Telemetry
Telemetry is the automatic collection of runtime signals that show how a system behaves while it is operating. This can include signals such as CPU usage, memory consumption, query response times, error rates, and cache behaviour.
3rd February 2026
Definition: Telemetry is data a system collects and sends about its own behaviour and how it's being used, such as logs, metrics, traces and user actions. It often comes from instrumenting code or web pages so that key events are recorded automatically.
So what? Telemetry gives testers evidence from real use at a scale no test suite can match. Used well, it reveals bottlenecks, failures and patterns of behaviour that lab testing would miss.
Examples: Instrumenting web pages to record when users open or send an email, then measuring how long those tasks take across browsers. Collecting sampled trace data to track system performance.
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