Linkerd · Schema
Linkerd Tap Event
A real-time traffic event captured by the Linkerd Tap API, containing source and destination metadata, proxy direction, and HTTP request/response details.
KubernetesmTLSObservabilitySecurityService Mesh
Properties
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| source | object | Source TCP address of the request. |
| source_meta | object | Metadata labels for the source workload. |
| destination | object | Destination TCP address of the request. |
| destination_meta | object | Metadata labels for the destination workload. |
| route_meta | object | Metadata labels for the matched route. |
| proxy_direction | string | Direction of the proxied request. |
| request_init | object | Initial request metadata when a new request begins. |
| response_init | object | Initial response metadata when headers are received. |
| response_end | object | Final response metadata when the stream completes. |
JSON Schema
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"$id": "https://github.com/api-evangelist/linkerd/blob/main/json-schema/tap-event.json",
"title": "Linkerd Tap Event",
"description": "A real-time traffic event captured by the Linkerd Tap API, containing source and destination metadata, proxy direction, and HTTP request/response details.",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"source": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/TcpAddress",
"description": "Source TCP address of the request."
},
"source_meta": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Metadata labels for the source workload.",
"properties": {
"labels": {
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "string"
}
}
}
},
"destination": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/TcpAddress",
"description": "Destination TCP address of the request."
},
"destination_meta": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Metadata labels for the destination workload.",
"properties": {
"labels": {
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "string"
}
}
}
},
"route_meta": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Metadata labels for the matched route.",
"properties": {
"labels": {
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "string"
}
}
}
},
"proxy_direction": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Direction of the proxied request.",
"enum": ["INBOUND", "OUTBOUND"]
},
"request_init": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Initial request metadata when a new request begins.",
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Unique stream identifier for this request."
},
"method": {
"type": "string",
"description": "HTTP method of the request."
},
"scheme": {
"type": "string",
"description": "URI scheme (http or https)."
},
"authority": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Authority (Host header) of the request."
},
"path": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Request path."
},
"headers": {
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "HTTP request headers."
}
}
},
"response_init": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Initial response metadata when headers are received.",
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Unique stream identifier matching the request."
},
"http_status": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "HTTP response status code."
},
"latency_ns": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Time to first response byte in nanoseconds."
},
"headers": {
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "HTTP response headers."
}
}
},
"response_end": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Final response metadata when the stream completes.",
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Unique stream identifier matching the request."
},
"grpc_status": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "gRPC status code if applicable."
},
"duration_ns": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Total stream duration in nanoseconds."
},
"response_bytes": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Total response body bytes."
}
}
}
},
"$defs": {
"TcpAddress": {
"type": "object",
"description": "A TCP address consisting of an IP and port.",
"properties": {
"ip": {
"type": "string",
"description": "IP address."
},
"port": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Port number."
}
}
}
}
}