# Overhead/Sampling

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

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Opaque Distributed Calls](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/opaque-distributed-calls.md) and before [Trace Context Propagation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/trace-context-propagation.md).

## Category

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

## In tension with

- [Distributed Tracing](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/distributed-tracing.md)
- [Distributed Tracing / Overhead/Sampling](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/distributed-tracing-overhead-sampling.md)

## Linked from

- [Observability / Auditability / Traceability](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-observability-auditability-traceability.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)