When you’re building realtime systems, blind spots slow you down.
The new dashboard gives developers self-serve visibility into everything happening inside their apps, from high-level usage to individual connections, channels and messages . No setup. No external tools. Just open your browser and observe your data in motion.
Why visibility matters
Realtime applications are dynamic and unpredictable. Connections open and close, messages spike, and behaviour changes in milliseconds.
With the new dashboard, you can see how your system behaves in realtime, right from your browser. Watch channels and connections come to life, spot anomalies the moment they happen, and fix issues before they impact users.
You get the full picture without chasing SDK logs, API responses, or third-party dashboards - everything you need is already in one place.
A realtime workspace built for developers
We’ve introduced a new, modern UI and UX that makes the dashboard faster, more intuitive, and designed around how you actually work.
- Streamlined navigation – move effortlessly between apps, integrations and products.
- Product-first structure – Pub/Sub, Chat, Spaces, LiveSync, and LiveObjects each have their own dedicated sections and tools.
- Improved readability – a cleaner design that surfaces key metrics and events clearly, even during high-traffic moments.
Everything from navigation to data presentation has been rethought to make debugging, exploration, and monitoring faster and more intuitive.
Dashboard updates in detail
Live inspectors - See everything in realtime
Our inspectors give you a live window into how your system behaves as data flows through Ably.
- Room and channel inspectors - see who’s connected to each of your rooms and channels and watch messages and events flow through live.
- Connection inspector - view a list of who’s connected to your app, and see which rooms and channels they’re attached to.
- Live logs - each inspector includes a live log stream scoped to the resource you’re viewing, so you can trace events and debug instantly.
- Statistics - every inspector surfaces live metrics, such as the rate of messages being published on a channel, so you can watch performance in realtime.
These inspectors expose the same telemetry our engineers use to monitor the platform - now directly accessible to you.
Log search - find what happened, when it happened
The new log search lets you query historical platform events to understand past behaviour.
Search the time range you’re interested in to trace what happened and why.
It’s ideal for debugging incidents, auditing system activity, or comparing live traffic with history.
Web CLI - test and explore directly from the browser
We’ve added a new Web CLI. A browser-based command line that lets you run Ably commands instantly. You can test all of Ably’s functionality without any local setup.
Reports and analytics - understand your usage and behaviour
The new reports section provides aggregated insight into how your apps are used - message volumes, connection and channel durations; they let you see how patterns have changed over time.
It helps you identify where consumption is coming from, what’s driving traffic, and how users interact with your system.
This is the foundation for deeper analytics arriving in future releases.
What’s next
We’re not stopping here. The dashboard will continue to evolve into a full observability layer for Ably - giving developers complete insight into how their realtime systems behave.
This release is a major step toward complete realtime observability in Ably, helping every developer understand, debug, and optimize their systems faster.
Log in now to explore all the new features included in the dashboard.
If you’re new to Ably, sign up for free and see your realtime data come to life.
