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Distributed Tracing Basics

Follow requests across services

Tracing propagates trace and span IDs across services, recording timing and metadata to visualize call paths, find bottlenecks, and correlate with logs and metrics.

Propagate IDs

Add trace/span IDs to requests; standardize headers (e.g., W3C).

Instrument

Wrap key calls; include db/cache spans with timings.

Use

View traces to debug latency and errors; sample wisely.

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