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Documents dagucloud/dagu#3216 (feature request dagucloud/dagu#3206): when OpenTelemetry is enabled for a DAG, each step process gets the W3C trace context of its step span in TRACEPARENT and TRACESTATE.

  • server-admin/opentelemetry.md: a "Step Processes" section under "Trace Context Propagation", with an example that forwards the context to an HTTP service and the precedence rules (step env wins, an empty value clears it, a DAG-level value is replaced, handlers get nothing). One line in the overview list.
  • writing-workflows/runtime-variables.md: TRACEPARENT and TRACESTATE rows in the environment variable reference.

Please merge after dagucloud/dagu#3216. node scripts/validate-examples.mjs passes with a binary built from that branch (913 examples).


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Documents the trace context that step processes receive (dagucloud/dagu#3206): when OpenTelemetry is enabled for a DAG, each step process gets the W3C trace context of its step span in TRACEPARENT and TRACESTATE. The step trace context docs are consolidated into a "Step Processes" section in server-admin/opentelemetry.md with an example that forwards the context to an HTTP service and the precedence rules (step env wins, an empty value clears it, a DAG-level value is replaced, handlers receive nothing). Also updates the runtime variable reference in writing-workflows/runtime-variables.md and the link in writing-workflows/yaml-specification.md.

Merge after dagucloud/dagu#3216, which ships the behavior.

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  • Documentation
    • Clarified how step processes receive TRACEPARENT and TRACESTATE when OpenTelemetry tracing is enabled, including when these variables are available and how step, container, and DAG environment values affect them.
    • Added TRACEPARENT and TRACESTATE to the runtime-variable reference.
    • Updated the YAML specification to link to the relevant step-process tracing documentation.

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The documentation now describes trace context for processes started by steps, including environment-variable behavior, and updates related runtime-variable entries and YAML specification links.

Changes: Step Process Trace Context

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Document trace-context behavior
server-admin/opentelemetry.md, writing-workflows/runtime-variables.md, writing-workflows/yaml-specification.md
The OpenTelemetry guide describes trace context for step processes, environment-variable handling, and lifecycle-handler behavior. The runtime-variable reference documents TRACEPARENT and TRACESTATE separately. The YAML specification links to the updated guide section.

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The documentation example may cause users to drop vendor trace state when forwarding step context.

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SCcagg5 and others added 3 commits October 22, 2026 17:06
Steps get the W3C trace context of their step span in TRACEPARENT and TRACESTATE when OpenTelemetry is enabled for the DAG (dagucloud/dagu#3206).
main documented the same change separately. Keep this section, add the
rules it lacked (an inherited TRACESTATE without a step trace state,
and the other name when a step sets only one), and drop the duplicate
section and runtime variable row.
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Forward TRACESTATE when it is present.

The example forwards only TRACEPARENT. A step with a non-empty TRACESTATE therefore loses part of its documented trace context when calling report-service. Add the tracestate header when the value is non-empty, and omit it otherwise.

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Review comment at @server-admin/opentelemetry.md at line 151:
Update the report-service request example to forward TRACESTATE as a tracestate
header only when its value is non-empty; omit the header otherwise, while
preserving the existing TRACEPARENT forwarding.

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yohamta0 merged commit 79b1b3c into dagucloud:main Oct 22, 2026
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