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New Relic Trace Zipkin Trace Payload Structure

Zipkin JSON v2 format trace payload

Type: array Properties: 0

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ZipkinTracePayload 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

{
  "type": "array",
  "description": "Zipkin JSON v2 format trace payload",
  "name": "ZipkinTracePayload",
  "items": {
    "type": "object",
    "description": "A single span in Zipkin JSON v2 format",
    "properties": {
      "id": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Span ID (16 hex characters)"
      },
      "traceId": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Trace ID (32 hex characters)"
      },
      "parentId": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Parent span ID"
      },
      "name": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Span name / operation name"
      },
      "timestamp": {
        "type": "integer",
        "description": "Span start time in microseconds since epoch"
      },
      "duration": {
        "type": "integer",
        "description": "Span duration in microseconds"
      },
      "kind": {
        "type": "string",
        "enum": [
          "CLIENT",
          "SERVER",
          "PRODUCER",
          "CONSUMER"
        ]
      },
      "localEndpoint": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "serviceName": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "ipv4": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "port": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        }
      },
      "remoteEndpoint": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "serviceName": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "ipv4": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "port": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        }
      },
      "tags": {
        "type": "object"
      },
      "annotations": {
        "type": "array",
        "items": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "timestamp": {
              "type": "integer"
            },
            "value": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "required": [
      "id",
      "traceId"
    ]
  },
  "$schema": "https://json-structure.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
}

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