Distributed Tracing

3.

Core Concepts of Distributed Tracing

3.1.

What Is Distributed Tracing

3.1.1.

Definition and Purpose

3.1.2.

Request Journey Tracking

3.1.3.

Performance and Debugging Benefits

3.1.4.

Relationship to Other Observability Signals

3.2.

Fundamental Data Model

3.2.1.

3.2.1.1.

Trace Identifier

3.2.1.2.

Trace Boundaries

3.2.1.3.

Trace Completeness

3.2.2.

3.2.2.1.

Definition and Purpose

3.2.2.2.

Span Identifier

3.2.2.3.

Parent-Child Relationships

3.2.2.4.

3.2.3.

Operation Representation

3.2.3.1.

Operation Names

3.2.3.2.

Operation Types

3.2.3.3.

Service Boundaries

3.3.

3.3.1.

Core Span Properties

3.3.1.1.

3.3.1.2.

3.3.1.3.

3.3.1.4.

3.3.1.5.

3.3.2.

Temporal Information

3.3.2.1.

Start Timestamp

3.3.2.2.

3.3.2.3.

Duration Calculation

3.3.3.

Span Attributes

3.3.3.1.

Key-Value Pairs

3.3.3.2.

Semantic Conventions

3.3.3.3.

Custom Attributes

3.3.3.4.

Attribute Types

3.3.4.

3.3.4.1.

Event Definition

3.3.4.2.

Event Timestamps

3.3.4.3.

Event Attributes

3.3.4.4.

Common Event Types

3.3.5.

3.3.5.1.

3.3.5.2.

Error Information

3.3.5.3.

Status Propagation

3.4.

Trace Structure

3.4.1.

3.4.2.

Directed Acyclic Graph

3.4.3.

Span Relationships

3.4.4.

Critical Path Identification

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