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RetraceKit

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RetraceKit is incident tracking for JavaScript and TypeScript teams. It clusters related crashes into automatic incidents so small teams can triage outages from a quieter inbox without setting up a full APM.

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Incident tracking for JavaScript and TypeScript teams

RetraceKit is an incident tracking product for JavaScript and TypeScript apps. It groups related error fingerprints into automatic incidents so teams can treat several crash patterns as one outage when they share a route, release, or session.

The product is positioned for indie hackers, solo founders, and small teams that want a lightweight incident inbox rather than a broader application performance platform. It uses a small SDK, automatic capture of uncaught errors, and built-in context to surface incidents quickly with minimal setup.

Core features

Automatic incident clustering

Related issues are grouped into one incident when they share route, release, or session context, which helps reduce scattered triage across separate tickets.

Issue and incident separation

Individual crashes are tracked as issues, while incidents collect multiple issues tied to the same outage surface, so teams can keep both the detail and the operational view.

AI summaries on every plan

Each incident and issue includes an AI-generated summary, giving teams a brief description without needing a separate summarization workflow.

Small SDK with automatic capture

The SDK is described as about 2 KB gzipped and initializes with automatic capture of uncaught errors, keeping setup lightweight.

Built-in alerting and integrations

Team alerts and third-party integrations are included, and the product notes Telegram and Bitrix24 integrations as live today.

Retention and storage controls by plan

The pricing page shows free and paid plans with different retention windows and concurrent stored event limits, while error collection continues even after limits change.

Where it fits

  • Triaging checkout or payment outages

    When several error fingerprints appear on the same route, RetraceKit can gather them into one incident so a team can investigate the outage as a single work item.

  • Monitoring deploy-related regressions

    If a release introduces multiple new failures, the release-based correlation rule can surface them together for faster review after deployment.

  • Handling session-specific cascades

    When one user session triggers a chain of different issues, the session view helps teams understand the full failure path instead of separate error records.

  • Supporting small engineering teams

    Indie hackers and small JS/TS teams can use it as an incident inbox for crash triage without adopting a wider APM stack.

  • Keeping a quiet operational inbox

    Teams that want fewer duplicate alerts can rely on issue aggregation and automatic incidents to reduce repeated noise from the same outage.

Pros and Cons

Pros

  • Automatic incidents are included on Free, Plus, and Pro.
  • The setup is light: the site describes a two-line SDK init and first incidents usually appearing in under three minutes.
  • Route, release, and session context are used for correlation without separate incident configuration.
  • The product keeps issue detail attached to incidents, which preserves context during triage.
  • Pricing is presented transparently with a free tier and clearly published paid plans.

Cons

  • It is not intended as a full APM platform.
  • The site notes that features such as Slack/Discord alerts, multi-seat invites, and source map upload as a product feature are not yet shipped.
  • Some correlation rules depend on SDK context, such as setting release when you want release-based incidents.

FAQ

What is the difference between an issue and an incident?

An issue is one fingerprint, meaning the same crash type counted many times. An incident is a cluster of several issues that share a route, release, or session, so the team can triage one outage instead of a pile of separate tickets.

Does automatic incident detection need extra configuration?

No separate incident configuration is required. The product uses normal SDK context, including the page URL in browsers, sessionId from init, and release when you set it.

Are incidents included on the free plan?

Yes. The pricing and feature pages state that automatic incidents and AI summaries are available on Free, Plus, and Pro.

How do teams upgrade plans?

The pricing page says users can email from the app or use the contact link on the page, and the team activates the plan manually and bills monthly.

Can RetraceKit replace a broader error platform?

It is designed for crash triage and automatic incidents for small JS/TS apps, but the site says it does not replace tools like Sentry or Bugsnag when you need session replay, distributed tracing, performance spans, or a broader APM workflow.

Quick Facts

Category
Developer Tool
Platform
JavaScript and TypeScript
Primary workflow
Error tracking with automatic incident clustering
Source domain
retracekit.cloud
Pricing
Free and paid plans are listed publicly
Notable setup
SDK-based, with incidents derived from route, release, and session context