Update to DevTools enhanced traces documentation

microsoft-edge/dev-videos/index.md

@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ January 17, 2023
 [![Thumbnail image for video "What's new in DevTools 109"](./index-images/devtools-whatsnew-109.png)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-q-PLmO-ns)
 
 Covers:
-* Enhanced traces to share memory and performance recordings.
+* Share memory and performance traces with more data.
 * Selector Stats in the **Performance** tool.
 * Track garbage-collected (GC'd) objects in the **Memory** tool.
 * Heap Snapshot visualizer extension.
@@ -183,7 +183,8 @@ Covers:
 
 See also:
 * [What's New in DevTools (Microsoft Edge 109)](../devtools/whats-new/2023/01/devtools-109.md)<!-- has Video section -->
-* [Share enhanced performance and memory traces](../devtools/experimental-features/share-traces.md)
+* [Share a memory trace with more data](../devtools/experimental-features/share-memory-traces.md)
+* [Share a performance trace with more data](../devtools/performance/share-performance-traces.md)
 * [Analyze CSS selector performance during Recalculate Style events](../devtools/performance/selector-stats.md) - selector stats.
 * [Investigate memory allocation, with reduced garbage ("Include objects" checkboxes)](../devtools/rendering-tools/js-runtime.md#investigate-memory-allocation-with-reduced-garbage-include-objects-checkboxes) in _Speed up JavaScript runtime ("Allocation sampling" profiling type)_.
 * [Trash talk: the Orinoco garbage collector](https://v8.dev/blog/trash-talk)

microsoft-edge/devtools/experimental-features/index.md

@@ -392,7 +392,10 @@ In the **Performance** tool, shows an option to save a performance trace as a `.
 
 See also:
 * [Save and share a recording](../performance/reference.md#save-and-share-a-recording) in _Performance features reference_.
-* [Export a trace from the Performance tool](./share-traces.md#export-a-trace-from-the-performance-tool) in _Share enhanced performance and memory traces_.
+* [Export a trace from the Performance tool](../performance/share-performance-traces.md#export-a-trace-from-the-performance-tool) in _Share a performance trace with more data_.
+<!--
+* [Export a trace from the Memory tool](./share-memory-traces.md#export-a-trace-from-the-memory-tool) in _Share a memory trace with more data_.
+-->
 
 Status:
 * This checkbox is not present in Microsoft Edge Canary 143.
@@ -621,14 +624,18 @@ _new as of Microsoft Edge 128_
 This experiment makes the **Performance** tool capture newly added traces, to support enhanced traces v2.  This feature is being implemented in the upstream Chromium project.  This experiment doesn't affect the capabilities of Microsoft Edge to capture enhanced traces and doesn't impact DevTools user's experience.
 
 Status:
-* This checkbox is present in Microsoft Edge Canary 143.
+* This checkbox is not present in Microsoft Edge Canary 143.
 * This checkbox is present in Microsoft Edge Stable 141.
 
 See also:
-* [Share enhanced performance and memory traces](../experimental-features/share-traces.md)
+* [Share a performance trace with more data](../performance/share-performance-traces.md)
 * [Performance features reference](../performance/reference.md)
 * [Performance recording event reference](../performance/performance-reference.md)
 
+<!--
+the retired term "enhanced traces" remains in this entry for 141, entry then gets removed
+-->
+
 
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 ## Performance panel: Enable collecting source text for compiled script
@@ -641,11 +648,11 @@ In the **Performance** tool, when exporting the trace file, stores the source co
 This experiment makes the **Performance** tool record script source text in traces.  This feature is being implemented in the upstream Chromium project.
 
 Status:
-* This checkbox is present in Microsoft Edge Canary 143.
+* This checkbox is not present in Microsoft Edge Canary 143.
 * This checkbox is present in Microsoft Edge Stable 141.
 
 See also:
-* [Share enhanced performance and memory traces](../experimental-features/share-traces.md)
+* [Share a performance trace with more data](../performance/share-performance-traces.md)
 * [Performance features reference](../performance/reference.md)
 * [Performance recording event reference](../performance/performance-reference.md)
 
@@ -663,7 +670,7 @@ Status:
 * This checkbox is present in Microsoft Edge Stable 141.
 
 See also:
-* [Share enhanced performance and memory traces](../experimental-features/share-traces.md)
+* [Share a performance trace with more data](../performance/share-performance-traces.md)
 * [Performance features reference](../performance/reference.md)
 * [Performance recording event reference](../performance/performance-reference.md)
 

microsoft-edge/devtools/experimental-features/share-memory-traces.md

@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+---
+title: Share a memory trace with more data
+description: Learn to export and import memory traces with more data in DevTools to resolve low performance and high memory usage issues in your webpages
+author: MSEdgeTeam
+ms.author: msedgedevrel
+ms.topic: conceptual
+ms.service: microsoft-edge
+ms.subservice: devtools
+ms.date: 10/23/2025
+---
+# Share a memory trace with more data
+
+The **Memory** tool records runtime data about your webpage. Exploring the recorded data makes it possible to improve your webpage's memory usage.
+
+Additionally, the recorded data can be exported to files on disk. The exported files are called _traces_.
+
+Exporting memory traces is useful when you want to share these files with other people to get help with investigating issues. An exported trace is a `.heapsnapshot`, `.heapprofile`, or `.heaptimeline` file which can be imported in DevTools at any time. By default, these traces contain minimal information about the runtime data from the traced webpage.
+
+Memory traces can also be saved as a `.devtools` file, which contains much more runtime data from the traced webpage.  Advantages of the `.devtools` file format:
+
+* This makes it easier to resolve memory issues, by recreating the environment in which the trace was recorded, and by providing original source files.
+
+* This makes it possible to reliably resolve source code references found in imported traces to the actual runtime code in the **Sources** tool.
+
+* If source maps were present when a trace was recorded, or if they are stored on the [Azure Artifacts Symbol Server](../javascript/consume-source-maps-from-azure.md), it's also possible to resolve code references to their original source code.
+
+Browser compatibility:
+
+* `.heapsnapshot`, `.heapprofile`, and `.heaptimeline` trace files are compatible with Microsoft Edge and other browsers that are based on the Chromium engine.
+
+* `.devtools` traces can only be imported in Microsoft Edge.
+
+
+<!-- ====================================================================== -->
+## Set the export options for memory traces
+
+Memory traces that are `.devtools` files can optionally include console messages, script sources, and DOM elements.  To control what is included in these traces:
+
+1. Open DevTools by pressing **Ctrl+Shift+I** (Windows, Linux) or **Command+Option+I** (macOS).
+
+1. In DevTools, in the upper right, select **Customize and control DevTools** > **Settings** (![Settings button](./share-memory-traces-images/settings-button-icon.png)).  **Settings** opens, with the **Preferences** page selected.
+
+1. In the **Persistence** section of the **Preferences** page, use these checkboxes to control what to include:
+
+   * **Include console message in .devtools traces**.
+   * **Include script sources in .devtools traces**.
+   * **Include DOM snapshots in .devtools traces (experimental)**.
+
+   <!-- TODO: replace once new UI is in canary ![The Settings panel in DevTools, showing the trace options](./share-memory-traces-images/enhanced-trace-options.png) -->
+
+
+<!-- ====================================================================== -->
+## Export a trace from the Memory tool
+
+To export memory information from the **Memory** tool:
+
+1. Open the **Memory** tool.
+
+1. Choose the type of memory recording you're interested in, such as **Heap Snapshot**. The following instructions are similar if you choose a different memory recording type. To learn more about the different memory recording types, see [Fix memory problems](../memory-problems/index.md).
+
+1. Click **Take Snapshot**.
+
+1. When the snapshot is recorded, click the **Save** button in the **Memory** tool sidebar:
+
+   <!-- TODO: replace with updated UI ![Microsoft Edge with DevTools, showing the Memory tool, with the Save button](./share-memory-traces-images/exporting-memory-trace.png) -->
+
+1. Choose the trace type and a location to save the trace file on your disk. Select `.devtools` if you want to include console messages, script sources, and DOM elements. Otherwise, select `.heapsnapshot`, `.heapprofile`, or `.heaptimeline`.
+
+   <!-- TOOD: replace once new UI is in canary ![The Windows save dialog, showing the memory trace file being saved in a traces folder](./share-memory-traces-images/saving-memory-trace.png) -->
+
+
+<!-- ====================================================================== -->
+## Import a trace in the Memory tool
+
+To import a trace in the **Memory** tool:
+
+1. Open the **Memory** tool:
+
+   ![Microsoft Edge, showing the Memory tool in DevTools, with the Load button](./share-memory-traces-images/importing-memory-trace.png)
+
+1. Click the **Load profile** (![Load profile icon](./share-memory-traces-images/load-profile-icon.png)) button at the top.  Or, click the **Load profile** button at the bottom.
+
+1. Locate the trace file on your disk. It's either a `.devtools` file, or a `.heapsnapshot`, `.heaptimeline`, or `.heapprofile` file.
+
+   ![The Windows open dialog, showing a memory trace file](./share-memory-traces-images/opening-memory-trace.png)
+
+1. Open the file.
+
+   If it's a `.devtools` file, a new DevTools window appears, showing the memory information and the extra runtime information that was recorded displayed in the **Sources**, **Console**, and **Elements** tools.
+
+   Otherwise, the memory information appears in the **Memory** tool, and the rest of the DevTools tabs continue to show information related to the current webpage.
+
+
+<!-- ====================================================================== -->
+## See also
+<!-- all links in article -->
+
+* [Share performance traces with more data](../performance/share-performance-traces.md)<!-- link not in article -->
+* [Fix memory problems](../memory-problems/index.md)
+* [Azure Artifacts Symbol Server](../javascript/consume-source-maps-from-azure.md)