RPC

RPC Attributes

RPC attributes are intended to be used in the context of events related to remote procedure calls (RPC).

AttributeTypeDescriptionExamples
rpc.connect_rpc.error_codestringThe error codes of the Connect request. Error codes are always string values.cancelled
rpc.connect_rpc.request.metadata.<key>string[]Connect request metadata, <key> being the normalized Connect Metadata key (lowercase), the value being the metadata values. [1]rpc.request.metadata.my-custom-metadata-attribute=["1.2.3.4", "1.2.3.5"]
rpc.connect_rpc.response.metadata.<key>string[]Connect response metadata, <key> being the normalized Connect Metadata key (lowercase), the value being the metadata values. [2]rpc.response.metadata.my-custom-metadata-attribute=["attribute_value"]
rpc.grpc.request.metadata.<key>string[]gRPC request metadata, <key> being the normalized gRPC Metadata key (lowercase), the value being the metadata values. [3]rpc.grpc.request.metadata.my-custom-metadata-attribute=["1.2.3.4", "1.2.3.5"]
rpc.grpc.response.metadata.<key>string[]gRPC response metadata, <key> being the normalized gRPC Metadata key (lowercase), the value being the metadata values. [4]rpc.grpc.response.metadata.my-custom-metadata-attribute=["attribute_value"]
rpc.grpc.status_codeintThe numeric status code of the gRPC request.0
rpc.jsonrpc.error_codeinterror.code property of response if it is an error response.-32700; 100
rpc.jsonrpc.error_messagestringerror.message property of response if it is an error response.Parse error; User already exists
rpc.jsonrpc.request_idstringid property of request or response. Since protocol allows id to be int, string, null or missing (for notifications), value is expected to be cast to string for simplicity. Use empty string in case of null value. Omit entirely if this is a notification.10; request-7; ``
rpc.jsonrpc.versionstringProtocol version as in jsonrpc property of request/response. Since JSON-RPC 1.0 doesn’t specify this, the value can be omitted.2.0; 1.0
rpc.methodstringThe name of the (logical) method being called, must be equal to the $method part in the span name. [5]exampleMethod
rpc.servicestringThe full (logical) name of the service being called, including its package name, if applicable. [6]myservice.EchoService
rpc.systemstringA string identifying the remoting system. See below for a list of well-known identifiers.grpc

[1]: Instrumentations SHOULD require an explicit configuration of which metadata values are to be captured. Including all request metadata values can be a security risk - explicit configuration helps avoid leaking sensitive information.

[2]: Instrumentations SHOULD require an explicit configuration of which metadata values are to be captured. Including all response metadata values can be a security risk - explicit configuration helps avoid leaking sensitive information.

[3]: Instrumentations SHOULD require an explicit configuration of which metadata values are to be captured. Including all request metadata values can be a security risk - explicit configuration helps avoid leaking sensitive information.

[4]: Instrumentations SHOULD require an explicit configuration of which metadata values are to be captured. Including all response metadata values can be a security risk - explicit configuration helps avoid leaking sensitive information.

[5]: This is the logical name of the method from the RPC interface perspective, which can be different from the name of any implementing method/function. The code.function attribute may be used to store the latter (e.g., method actually executing the call on the server side, RPC client stub method on the client side).

[6]: This is the logical name of the service from the RPC interface perspective, which can be different from the name of any implementing class. The code.namespace attribute may be used to store the latter (despite the attribute name, it may include a class name; e.g., class with method actually executing the call on the server side, RPC client stub class on the client side).

rpc.connect_rpc.error_code MUST be one of the following:

ValueDescription
cancelledcancelled
unknownunknown
invalid_argumentinvalid_argument
deadline_exceededdeadline_exceeded
not_foundnot_found
already_existsalready_exists
permission_deniedpermission_denied
resource_exhaustedresource_exhausted
failed_preconditionfailed_precondition
abortedaborted
out_of_rangeout_of_range
unimplementedunimplemented
internalinternal
unavailableunavailable
data_lossdata_loss
unauthenticatedunauthenticated

rpc.grpc.status_code MUST be one of the following:

ValueDescription
0OK
1CANCELLED
2UNKNOWN
3INVALID_ARGUMENT
4DEADLINE_EXCEEDED
5NOT_FOUND
6ALREADY_EXISTS
7PERMISSION_DENIED
8RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED
9FAILED_PRECONDITION
10ABORTED
11OUT_OF_RANGE
12UNIMPLEMENTED
13INTERNAL
14UNAVAILABLE
15DATA_LOSS
16UNAUTHENTICATED

rpc.system has the following list of well-known values. If one of them applies, then the respective value MUST be used, otherwise a custom value MAY be used.

ValueDescription
grpcgRPC
java_rmiJava RMI
dotnet_wcf.NET WCF
apache_dubboApache Dubbo
connect_rpcConnect RPC