Amazon X-Ray · Schema

Edge

Information about a connection between two services. An edge can be a synchronous connection, such as typical call between client and service, or an asynchronous link, such as a Lambda function which retrieves an event from an SNS queue.

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Properties

Name Type Description
ReferenceId object
StartTime object
EndTime object
SummaryStatistics object
ResponseTimeHistogram object
Aliases object
EdgeType object
ReceivedEventAgeHistogram object
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JSON Schema

xray-edge-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "ReferenceId": {
      "allOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/NullableInteger"
        },
        {
          "description": "Identifier of the edge. Unique within a service map."
        }
      ]
    },
    "StartTime": {
      "allOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Timestamp"
        },
        {
          "description": "The start time of the first segment on the edge."
        }
      ]
    },
    "EndTime": {
      "allOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Timestamp"
        },
        {
          "description": "The end time of the last segment on the edge."
        }
      ]
    },
    "SummaryStatistics": {
      "allOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/EdgeStatistics"
        },
        {
          "description": "Response statistics for segments on the edge."
        }
      ]
    },
    "ResponseTimeHistogram": {
      "allOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Histogram"
        },
        {
          "description": "A histogram that maps the spread of client response times on an edge. Only populated for synchronous edges."
        }
      ]
    },
    "Aliases": {
      "allOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/AliasList"
        },
        {
          "description": "Aliases for the edge."
        }
      ]
    },
    "EdgeType": {
      "allOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/String"
        },
        {
          "description": "Describes an asynchronous connection, with a value of <code>link</code>."
        }
      ]
    },
    "ReceivedEventAgeHistogram": {
      "allOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Histogram"
        },
        {
          "description": "A histogram that maps the spread of event age when received by consumers. Age is calculated each time an event is received. Only populated when <i>EdgeType</i> is <code>link</code>."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "description": "Information about a connection between two services. An edge can be a synchronous connection, such as typical call between client and service, or an asynchronous link, such as a Lambda function which retrieves an event from an SNS queue.",
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "title": "Edge",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amazon-xray/refs/heads/main/json-schema/xray-edge-schema.json"
}

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