Query dropped traces in Adaptive Traces

Find the trace you need, even when it was dropped. Adaptive Traces now keeps every dropped trace queryable by trace ID for 24 hours after ingest, so a trace ID from a log line, exemplar, or an upstream system always returns a result.

These traces don’t appear in TraceQL search results, the service graph, or aggregations. Write a sampling policy if you need a trace to be searchable.

Learn more in the docs →

2026-06-08

Revamped Recommendations UI for Adaptive Metrics

2026-04-29

Normalize span names with Adaptive Traces semantic conventions

2026-04-24

Sample every service fairly with Adaptive Traces volumetric sampling