Data Bricklaying Diary

Oct 14, 2026 · Backend Development

One Task, Multiple Traces: Connecting Agent Sessions, Tools & Async Execution

This article explains how to correlate multiple distributed traces for a single long-running agent task by distinguishing task, session, execution, action, attempt, and trace identifiers, propagating context across queues and pauses, instrumenting at the right layers, and handling missing trace segments without losing business continuity.