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Overview
New Relic is an observability platform vendor positioning as “Intelligent Observability Company.” In June 2026 it expanded into AI coding agent observability with open-source Preflight.
Recent Developments
- 2026-06-23: preflight GA — open-source MCP server for AI coding observability (2026-06-23-new-relic-preflight-official-blog)
- 2026-06-23: New Relic Now event — coined agent-debt concept; 2026 State of AI Coding report
- 2026-06-08: Announced AI Coding Observability development (later branded Preflight)
Key Products
- Preflight: Local + platform observability for AI coding assistants (token costs, sessions, anti-patterns)
- Uses model-context-protocol and OpenTelemetry for vendor-neutral telemetry
Related
- preflight
- agent-debt
- ai-coding-tools
- agentic-ai
- devops
- developer-productivity
- agentic-coding-infrastructure
- new-relic-preflight-ai-coding-observability
- 2026-06-23-new-relic-preflight-ai-coding-observability