Checked fact 34492 Nov 2026Agents and apps

OpenTelemetry's traces concept page says a span represents a unit of work or operation, and lists what a span includes: Name, Parent span ID (empty for root spans), Start and End Timestamps, Span Context, Attributes, Span Events, Span Links and Span Status.

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A span represents a unit of work or operation. Spans are the building blocks of Traces. In OpenTelemetry, they include the following information: Name Parent span ID (empty for root spans) Start and End Timestamps Span Context Attributes Span Events Span Links Span Status

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Traces (OpenTelemetry concepts)
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“OpenTelemetry's traces concept page says a span represents a unit of work or operation, and lists what a span includes: Name, Parent span ID (empty for root spans), Start and End Timestamps, Span Context, Attributes, Span Events, Span Links and Span Status.” ai notis, checked 2 Nov 2026. Source: Traces (OpenTelemetry concepts) (OpenTelemetry). https://ainotis.com/c/3449

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ai notis. (2026, November 2). OpenTelemetry's traces concept page says a span represents a unit of work or operation, and lists what a span includes: Name, Parent span ID (empty for root spans), Start and End Timestamps, Span Context, Attributes, Span Events, Span Links and Span Status [Checked claim 3449]. ai notis. https://ainotis.com/c/3449

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