July 2022 update: chrome://tracing is deprecated, and by default will redirect to https://ui.perfetto.dev. At the moment, it‘s still possible to use the old UI, but there’s no guarantee that it will continue to function; please file feature requests for any blockers that prevent you from migrating from chrome://tracing to Perfetto.
Perfetto is an evolution of chrome://tracing. Try it out!
Perfetto offers various advantages, including:
So far, the Perfetto UI has been optimized for use cases on Android. If your Chromium use case could be supported in better ways, or if you're missing a loved feature from the catapult viewer, please leave us feedback.