# LangChain's Harrison Chase says agent observability needs more than Datadog

> Original title: when people think of "agent observability" they may think of "datadog for agents"

- Source: Harrison Chase
- Published: 2026-10-30T21:20:58.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/nt0teq0wqsmz9sb3mqgtvj6v9
- Original: https://x.com/hwchase17/status/2116279214731395453

## Summary

Harrison Chase says agent observability is closer to Databricks for agents than Datadog for agents. He says LangChain has built some tools in that direction and expects to release more soon.

## Post

when people think of "agent observability" they may think of "datadog for agents"

it's really more like "databricks for agents"

we've done some stuff in this direction but expect to see more soon