Micrometer defines an https://micrometer.io/docs/observation[Observation concept that enables both Metrics and Traces] in applications.
Metrics support offers a way to create timers, gauges or counters for collecting statistics about the runtime behavior of your application.
Metrics can help you to track error rates, usage patterns, performance and more.
Traces provide a holisitic view of an entire system, crossing application boundaries; you can zoom in on particular user requests and follow their entire completion across applications.
Traces provide a holistic view of an entire system, crossing application boundaries; you can zoom in on particular user requests and follow their entire completion across applications.
Spring Framework instruments various parts of its own codebase to publish observations if an `ObservationRegistry` is configured.
You can learn more about {docs-spring-boot}/html/actuator.html#actuator.metrics[configuring the observability infrastructure in Spring Boot].