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

• Step 1: Authentication Event Logging

• Step 2: Middleware Monitoring

• Step 3: Session Analytics

• Step 4: Webhook Event Tracking

• Step 5: Error Tracking with Sentry

• 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.