# Google Cloud says querying agent traces is hard without automation

> Original title: Once traces land, querying them is the real hurdle.

- Source: Google Cloud Tech
- Published: 2026-11-05T21:46:22.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/xqdv8lxirxls115qj190rhkcc
- Original: https://x.com/GoogleCloudTech/status/2118459933997871172

## Summary

Google Cloud Tech says querying agent traces is the real hurdle once traces are collected. It says hand-writing SQL to unnest polymorphic JSON records across thousands of agent iterations is tedious and error-prone.

## Post

Once traces land, querying them is the real hurdle.

Hand-crafting complex SQL to unnest polymorphic JSON records across thousands of agent iterations is tedious and prone to errors.