Distributed Tracing Slides: See Requests End to End

Created: Jun 02, 2026

Distributed Tracing in Slides: A Visual Guide

These slides follow one request as it moves through services and show how that journey often hides in plain sight until something goes wrong.

Each slide looks at a different friction point in distributed tracing: gaps in traces, confusing spans, and the moments when good visuals actually speed up incident reviews.

For a full definition and a breakdown of how distributed tracing works, check our glossary article on distributed tracing.

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