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Metrics include function invocation counts, error rates, and resource utilization, with filtering and search capabilities.","intents":["Monitor inference latency and throughput in production without external APM tools","Debug function failures by viewing execution logs and error traces","Track GPU utilization and cost per function for optimization","Identify performance bottlenecks in multi-stage pipelines"],"best_for":["ML teams monitoring inference pipelines in production","Developers debugging function failures and performance issues","Teams optimizing GPU utilization and cost"],"limitations":["Log retention limits (1-30 days) may be insufficient for long-term audit trails or compliance requirements","Integration with external observability tools (Datadog, New Relic, Prometheus) not documented — unclear if metrics can be exported","Custom metrics not mentioned — limited to built-in metrics (latency, memory, GPU utilization)","No alerting or notification system documented — unclear how to be notified of failures or anomalies","Distributed tracing across multiple functions not documented — unclear how to track requests through multi-stage pipelines"],"requires":["Modal account with observability support (all plans)","Functions deployed to Modal","Web browser to access Modal dashboard"],"input_types":["Function execution logs (automatically captured)","Performance metrics (automatically collected)"],"output_types":["Real-time log streams","Execution metrics (latency, memory, GPU utilization)","Execution history and error traces"],"categories":["safety-moderation","data-processing-analysis"],"confidence":0.5,"matches":0,"success_rate":0},{"id":"modal__cap_11","uri":"capability://automation.workflow.deployment.versioning.and.rollback.with.multi.version.history","name":"deployment versioning and rollback with multi-version history","description":"Modal maintains deployment history and enables rollback to previous function versions without redeployment. 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Functions can enqueue tasks, and consumer functions process items from the queue with automatic batching, deduplication, and ordering guarantees. 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