Created: Jun 02, 2026

Distributed Tracing in Slides: A Visual Guide

These slides trace how a single user action fans out across services and why that path often stays invisible until something breaks.

Each slide focuses on a different friction point in distributed tracing: where traces get lost, where spans stop making sense, and what actually helps during an incident review.

For a full definition and a breakdown of how distributed tracing works, check our glossary article on distributed tracing.