A system and method for collecting runtime resource information generated by an active software application is provided and includes identifying an occurrence of a function event generated for a software application operating on a predetermined platform, determining a duration of a monitored function called in response to the function event, comparing the duration with a threshold to determine if the duration exceeds the threshold, wherein if the duration is greater than or equal to the threshold then collecting runtime resource information responsive to the monitored function and processing the runtime resource information responsive to the monitored function.