Questions
Common questions.
What is Trace Context?
Trace context is the metadata, typically a trace ID and span ID, that is propagated alongside a request as it moves through an agent system, enabling all the operations triggered by that request to be linked into a single distributed trace.
How does Trace Context work?
Consistent trace context propagation is a prerequisite for distributed tracing and is standardised by the W3C Trace Context specification.
Which terms are related to Trace Context?
Closely related concepts include Distributed Tracing (Agent), Agent Tracing, Trace (Agent), Audit Aggregation. Each is defined in the Prefactor glossary.
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