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AWS HealthOmics now streams workflow engine logs to Amazon CloudWatch in real time

AWS HealthOmics enables real-time monitoring of workflow execution progress via CloudWatch, supporting alarms, dashboards, and integration with existing tools

AWS HealthOmics now streams workflow engine logs from Nextflow, WDL, and CWL workflow runs to Amazon CloudWatch in real time. This provides immediate access to execution details during a run, including workflow orchestration events, task scheduling, import/export activity, and full stack traces on errors. Customers can set up CloudWatch alarms on log patterns to detect anomalies early, build dashboards for ongoing monitoring, and integrate with existing observability tooling. Available in all AWS HealthOmics regions: US East (N. Virginia), US West (Oregon), Europe (Frankfurt, Ireland, London), Israel (Tel Aviv), and Asia Pacific (Singapore, Seoul).

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