dotfiles/.agents/skills/cloudflare-deploy/references/observability/gotchas.md

Common Errors

"Logs not appearing"

Cause: Observability disabled, Worker not redeployed, no traffic, low sampling rate, or log size exceeds 256 KB Solution:

# Verify config
cat wrangler.jsonc | jq '.observability'

# Check deployment
wrangler deployments list <WORKER_NAME>

# Test with curl
curl https://your-worker.workers.dev

Ensure observability.enabled = true, redeploy Worker, check head_sampling_rate, verify traffic

"Traces not being captured"

Cause: Traces not enabled, incorrect sampling rate, Worker not redeployed, or destination unavailable Solution:

// Temporarily set to 100% sampling for debugging
{
  "observability": {
    "enabled": true,
    "head_sampling_rate": 1.0,
    "traces": {
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}

Ensure observability.traces.enabled = true, set head_sampling_rate to 1.0 for testing, redeploy, check destination status

Limits

Resource/Limit	Value	Notes
Max log size	256 KB	Logs exceeding this are truncated
Default sampling rate	1.0 (100%)	Reduce for high-traffic Workers
Max destinations	Varies by plan	Check dashboard
Trace context propagation	100 spans max	Deep call chains may lose spans
Analytics Engine write rate	25 writes/request	Excess writes dropped silently

Performance Gotchas

Spectre Mitigation Timing

Problem: Date.now() and performance.now() have reduced precision (coarsened to 100μs) Cause: Spectre vulnerability mitigation in V8 Solution: Accept reduced precision or use Workers Traces for accurate timing

// Date.now() is coarsened - trace spans are accurate
export default {
  async fetch(request: Request, env: Env, ctx: ExecutionContext): Promise<Response> {
    // For user-facing timing, Date.now() is fine
    const start = Date.now();
    const response = await processRequest(request);
    const duration = Date.now() - start;
    
    // For detailed performance analysis, use Workers Traces instead
    return response;
  }
}

Analytics Engine _sample_interval Aggregation

Problem: Queries return incorrect totals when not multiplying by _sample_interval Cause: Analytics Engine stores sampled data points, each representing multiple events Solution: Always multiply counts/sums by _sample_interval in aggregations

-- WRONG: Undercounts actual events
SELECT blob1 AS customer_id, COUNT(*) AS total_calls
FROM api_usage GROUP BY customer_id;

-- CORRECT: Accounts for sampling
SELECT blob1 AS customer_id, SUM(_sample_interval) AS total_calls
FROM api_usage GROUP BY customer_id;

Trace Context Propagation Limits

Problem: Deep call chains lose trace context after 100 spans Cause: Cloudflare limits trace depth to prevent performance impact Solution: Design for flatter architectures or use custom correlation IDs for deep chains

// For deep call chains, add custom correlation ID
const correlationId = crypto.randomUUID();
console.log({ correlationId, event: 'request_start' });

// Pass correlationId through headers to downstream services
await fetch('https://api.example.com', {
  headers: { 'X-Correlation-ID': correlationId }
});

Pricing (2026)

Workers Traces

• GA Pricing (starts March 1, 2026):
  • $0.10 per 1M trace spans captured
  • Retention: 14 days included
• Free tier: 10M trace spans/month
• Note: Beta usage (before March 1, 2026) is free

Workers Logs

• Included: Free for all Workers
• Logpush: Requires Business/Enterprise plan

Analytics Engine

• Included: 10M writes/month on Paid Workers plan
• Additional: $0.25 per 1M writes beyond included quota