Readable stack traces in production: source maps + OpenTelemetry

📰 Dev.to · Randolf J.

Learn to use source maps and OpenTelemetry for readable stack traces in production, improving error debugging and resolution

intermediate Published 10 Mar 2026
Action Steps
  1. Configure source maps for your application using tools like Webpack or Rollup
  2. Integrate OpenTelemetry with your application to collect telemetry data
  3. Use OpenTelemetry's SDKs to generate and manage source maps
  4. Test and verify that source maps are correctly generated and applied
  5. Apply OpenTelemetry's tracing features to correlate errors with source maps
Who Needs to Know This

Developers and DevOps engineers can benefit from this technique to enhance error tracking and resolution in production environments

Key Insight

💡 Source maps and OpenTelemetry can be combined to provide readable stack traces in production, making error resolution more efficient

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Two years ago I left Sentry and moved to OpenTelemetry. The one thing I had to rebuild was source map...
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