How dependency discovery differs from observability tools
Dependency discovery focuses on resilience validation rather than operational observability:
| Capability | Observability tools (X-Ray, CloudWatch) | Next generation Resilience Hub dependency discovery |
|---|---|---|
| Setup | Requires SDK instrumentation or agents | No agents or code changes – agentless |
| Focus | Performance monitoring, latency debugging | Resilience validation, failure testing |
| Discovery | Reactive – discovers failures during incidents | Proactive – discovers dependencies before incidents |
| Classification | No criticality classification | Hard/soft classification |
| Time to value | Days or weeks of instrumentation | Minutes to enable |
