Monium Traces limits and features

For proper trace handling, follow the Monium Traces limits and configuration rules when sending data.

Storage limitsStorage limits

The system retains data on all spans for 4 days.

Write limitsWrite limits

• The maximum size of a span batch is 4 MB.

• Both the start (startTimeUnixNano) and end (endTimeUnixNano) times of a span are required.

• The span start time (startTimeUnixNano) can be in the past, but no more than 24 hours ago.

• The span end time (endTimeUnixNano) can be in the future, but no more than 1 hour ahead.

• The service.name field is required in the span attributes.

• TraceId and SpanId of a span cannot be empty strings.

• The span name is required and cannot be longer than 2,048 characters.

• The maximum number of span attributes is 512.

• The maximum length of each attribute name is 256 characters.

• The maximum length of each attribute value is 2,097,152 characters.

• The maximum number of span events is 256.

• events attributes follow the same limits as span attributes.

Read limitsRead limits

The trace viewer displays up to 100,000 spans.

For larger traces, you can split them into multiple traces and link them using span links.