Empowering DevOps with observability: Enhancing system reliability and performance

Deva, Sruthi (2025) Empowering DevOps with observability: Enhancing system reliability and performance. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 26 (2). pp. 1241-1252. ISSN 2581-9615

Observability has emerged as a critical capability that enables DevOps teams to gain deep insights into increasingly complex distributed systems. By extending beyond traditional monitoring to focus on understanding system behavior through logs, metrics, and traces, observability transforms how organizations approach reliability and performance management. This comprehensive visibility allows teams to shift from reactive incident management to proactive issue prevention, optimize performance through data-driven insights, strengthen CI/CD pipelines with integrated telemetry, and foster cultures that embrace shared ownership of system reliability. As systems continue to evolve, advanced observability practices, including AI-enhanced analytics, declarative observability-as-code, business-level metrics alignment, and end-to-end user journey tracking, are becoming essential for maintaining resilience at scale. Organizations that successfully implement these practices achieve both increased deployment velocity and enhanced system stability, demonstrating that observability serves as a fundamental foundation for modern digital infrastructure.