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DebugBear

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Velocity2.5

Website speed and Core Web Vitals monitoring platform

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DebugBear is deepening the debug data behind the monitoring it added this year.

web-performancerumuptime-monitoringsynthetic-testingcustom-dashboards
◆Current state
Monthly digests show a tool that spent 2026 widening its surface: custom dashboards, an MCP server, uptime monitoring, Server Timing, browser-support and CrUX ad metrics. October turns inward, adding more detailed debug data for CPU tasks and uptime checks, reporting UI work and easier user-journey setup in synthetic tests.
◆Where it's heading
After months of adding new data sources, DebugBear is now making each one explain itself in more detail. Uptime, added in August, already gets deeper diagnostics two months later, which suggests new monitors are expected to grow into full debugging tools rather than stay as status checks.
◆Prediction
Expect November's digest to keep refining existing views, likely more user-journey and RUM detail; the October note is too brief to say which area gets the next new data source.

◆Recent moves

  1. 3d ago

    October 2026: More detailed debug data for CPU tasks and uptime checks

    October adds more detailed debug data for CPU tasks and uptime checks, plus reporting UI changes and simpler user-journey setup for synthetic tests. It follows the August uptime launch with depth rather than breadth: the new monitors now explain failures, not just report them.

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  2. 1mo ago

    September 2026: Browser insights and CrUX ad metrics

    A Browsers tab shows which Baseline web features visitors' browsers support, and CrUX Ad Insights metrics measure ad impact on page experience. It extends the August uptime release toward a wider picture of real visitors, with dashboard work continuing alongside.

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  3. 2mo ago

    Uptime monitoring and Server Timing support arrive

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    Uptime monitoring lands alongside Server Timing support for lab tests and RUM and URL-based conversion triggers. Availability is a different question from performance, and taking it on moves DebugBear into a category it previously sat beside.

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  4. 3mo ago

    Bottleneck finder tool and better data export

    A bottleneck finder tool, per-chart exports for custom dashboards, improved comparison data, bulk region editing, and HAR waterfall exports. Analysis and export depth on top of the dashboard work from April rather than new measurement.

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  5. 4mo ago

    DebugBear ships an MCP server for Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor

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    A DebugBear MCP server ships for Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor, alongside histogram and scatter charts for custom dashboards. It makes performance data something an assistant retrieves during an investigation rather than something an engineer goes looking for.

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  6. 5mo ago

    Agentic browsing audits and quick performance tests

    A Lighthouse category for agentic browsing, quick one-off tests, prepared AI agent prompts, custom DNS mappings, and dashboard filters. The agentic browsing audit is the interesting item — it measures a site against a non-human visitor — but it arrives as another Lighthouse category rather than a new measurement system.

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