diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth.html b/spring-cloud-sleuth.html index 221ead856..9214091fa 100644 --- a/spring-cloud-sleuth.html +++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth.html @@ -505,6 +505,19 @@ annotations (tags), the ID of the span that caused them, and process ID’s

Spans are started and stopped, and they keep track of their timing information. Once you create a span, you must stop it at some point in the future.

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+The initial span that starts a trace is called a root span. The value of span id +of that span is equal to trace id. +
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Trace: A set of spans forming a tree-like structure. For example, if you are running a distributed big-data store, a trace might be formed by a put request.

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