Root Cause Analysis with Kopai

Guide for debugging production issues using telemetry data (traces, logs, metrics) via Kopai CLI.

Prerequisites

Ensure access to Kopai app backend. Make sure the services are set up to send their OpenTelemetry data to Kopai. See otel-instrumentation skill for setup.

RCA Workflow Summary

1. Find error traces
2. Get full trace context
3. Correlate logs with trace
4. Check related metrics
5. Identify root cause

Rules