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Trace timelines that surface the real bottleneck

January 12, 2026 By Laritor Team

When an incident hits, most teams jump between logs, traces, and metrics to reconstruct what happened. The problem is that the real bottleneck is usually buried across multiple systems.

1. Start with the request timeline

Laritor merges requests, jobs, queries, and outbound calls into a single timeline. Start with the slowest request and expand the span tree to see what actually consumed time.

2. Follow the forks

Queues and scheduled tasks often hide in the background. The timeline shows exactly which jobs were dispatched and how long each step took, so you can fix the right worker or database call.

3. Validate the fix

Once you ship the fix, compare timelines before and after. You should see the bottleneck collapse and overall latency drop across the same route pattern.

Timeline analysis keeps everyone aligned because every step is visible, measurable, and accountable.

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