Improved observability into redirects and external rewrites is now available to all Vercel customers.
External rewrites forward requests to APIs or websites outside your Vercel project, effectively allowing Vercel to function as a reverse proxy or standalone CDN.
Customers on all plans get new views offer visibility into key rewrite metrics:
- Total external rewrites
- External rewrites by hostnames
Customers on Pro and Enterprise plans can upgrade to Observability Plus to get:
- Connection latency to external host
- Rewrites by source/destination paths
- Routes and paths for redirect location
Drains have also been updated to support the following:
View external rewrites or learn more about Observability.