The following limitations apply to OpenTelemetry trace ingest requests and ingested spans.
Type | Limit | Description |
---|---|---|
Span end time | 60 minutes in the past | The minimum value of the span end timestamp at time of ingestion |
Span end time | 10 minutes in the future | The maximum value of the span end timestamp at time of ingestion |
Number of span attributes | 1281 | The maximum number of span attributes per span |
Number of span events | 1281 | The maximum number of events per span |
Number of event attributes | 1281 | The maximum number of attributes per span event |
Number of span links | 1281 | The maximum number of links per span |
Number of link attributes | 1281 | The maximum number of attributes per span link |
Request size | 8 MB | The maximum size of an OTLP request for trace ingest to an ActiveGate (uncompressed data) |
Request size (gzip) | 8 MB | The maximum size of an OTLP request for trace ingest to an ActiveGate (compressed data) |
Typical limit of the OpenTelemetry SDK. Not limited by Dynatrace.