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# Tracing **(ULTIMATE)**
# Tracing
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/7903) in GitLab Ultimate 11.5.
> - [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/7903) in [GitLab Ultimate](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) 11.5.
> - [Moved to GitLab Core](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/42645) in 13.5.
Tracing provides insight into the performance and health of a deployed application,
tracking each function or microservice which handles a given request.