Trace waterfall icons are reported to reflect the project's selected platform rather than the technology represented by each span. This makes mixed-language traces ingested via OTLP into a single project harder to scan, even when SDK or database metadata is available.
- A single project can contain spans from Python, Node.js, C++, and Go; routing them into separate projects solely to obtain matching icons adds unnecessary setup.
- A PostgreSQL query reported by a Go SDK can show a Go icon despite having database metadata identifying
postgresql, obscuring the database context at a glance.
Requested improvement: use available SDK/language metadata to match span icons rather than relying solely on the project platform, and show a database-specific icon when the span identifies that database—for example, the PostgreSQL elephant for a PostgreSQL query instead of the reporting SDK's Go icon.
Related but distinct: #120186 requests visual differentiation between projects; this request concerns technology-specific icons within a single project.
via ADV.
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Trace waterfall icons are reported to reflect the project's selected platform rather than the technology represented by each span. This makes mixed-language traces ingested via OTLP into a single project harder to scan, even when SDK or database metadata is available.
postgresql, obscuring the database context at a glance.Requested improvement: use available SDK/language metadata to match span icons rather than relying solely on the project platform, and show a database-specific icon when the span identifies that database—for example, the PostgreSQL elephant for a PostgreSQL query instead of the reporting SDK's Go icon.
Related but distinct: #120186 requests visual differentiation between projects; this request concerns technology-specific icons within a single project.
via ADV.
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View Junior Session [Sentry]