Introducing: Cloudflare Agents
AI Summary
Cloudflare is launching Cloudflare Agents, a platform to deploy, observe, and manage AI agents, starting with agent tracing. The new observability feature integrates agent-level telemetry with existing Cloudflare Workers tracing to track model calls, tool executions, and token usage. Developers can visualize execution waterfalls, replay full conversation sessions, and export traces using OpenTelemetry.
Key Takeaways
- Agent tracing captures model calls, tool executions, token counts, and subagent handoffs alongside underlying Workers infrastructure like D1 and KV.
- Supports OpenTelemetry-compatible agent harnesses including Think, Flue, and AI SDK, with custom spans API available.
- Tracing is currently free in beta, with pricing integrated into Workers Observability starting October 1, 2026.
Why it matters
Debugging AI agents is notoriously difficult because traditional application logs miss internal reasoning loops, tool selections, and subagent handoffs. Cloudflare's agent tracing bridges this gap by correlating infrastructure metrics with agent-specific telemetry, giving engineers the visibility needed to optimize performance, control costs, and improve agent reliability.
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