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Observability software provides comprehensive visibility into the internal state of complex distributed systems by collecting and correlating three types of telemetry data: metrics (numerical measurements over time), logs (discrete event records), and traces (request journeys through distributed services). Unlike traditional monitoring that checks known failure modes, observability enables teams to investigate unknown problems — answering "why is this happening?" rather than just "is it happening?" Distributed tracing follows individual requests across microservices, revealing exactly where latency occurs and which service is responsible. Service maps automatically discover and visualize dependencies between services. Anomaly detection uses machine learning to identify unusual patterns without manually-defined thresholds. SLO (Service Level Objective) management helps teams define and track reliability targets. As architectures become more distributed with microservices, containers, and serverless, observability has become essential for maintaining system reliability.