What problems can tracing identify?

Tracing helps identify the following issues in distributed systems and applications:

• Performance bottlenecks — where delays occur in the call chain.
• Errors and exceptions — in which service or component a failure occurred.
• Message loss or duplication — helps track whether requests are lost or processed multiple times.
• Integration issues — such as incorrect call order or API mismatches.
• Incorrect request routing — when requests go to the wrong destination.
• Scaling problems — identifying components that cannot handle the load.

Tracing provides end-to-end request execution context across all services, greatly simplifying the diagnosis of complex problems.