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Performance Debugging with Trace and Profiler

In this guided cloud lab, learners diagnose and enhance application performance using Google Cloud Trace and Profiler. The lab begins with an application that is experiencing delays under load. Learners generate traffic, analyse distributed traces and profiling data, and identify performance bottlenecks. They then validate the performance improvements by comparing observability data before and after making changes, demonstrating how tracing and profiling support efficient performance debugging in real-world environments.

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Level
Intermediate
Last updated
Mar 13, 2026
Duration
30m

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Table of Contents
  1. Challenge

    Set Up the Required Services

    To start, you will ensure the required services are enabled.

  2. Challenge

    Generate Trace Traffic and Profiler Data

    Then, you will generate traffic from a web site for the Tracer, and will also generate some Profiler data.

  3. Challenge

    Filter Trace and Profiler Data

    Finally, you will revisit the Trace and Profiler interfaces, and go through some ways to filter the presented information.

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