By default, the traceparent and tracestate headers are used per W3C spec for distributed tracing. However, in certain cases it can be helpful to not use the incoming traceparent header. In Elastic APM agents, this can be handled with trace_continuation_strategy.
By default, the
traceparentandtracestateheaders are used per W3C spec for distributed tracing. However, in certain cases it can be helpful to not use the incomingtraceparentheader. In Elastic APM agents, this can be handled withtrace_continuation_strategy.