Tail Sampling Decision
Decide whether to keep a completed trace from its duration, error status and a fallback sample rate.
Code
from dataclasses import dataclass, field
import random
@dataclass
class Span:
name: str
duration_ms: float
error: bool = False
@dataclass
class Policy:
slow_ms: float = 500.0
keep_errors: bool = True,
fallback_rate: float = 0.01
def decide(spans: list['Span'], policy: Policy, rng: random.Random | None = None) -> tuple[bool, str]:
rng = rng or random.Random()
if not spans:
return False, 'empty'
if policy.keep_errors and any(s.error for s in spans):
return True, 'error'
slowest = max(s.duration_ms for s in spans)
if slowest >= policy.slow_ms:
return True, 'slow'
if rng.random() < policy.fallback_rate:
return True, 'sampled'
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