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Standard wire format to facilitate distributed tracing

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Description

Imagine being able to wrap a protocol handler with some kind of "decorator" that would expose two versions of the protocol: the tracing and non-tracing version.

If two peers negotiate the tracing version, libp2p would automatically handle context propagation across boundaries (i.e. on reads/writes to stream) to facilitate distributed tracing across systems.

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The issue names no files, tests, or entry points; begin by locating protocol negotiation and stream read/write handling in the libp2p specifications. Done would require a defined standard wire format and protocol behavior for negotiating tracing, propagating context across boundaries, and retaining a non-tracing version.

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Domain
distributed-systems, networking
Issue type
Feature
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5/5
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Over a week
Activity status
Stale
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Needs clarification
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