# Logging and monitoring AWS Step Functions service performance
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Learn how to log and monitor Step Functions to maintain the reliability, availability, and performance of Step Functions and your AWS solutions. 

There are several tools available to use with Step Functions: 

**Topics**
+ [Metrics in CloudWatch](procedure-cw-metrics.md)
+ [Automate event delivery](eventbridge-integration.md)
+ [API calls in CloudTrail](procedure-cloud-trail.md)
+ [Logging in CloudWatch Logs](cw-logs.md)
+ [Trace data in X-Ray](concepts-xray-tracing.md)
+ [Events using User Notifications](using-user-notifications-sfn.md)

**Tip**  
To deploy a sample workflow and learn how to monitor metrics, logs, and traces of the workflow execution, see [Adding observability](https://catalog.workshops.aws/stepfunctions/adding-observability) in *The AWS Step Functions Workshop*.