Trace filter policies are coming soon. Currently, Edge supports log and metric
policies. Trace support is in development.
Planned Capabilities
Trace filtering will support:- Span matching by name, kind, status, and attributes
- Resource matching by service name, version, and other attributes
- Drop decisions at the span or trace level
- Sampling by percentage or rate limit
Current Options
While trace filtering is in development, you can:- Sample at the source using OpenTelemetry SDK head sampling
- Use Tail Sampling Processor in OpenTelemetry Collector
- Filter downstream in your observability platform