recordReplay

Syntax

newrelic.recordReplay()

Browser API used to force a replay to start recording.

Requirements

• Browser Pro, or Pro+SPA agent (v1.240.0 or higher)

Description

newrelic.recordReplay() can be called to manually force a replay to begin recording. You must meet the following requirements:

• Account is entitled to record replays
• Session Tracking is Enabled
• Session Trace is Enabled
• Browser mutation observer global is present in the current version of the browser being used
• The Session Replay feature is either normally imported, or set to autoStart: false and has already been "started"

If a replay is already in progress, or not all of the above criteria are met, this API method will have no effect.

Use Cases

• You want to manually trigger a replay to record on certain site pages or under certain conditions, regardless of the sampling settings.

Examples

Forcing a replay to start recording

newrelic.recordReplay()