New CloudWatch tools that boost your observability

2:13 AM. Your phone buzzes. Another system failure.

You crack open your laptop. Twenty minutes later, you’ve traced the root cause — something that could’ve been caught earlier.

Every dev has been there.

And that’s exactly the kind of pain AWS is targeting with its latest Amazon CloudWatch upgrades, announced at re:Invent 2024.

Already a staple for AWS monitoring, CloudWatch is evolving into a full-blown observability powerhouse — with new tools to detect, diagnose, and resolve issues before your users ever notice.

• Understand what observability really means (and why you need more than just dashboards)

• Monitor Aurora and RDS at scale with CloudWatch Database Insights

• Navigate your infrastructure visually using Unified Navigation

• Analyze logs in real-time with zero-ETL OpenSearch integration

• Debug distributed apps faster with Span Analytics

• Use Amazon Q Developer Ops Assistant for AI-powered troubleshooting

Let’s take a look at what’s new.