AWS X-Ray

Distributed tracing and service-map visibility for supported applications.

Key points

Traces connect request segments across services and help locate latency or errors in a distributed path.

Best-known use cases

Find which downstream call slows a request.

What candidates often confuse it with

X-Ray traces requests; CloudWatch provides metrics, alarms, and logs.

Key takeaway

Choose X-Ray when the requirement is end-to-end distributed request tracing.

Related services

Amazon CloudWatch

Relevant exam tasks

D2.2

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AWS X-Ray

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SAA-C03 at a glance

Category: Associate
Duration: 130 minutes
Questions: 65 total; 50 scored and 15 unidentified unscored
Formats: Multiple choice and multiple response
Scoring: 100–1,000 scaled score; 720 minimum passing score

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SAA-C03 official exam guide

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AWS Solutions Architect - Associate certification

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