# Overhead/Sampling

> The degree to which tracing every request adds overhead, forcing sampling that can miss rare cases.

Record: `lex:overhead-sampling`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Observability](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/observability.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-overhead-sampling

## category

- [Observability / Auditability / Traceability](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/observability-auditability-traceability.md)

## referenced-by

- [Distributed Tracing](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/distributed-tracing.md)