If you’ve worked with WebRTC applications long enough, you’ve probably heard these complaints: “The video froze, but I could still hear them.” “The audio kept cutting in and out.” “The call just dropped for no reason.” You check your application performance monitoring (APM) dashboard and everything looks
WebRTC applications present unique operational challenges that traditional monitoring tools cannot address. Unlike conventional web applications, real-time communication systems operate with complex peer-to-peer connections, dynamic network conditions, and media processing pipelines that can fail silently or degrade gradually. The primary challenge lies in observability. WebRTC applications generate