Traces Help
Distributed trace exploration, span drilldown, and incident correlation.
Find a Trace
Use the Trace ID field to jump directly to a specific trace, or filter by service and date range to browse recent spans.
Inspect a Span
Expand any span row to see full attributes, duration, status, and links to related log lines and errors.
Incident View
Click Incident View on any trace detail to open a correlated incident timeline showing errors, logs, and anomalies for the same window.
Filter Controls
| Control | Description |
|---|---|
| Search | Regex pattern matched against span name and attributes. |
| Service | Multi-select dropdown. Filter to one or more services. |
| Trace ID | Paste a full trace ID to load a single trace detail view. |
| From / To | Date-time range. ISO date-time strings accepted. |
Trace Detail View
When a Trace ID is supplied, the page shows a waterfall view of all spans within that trace:
- Spans are grouped hierarchically by parent span ID.
- Duration bars are color-coded by status (OK, ERROR, UNSET).
- Expand a span to view its full attribute map and linked log lines.
- Error spans surface an Incident View button for cross-signal correlation.
Ingest & API
| Endpoint | Description |
|---|---|
| POST /v1/traces | OpenTelemetry OTLP JSON trace spans. Standard OTEL SDK exporters point here. |
| GET /traces | UI page. Accepts q, service, trace_id, from_ts, to_ts query parameters. |