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RecognitionAWS X-Ray
Tracing evidence can support troubleshooting; no numbered skill names it directly.
Key points
- X-Ray tracing can add request-path evidence to an operational investigation, but no numbered skill gives it standalone depth.
Best-known use cases
- D1.2 and D3.1: inspect traces when the task explicitly requires request-path evidence for a deployment or remediation issue.
What candidates often confuse it with
- X-Ray traces requests across components; CloudWatch metrics and logs describe workload signals and records.
Key takeaway
Use X-Ray as supporting evidence for the named troubleshooting path, not as a generic monitoring replacement.
Related services
- Kiro
Relevant exam tasks
- D1.2 — Task 1.2: Identify and remediate issues by using monitoring and availability metrics.
- 1.2.1 — Analyze performance metrics and automate remediation strategies by using AWS services and functionality (for example, CloudWatch, Lambda, AWS Systems Manager, CloudTrail, Kiro, AWS DevOps Agent).
- D3.1 — Task 3.1: Provision and maintain cloud resources.
- 3.1.1 — Create and manage AMIs and container images (for example, EC2 Image Builder).