# Vercel makes tracing generally available and enables it for new Next.js projects

_Published Friday, November 6, 2026 at 12:42 PM EST · Infrastructure · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

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Vercel says its tracing service is generally available on all plans, adding dashboard and command-line searches across traces that record application activity. Pricing is unchanged from beta. Users previously could open individual request traces only through the Logs page.

Starting with Next.js 16.5, new Vercel projects containing a Node.js function automatically trace 100% of requests in all environments after their first successful build. Users can opt out by removing all sampling rules. Trace retention rises from 1 hour to 3 days on Hobby, from 1 day to 14 days on Pro, and from 3 days to 14 days on Enterprise.

## Sources

- [Vercel News](https://vercel.com/changelog/vercel-tracing-is-now-generally-available)

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Published: 2026-11-06T17:42:37.118Z
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Retrieved: 2026-11-06T22:50:57.570Z
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