# Trace Context Propagation

> The requirement that trace identifiers be propagated across every hop of a distributed request.

Record: `lexicon:trace-context-propagation`
Kind: constraint
Layer: [Observability](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/observability.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-trace-context-propagation

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Overhead/Sampling](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/overhead-sampling.md) and before [Error-Budget Decisions](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/error-budget-decisions.md).

## Category

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

## Required by

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

## Linked from

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