Tracking error propagation across microservices based applications using distributed error stacks
US11010235B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 1, 2019 |
| Grant date | May 18, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 13, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/323
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of performing error analysis in a system comprising microservices comprises identifying a root cause error span from among a plurality of error spans for a trace associated with a user-request, wherein an error span is a span that returns an error to a microservice initiating a call resulting in the span, and wherein a root cause error span is an error span associated with an error originating microservice. The method further comprises determining a call path associated with the root cause error span, where the call path comprises a chain of spans starting at the root cause error span, and where each subsequent span in the chain is a parent span of a prior span. Subsequently the method comprises mapping each span in the chain to a span error frame to create an error stack and rendering an image of the error stack.
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