Lexicon

Causation Tracing

Kind: technique

Layer: Observability

Record: lexicon:causation-tracing

Canonical: Lexicon

A technique for carrying the id of the event or request that caused each effect, so a chain can be followed back.

Listed in Lexicon terms, after Runbook Owner and before Usage Instrumentation.

Category

  • Observability / Auditability / Traceability

Refactors

  • Action at a Distance

Linked from

  • Anti-patterns