Ingest OpenTelemetry traces

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Ingestion limits

The following limitations apply to OpenTelemetry trace ingest requests and ingested spans.

TypeLimitDescription
Span end time60 minutes in the pastThe minimum value of the span end timestamp at time of ingestion
Span end time10 minutes in the futureThe maximum value of the span end timestamp at time of ingestion
Number of span attributes1281The maximum number of span attributes per span
Number of span events1281The maximum number of events per span
Number of event attributes1281The maximum number of attributes per span event
Number of span links1281The maximum number of links per span
Number of link attributes1281The maximum number of attributes per span link
Request size8 MBThe maximum size of an OTLP request for trace ingest to an ActiveGate (uncompressed data)
Request size (gzip)8 MBThe maximum size of an OTLP request for trace ingest to an ActiveGate (compressed data)
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Typical limit of the OpenTelemetry SDK. Not limited by Dynatrace.

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