Observability & Reliability
Distributed Trace
A connected record of operations that participate in a request or workflow across instrumented components. It is built from spans and their relationships, allowing an investigator to follow timing and context. A trace is only as complete as the instrumentation, propagation and retention rules that produced it.
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