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Distributed Systems
Distributed Tracing
1. Fundamentals of Distributed Systems
2. Introduction to Observability
3. Core Concepts of Distributed Tracing
4. Context Propagation
5. Instrumentation Fundamentals
6. Language-Specific Implementation
7. Framework and Library Integration
8. Service Mesh and Infrastructure
9. Sampling Strategies
10. Data Collection and Processing
11. Storage and Backends
12. Open Source Tracing Systems
13. Standards and Protocols
14. Trace Analysis and Visualization
15. Debugging with Distributed Tracing
16. Advanced Tracing Concepts
17. Security and Privacy
18. Performance and Optimization
19. Production Deployment
20. Cost Management and Economics
4.
Context Propagation
4.1.
The Context Propagation Problem
4.1.1.
Maintaining Request Identity
4.1.2.
Cross-Service Correlation
4.1.3.
Distributed State Management
4.2.
Span Context
4.2.1.
Context Components
4.2.1.1.
Trace ID
4.2.1.2.
Span ID
4.2.1.3.
Trace Flags
4.2.1.4.
Trace State
4.2.2.
Context Immutability
4.2.3.
Context Serialization
4.3.
In-Process Propagation
4.3.1.
Thread-Local Storage
4.3.2.
Context Passing
4.3.3.
Asynchronous Context Handling
4.3.4.
Coroutine Support
4.4.
Inter-Process Propagation
4.4.1.
HTTP Header Propagation
4.4.1.1.
Standard Headers
4.4.1.2.
Custom Headers
4.4.1.3.
Header Format
4.4.2.
RPC Metadata
4.4.2.1.
gRPC Metadata
4.4.2.2.
Thrift Headers
4.4.2.3.
Custom RPC Protocols
4.4.3.
Message Queue Propagation
4.4.3.1.
Message Headers
4.4.3.2.
Queue-Specific Mechanisms
4.4.3.3.
Asynchronous Processing
4.5.
Propagation Challenges
4.5.1.
Context Loss
4.5.2.
Async Boundaries
4.5.3.
Third-Party Libraries
4.5.4.
Legacy Systems Integration
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