What does a crash analysis in Dynatrace provide?

A crash analysis in Dynatrace provides detailed information on application failures. This analysis focuses on understanding the conditions under which an application crashes, helping developers and operations teams to identify the root cause of issues that lead to failures. It consolidates data related to various aspects of the application's performance at the time of the crash, including stack traces, error messages, and sometimes even the state of the application, which can provide invaluable insights for debugging and improving application stability.

In contrast, historical performance metrics primarily track performance over time rather than specific incidents of crashes. Live system logs provide real-time logging information but do not specifically target failure analysis. User session data tends to focus on an individual user's behavior and interactions with the application rather than addressing application errors or crashes. Therefore, the focus of crash analysis distinctly centers on identifying and diagnosing failures, making it a crucial aspect of maintaining application health and reliability.