Distributed Trace Viewer

Distributed Trace Viewer

Paste a Jaeger or OTLP JSON export and visualise the distributed trace as an interactive timeline. Inspect span hierarchies, service breakdown, tags, and timings for any microservice trace.

Paste a Jaeger or OTLP JSON export to visualize the distributed trace timeline as a span waterfall.

Distributed Trace Viewer

Paste a Jaeger or OTLP JSON export and visualise the distributed trace as an interactive timeline. Inspect span hierarchies, service breakdown, tags, and timings for any microservice trace.

Common uses

  • Visualise a Jaeger trace export from a microservice call chain
  • Inspect OTLP spans from an OpenTelemetry exporter
  • Find the slowest span in a trace

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Frequently asked questions

What trace formats are supported?

Jaeger JSON exports and OTLP JSON exports.

What can I see in a trace?

An interactive timeline with span hierarchy, service breakdown, tags and timings.

How do I find the slowest span?

Look at the timeline durations and inspect individual spans to find the one taking the most time.

Is my data uploaded to a server?

No. This tool runs entirely in your browser — your input is processed locally on your device and is never uploaded or stored on a server.