What is a characteristic of requests shown in the Current Hotspot pane?

The Current Hotspot pane in Dynatrace is designed to highlight performance issues in your application and provide insights into specific requests that are potentially causing problems. A characteristic of requests shown in this pane is that they often exhibit high failure rates or high CPU consumption. This is because the Current Hotspot identifies requests that are problematic or resource-intensive, indicating that these requests may be impacting overall application performance and user experience.

When examining the requests in the Current Hotspot pane, it becomes clear that identifying these performance bottlenecks is critical for troubleshooting. High failure rates can signal issues with the underlying services or APIs, while high CPU consumption suggests that certain requests are overly taxing the system, leading to resource starvation or slowdowns for other processes. This targeted focus on problematic requests allows developers and system administrators to prioritize their investigations and remedial actions effectively.

In contrast, characteristics such as only fast response times or consistently low latency do not align with the purpose of the Current Hotspot pane, which focuses precisely on requests that pose challenges. Similarly, a lack of correlation to other metrics would not provide meaningful context for identifying hotspots, as it would hinder the ability to diagnose the issue being reflected in the performance data.