Observability
Tracing
Tracing records the progress of an operation through a sequence of timed spans, potentially across multiple services. Parent-child relationships and shared trace identifiers help explain where time was spent and which dependency introduced a delay.
Also known as: distributed tracing
Why it matters
Operation-level timing reveals which service or dependency contributes latency.
Practical example
Trace remote cache requests to distinguish network latency from time spent unpacking an archive.
Related terms
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