward observability data to custom HTTP endpoints, dedicated Audit Log destinations,
- [Working with Drains](https://vercel.com/docs/drains) — Drains collect logs, traces, speed insights, and analytics from your applications. Forward observability data to custom
- [Tracing](https://vercel.com/docs/tracing) — Learn how to trace your application to understand performance and infrastructure details.
- [Web Analytics Drains Reference](https://vercel.com/docs/drains/reference/analytics) — Learn about Web Analytics Drains - data formats and custom events configuration.

## Prerequisites

- [Drains](https://vercel.com/docs/agent-resources/vercel-mcp/tools/drains) — Vercel MCP tools for drains.

## This page links to (3)

- [Working with Drains](https://vercel.com/docs/drains) — Drains collect logs, traces, speed insights, and analytics from your applications. Forward observability data to custom
- [Using Drains](https://vercel.com/docs/drains/using-drains) — Learn how to configure drains to forward observability data to custom HTTP endpoints, dedicated Audit Log destinations,
- [Tracing](https://vercel.com/docs/tracing) — Learn how to trace your application to understand performance and infrastructure details.

## Pages that link here (8)

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### From vercel-kb

- [Add structured application logs to Vercel Functions](https://vercel.com/kb/guide/add-structured-application-logs-to-vercel-functions) — Learn how to add structured application logs to Vercel Functions to help troubleshoot function issues in real time.

### From vercel-docs

- [AI Gateway Trace Drains](https://vercel.com/docs/ai-gateway/observability-and-spend/trace-drains) — Forward an OpenTelemetry trace of every AI Gateway request to your own observability tool, and understand trace drain bi
- [AI Gateway Pricing](https://vercel.com/docs/ai-gateway/pricing) — Understand AI Gateway token pricing, free and paid credits, BYOK costs, add-on charges, and payment fees. Manage credit
- [Working with Drains](https://vercel.com/docs/drains) — Drains collect logs, traces, speed insights, and analytics from your applications. Forward observability data to custom
- [Using Drains](https://vercel.com/docs/drains/using-drains) — Learn how to configure drains to forward observability data to custom HTTP endpoints, dedicated Audit Log destinations,
- [Tracing](https://vercel.com/docs/tracing) — Learn how to trace your application to understand performance and infrastructure details.
- [Always-on Tracing](https://vercel.com/docs/tracing/always-on-tracing) — Continuously collect traces from your production and preview traffic using sampling rules, so you can debug real request
- [Instrumentation](https://vercel.com/docs/tracing/instrumentation) — Learn how to instrument your application to understand performance and infrastructure details.