Harrison Chase says agent runs can be fully traced, and agent observability needs more than Datadog
Overview
Harrison Chase, founder of LangChain, says on X on October 23, 2026 that everything in an agent run can be traced.
The post does not name the tooling, the scope of tracing, or any products.
On October 30, 2026, Chase says agent observability is closer to Databricks for agents than to Datadog for agents. He says LangChain has built some tools in that direction and expects to release more soon. No release dates or product names are given.
Written by AI from the articles below · updated Oct 30, 5:37 PM ET
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- Oct 30, 5:20 PM ET · 1 articleLangChain's Harrison Chase says agent observability needs more than DatadogHarrison Chase: LangChain's Harrison Chase says agent observability needs more than Datadog
- Oct 23, 11:09 AM ET · 1 articleHarrison Chase says agent traces can be fully tracedHarrison Chase: Harrison Chase says agent traces can be fully traced
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Harrison Chase@hwchase17XLangChain's Harrison Chase says agent observability needs more than DatadogAIHarrison 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.
Harrison Chase@hwchase17XHarrison Chase says agent traces can be fully tracedAIHarrison Chase, the LangChain founder, says that everything in an agent run can be traced. The post gives no further details about the tooling, the scope of tracing, or any products involved.

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