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Options

Use the Options object to configure the tracing instrumentation behavior. It is used during the instantiation of a Client instance and also as a parameter to the instrumentHTTP function. It controls the general behavior of the tracing instrumentation and is unspecific to any particular tracing client instance.

Options

Option nameTypeDefaultDescription
propagatorstringw3cThe trace context propagation format. Currently supported: w3c and jaeger.
samplingnumber1A number between 0 and 1 defining the sampling rate. 1 means sample always, 0 means never sample.