Build incident timelines from logs, metrics, and traces without making up the missing parts

A practical flow to anchor the incident window, correlate signals, and separate facts from convenient guesses.

Learn how to reconstruct a real incident from Prometheus, Loki, and distributed traces without getting lost in noise, clock skew, or confident storytelling.

Created: May 2, 2026

Published: May 2, 2026

Estimated time40 min

LevelIntermediate

Before you startHTTP or RPC metrics with latency and error signals by service or route

PlatformsLinux / Docker

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Docker

The same flow works when Prometheus, Loki, or Tempo are exposed through local ports or a lab compose stack.

dockercurljq

Example with local ports

export PROM='http://127.0.0.1:9090'
export LOKI='http://127.0.0.1:3100'
export GRAFANA='http://127.0.0.1:3000'

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