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go.missing_tracing

Observability Low

Detects code without distributed tracing instrumentation for observability.

Why It Matters

Without tracing:

No visibility — Can’t see request flow across services
Slow debugging — Can’t identify bottlenecks
Missing metrics — No latency data per operation

Example

// ❌ Before (no tracing)
func handleRequest(ctx context.Context) error {
    data := fetchData(ctx)
    return processData(data)
}

// ✅ After (with OpenTelemetry)
import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel"

var tracer = otel.Tracer("my-service")

func handleRequest(ctx context.Context) error {
    ctx, span := tracer.Start(ctx, "handleRequest")
    defer span.End()

    data := fetchData(ctx)
    return processData(ctx, data)
}

What Unfault Detects

HTTP handlers without trace spans
Database operations without spans
Service calls without trace propagation