# Traces now support Tree and Waterfall views

By Steven Van · 2026-07-10

Vercel Logs traces can now be viewed as a duration-sorted tree or a chronological waterfall, without leaving the log entry.

Traces in [Vercel](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/tools/vercel>) Logs now support two additional views alongside the existing timeline, viewable directly from the log entry.

- The **Tree view** groups spans by parent and child, sorting them by duration on load so the slowest spans appear first.

- The **Waterfall view** places every span on one chronological axis, showing what ran in parallel and where time was lost.

See the [Tracing documentation](<https://vercel.com/docs/tracing>) for details.

![Tree view of a trace.](<https://7nyt0uhk7sse4zvn.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/front/docs/observability/trace-tree-view-light.png?lightbox>)

Tree view of a trace, showing spans grouped by parent and child.

![Waterfall view of a trace.](<https://7nyt0uhk7sse4zvn.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/front/docs/observability/trace-waterfall-view-light.png?lightbox>)

Waterfall view of a trace, showing spans on one chronological axis.

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Sources

[Original source](<https://vercel.com/docs/tracing>)

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