Zipkin · Schema

DependencyLink

A dependency link between two services derived from spans.

Distributed TracingObservabilityOpen SourceMicroservices

Properties

Name	Type	Description
parent	string	Parent service name
child	string	Child service name
callCount	integer	Total traced calls from parent to child
errorCount	integer	Total traced calls that errored

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JSON Schema

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  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zipkin/refs/heads/main/json-schema/zipkin-api-v2-dependency-link-schema.json",
  "title": "DependencyLink",
  "description": "A dependency link between two services derived from spans.",
  "type": "object",
  "required": ["parent", "child", "callCount"],
  "properties": {
    "parent": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Parent service name"
    },
    "child": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Child service name"
    },
    "callCount": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Total traced calls from parent to child"
    },
    "errorCount": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Total traced calls that errored"
    }
  }
}