Discover - Filter Issues by Time Relative to App Start #109333
Description
Summary
Add the ability to filter issues/events based on how much time has elapsed since app start. This would allow users to either isolate or exclude issues that occur within a specific time window after app launch.
Problem
Currently, there is no way to directly filter issues by time-since-app-start. The closest workaround is filtering by Transactions that include a cold start measurement (e.g. MainActivity, SystemEnabledSettingsActivity), but this is an imprecise proxy and doesn't give users control over a specific time window.
Use Case
A user wants to confirm whether a given issue is correlated with app startup — for example, to validate that it occurs predominantly within the first 10 seconds of the app launching. Today this is not possible without significant manual investigation.
Proposed Solution
Expose a filter in the Issues view (and ideally in Discover) that allows filtering by time elapsed since app start, e.g.:
- Show only issues that occurred within X seconds of app start / transaction
- Exclude issues that occurred within X seconds of app start / transaction
This could be surfaced as a tag or measurement (e.g. time_since_app_start) captured as part of the event payload, or derived from existing span/transaction timing data.
Current Workaround
Filter by transactions known to contain cold start measurements. This is limited because:
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It requires users to know which transactions correspond to app start
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It doesn't allow filtering by a specific time window (e.g. first 10 seconds)
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Not all startup-related events are captured under a startup transaction
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User confirmed: even a rough "first 10 seconds" filter would be sufficient for their use case
Solution Brainstorm
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Product Area
Discover