# AWS X-Ray

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/aws-x-ray/  
**Website:** https://aws.amazon.com/xray/  
**APIs profiled:** 9

AWS X-Ray is a service that helps developers analyze and debug distributed applications by providing end-to-end tracing of requests as they travel through the application, identifying performance bottlenecks and errors. It is now part of Amazon CloudWatch Application Signals for unified observability.

## Kin Score — 48.8 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 48.8).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 66.2 |
| Governance | 25.0 |
| Contract Governance | 25.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 23.7 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 42.9 |
| Commercial Clarity | 55.3 |
| Access Clarity | 55.3 |

## Agent readiness — 29.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (9)

- **AWS X-Ray Encryption API** — Manage encryption configuration
- **AWS X-Ray Groups API** — Manage trace groups
- **AWS X-Ray Insights API** — Automated anomaly detection insights
- **AWS X-Ray Sampling API** — Manage sampling rules
- **AWS X-Ray Service Graph API** — Service map and statistics
- **AWS X-Ray TagResource API** — The TagResource API from AWS X-Ray — 1 operation(s) for tagresource.
- **AWS X-Ray Tags API** — The Tags API from AWS X-Ray — 1 operation(s) for tags.
- **AWS X-Ray Traces API** — Upload and retrieve trace data
- **AWS X-Ray UntagResource API** — The UntagResource API from AWS X-Ray — 1 operation(s) for untagresource.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Aws X Ray Agentic Access** — 22 operations · 22 acting

## Security (4)

- **Aws X Ray Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Aws X Ray Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Aws X Ray Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published
- **Aws X Ray Trust Center** — PCI DSS, HIPAA, FedRAMP, GDPR, FIPS 140

## Plans (1)

- **Aws X Ray Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (5)

- **Performance Optimization** — Identify and resolve latency bottlenecks in distributed microservices applications.
- **Error Debugging** — Trace errors and exceptions to their root cause across service boundaries.
- **Dependency Analysis** — Understand service dependencies and the impact of downstream failures.
- **SLA Monitoring** — Monitor request latency and error rates against service level agreements.
- **Microservices Visibility** — Gain observability into complex microservices architectures and their interactions.

## Tags

Debugging, Distributed Tracing, Microservices, Observability

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/aws-x-ray/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.