hyperdxio / hyperdxio/hyperdx-js

Feature request: head sampling filters for fine grained control of spans client side

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Description

Heavily inspired by sentry's ignoreSpan api for their tracing implementation. I have used this api to control span verbosity on the frontend using feature flags.

Most of the time we don't need every single interaction tracked in all browsers. Sampling is an option to reduce span volume but we should give control to consumers to filter by span attributes as well.

I can volunteer some time to add this api.

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Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by locating the client-side tracing and sampling implementation, then compare its options with Sentry's ignoreSpan API; done means consumers can filter spans by attributes to control span verbosity.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
frontend, observability-sre
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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