Clerk Observability

Overview

Implement comprehensive monitoring, logging, and observability for Clerk authentication.

Prerequisites

• Clerk integration working
• Monitoring platform (DataDog, New Relic, Sentry, etc.)
• Logging infrastructure

Instructions

1. Step 1: Authentication Event Logging
2. Step 2: Middleware Monitoring
3. Step 3: Session Analytics
4. Step 4: Webhook Event Tracking
5. Step 5: Error Tracking with Sentry
6. Step 6: Health Check Endpoint

For full implementation details and code examples, load: Read(${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/references/implementation-guide.md)

Output

• Authentication event logging
• Performance monitoring
• Error tracking integration
• Health check endpoints

Error Handling

Issue	Monitoring Action
High auth latency	Alert on p95 > 200ms
Failed webhooks	Alert on failure rate > 1%
Session anomalies	Track unusual session patterns
API errors	Capture with Sentry context

Resources

• Clerk Dashboard Analytics
• Sentry Integration
• DataDog APM

Next Steps

Proceed to clerk-incident-runbook for incident response procedures.

Examples

Basic usage: Apply clerk observability to a standard project setup with default configuration options.

Advanced scenario: Customize clerk observability for production environments with multiple constraints and team-specific requirements.