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Tail Workers Common Patterns

Community Libraries

While most tail Worker implementations are custom, these libraries may help:

Logging/Observability:

  • Axiom - axiom-cloudflare-workers (npm) - Direct Axiom integration
  • Baselime - SDK for Baselime observability platform
  • LogFlare - Structured log aggregation

Type Definitions:

  • @cloudflare/workers-types - Official TypeScript types (use TraceItem)

Note: Most integrations require custom tail handler implementation. See integration examples below.

Basic Patterns

HTTP Endpoint Logging

export default {
  async tail(events, env, ctx) {
    const payload = events.map(event => ({
      script: event.scriptName,
      timestamp: event.eventTimestamp,
      outcome: event.outcome,
      url: event.event?.request?.url,
      status: event.event?.response?.status,
      logs: event.logs,
      exceptions: event.exceptions,
    }));
    
    ctx.waitUntil(
      fetch(env.LOG_ENDPOINT, {
        method: "POST",
        body: JSON.stringify(payload),
      })
    );
  }
};

Error Tracking Only

export default {
  async tail(events, env, ctx) {
    const errors = events.filter(e => 
      e.outcome === 'exception' || e.exceptions.length > 0
    );
    
    if (errors.length === 0) return;
    
    ctx.waitUntil(
      fetch(env.ERROR_ENDPOINT, {
        method: "POST",
        body: JSON.stringify(errors),
      })
    );
  }
};

Storage Integration

KV Storage with TTL

export default {
  async tail(events, env, ctx) {
    ctx.waitUntil(
      Promise.all(events.map(event =>
        env.LOGS_KV.put(
          `log:${event.scriptName}:${event.eventTimestamp}`,
          JSON.stringify(event),
          { expirationTtl: 86400 }  // 24 hours
        )
      ))
    );
  }
};

Analytics Engine Metrics

export default {
  async tail(events, env, ctx) {
    ctx.waitUntil(
      Promise.all(events.map(event =>
        env.ANALYTICS.writeDataPoint({
          blobs: [event.scriptName, event.outcome],
          doubles: [1, event.event?.response?.status ?? 0],
          indexes: [event.event?.request?.cf?.colo ?? 'unknown'],
        })
      ))
    );
  }
};

Filtering & Routing

Filter by route, outcome, or other criteria:

export default {
  async tail(events, env, ctx) {
    // Route filtering
    const apiEvents = events.filter(e => 
      e.event?.request?.url?.includes('/api/')
    );
    
    // Multi-destination routing
    const errors = events.filter(e => e.outcome === 'exception');
    const success = events.filter(e => e.outcome === 'ok');
    
    const tasks = [];
    if (errors.length > 0) {
      tasks.push(fetch(env.ERROR_ENDPOINT, {
        method: "POST",
        body: JSON.stringify(errors),
      }));
    }
    if (success.length > 0) {
      tasks.push(fetch(env.SUCCESS_ENDPOINT, {
        method: "POST",
        body: JSON.stringify(success),
      }));
    }
    
    ctx.waitUntil(Promise.all(tasks));
  }
};

Sampling

Reduce costs by processing only a percentage of events:

export default {
  async tail(events, env, ctx) {
    if (Math.random() > 0.1) return;  // 10% sample rate
    ctx.waitUntil(fetch(env.LOG_ENDPOINT, {
      method: "POST",
      body: JSON.stringify(events),
    }));
  }
};

Advanced Patterns

Batching with Durable Objects

Accumulate events before sending:

export default {
  async tail(events, env, ctx) {
    const batch = env.BATCH_DO.get(env.BATCH_DO.idFromName("batch"));
    ctx.waitUntil(batch.fetch("https://batch/add", {
      method: "POST",
      body: JSON.stringify(events),
    }));
  }
};

See durable-objects skill for full implementation.

Workers for Platforms

Dynamic dispatch sends TWO events per request. Filter by scriptName to distinguish dispatch vs user Worker events.

Error Handling

Always wrap external calls. See gotchas.md for fallback storage pattern.