> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.elsaworkflows.io/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.elsaworkflows.io/operate.md).

# Operate

- [Monitoring & Observability](https://docs.elsaworkflows.io/operate/monitoring-observability.md): Release-backed guide to observing Elsa 3.8.0 with incidents, execution logs, activity execution records, Studio diagnostics, and OpenTelemetry.
- [Readiness and Health Checks](https://docs.elsaworkflows.io/operate/readiness-and-health-checks.md): Release-backed guidance for configuring Elsa runtime, persistence, and distributed-lock readiness checks.
- [Distributed Tracing](https://docs.elsaworkflows.io/operate/distributed-tracing.md): Release-backed guide to tracing Elsa 3.8.0 workflows with Elsa.Workflows instrumentation and the OpenTelemetry diagnostics collector.
- [Investigate a Workflow Instance](https://docs.elsaworkflows.io/operate/workflow-state-and-journal.md): Investigate a live Elsa 3.8.0 workflow instance with Studio and the runtime APIs for state, journal entries, activity executions, and variables.
- [Variables](https://docs.elsaworkflows.io/operate/workflow-instance-variables.md): Inspect and update workflow instance variables through Elsa Studio, the runtime API, or \`IWorkflowInstanceVariableManager\`.
- [Activation Strategies](https://docs.elsaworkflows.io/operate/workflow-activation-strategies.md)
- [Incidents](https://docs.elsaworkflows.io/operate/incidents.md): Release-backed guide to faults, incidents, retries, and operator recovery in Elsa 3.8.0.
- [Strategies](https://docs.elsaworkflows.io/operate/incidents/strategies.md): Built-in incident strategies and their real 3.8.0 behavior.
- [Configuration](https://docs.elsaworkflows.io/operate/incidents/configuration.md): Release-backed incident strategy configuration for Elsa 3.8.0 hosts and workflow definitions.