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New Relic Trace New Relic Trace Payload Structure

New Relic format trace payload — array of span batch objects

Type: array Properties: 0
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NewRelicTracePayload is a JSON Structure definition published by New Relic. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/draft/2020-12/schema meta-schema.

Meta-schema: https://json-structure.org/draft/2020-12/schema

JSON Structure

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{
  "type": "array",
  "description": "New Relic format trace payload \u2014 array of span batch objects",
  "name": "NewRelicTracePayload",
  "items": {
    "type": "object",
    "description": "A batch of spans with optional shared attributes",
    "properties": {
      "common": {
        "type": "object",
        "description": "Shared attributes applied to all spans in this batch",
        "properties": {
          "attributes": {
            "type": "object",
            "description": "Key-value attributes applied to every span in the batch"
          }
        }
      },
      "spans": {
        "type": "array",
        "description": "Array of individual span objects",
        "items": {
          "type": "object",
          "description": "A single distributed trace span in New Relic format",
          "properties": {
            "id": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "Unique identifier for this span (16 hex characters)"
            },
            "trace.id": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "Trace ID that groups all spans in a distributed trace"
            },
            "timestamp": {
              "type": "integer",
              "description": "Unix epoch timestamp in milliseconds when the span started"
            },
            "attributes": {
              "type": "object",
              "description": "Span attributes",
              "properties": {
                "name": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "Name of the operation represented by this span"
                },
                "parent.id": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "The span ID of the parent span"
                },
                "duration.ms": {
                  "type": "number",
                  "description": "Duration of the span in milliseconds"
                },
                "service.name": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "Name of the service that generated this span"
                },
                "error": {
                  "type": "boolean",
                  "description": "Whether the span represents an error"
                },
                "db.statement": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "Database query statement if applicable"
                },
                "http.url": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "HTTP URL for outbound calls"
                },
                "http.method": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "HTTP method for outbound calls"
                },
                "http.statusCode": {
                  "type": "integer",
                  "description": "HTTP response status code"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "id",
            "trace.id"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    "required": [
      "spans"
    ]
  },
  "$schema": "https://json-structure.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
}