Instana U

Hi,

I am using the Java SDK to annotate a method with the type "Span.Type.INTERMEDIATE" and it doesn't work. If I annotate with the "Span.Type.ENTRY" type like the one below, it will work, and I can see the call in the Instana dashboard.

SpanSupport.annotate(Span.Type.ENTRY, "doHealthcheck7", "tags.batch.job", "doHealthcheck7");

If I annotate with the "Span.Type.INTERMEDIATE" type like the one below, it will not work, and I do not see the call in the Instana dashboard.

SpanSupport.annotate(Span.Type.INTERMEDIATE, "doHealthcheck8", "tags.batch.job", "doHealthcheck8");

Does anyone know how to make it work or whether it works? Thanks.

Hi Andrew

With "Entry", is the call part of a upstream trace? Are you on Saas and can send a link?

Does the agent log say anything?

Alternatively, add a tracelog config for 5min and share the logs

com.instana.plugin.javatrace:
  instrumentation:
    log:
      type: trace
      file: /tmp/trace.log

Cheers

Tom