Pageload
A full page load of a web application.
Affected ops
pageloadExamples
UserProfile/users/:id/users/123http://example.com/users/123Span Description Documentation
This page contains documentation for known span descriptions. You can use this documentation to understand how to create the sentry.description attribute for a span, when you have the span's other attributes.
Generating Descriptions
Span descriptions are generated via string template. Each span category of work has a set of templates for the span description. Curly brackets in the template indicate that the contents inside the curly brackets should be replaced with the contents of the span attribute of the name within the brackets.
The templates should be evaluated in order of appearance. Every template references at least one attribute.
Example
Given template:
{{db.query.text}}
And attribute db.query.text = "SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = ?":
Result: "SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = ?"
Browser
Affected
Navigation
Client-side browser history change in a web application.
Affected ops
navigationnavigation.redirectExamples
UserProfile/users/:id/users/123http://example.com/users/123Navigation timing
A phase of the browser's navigation timing for a document load.
Affected ops
browser.cachebrowser.dnsbrowser.connectbrowser.tls_sslbrowser.redirectbrowser.requestbrowser.responsebrowser.unload_eventbrowser.dom_content_loaded_eventbrowser.load_eventTemplates
Examples
http://example.com/users/123/users/123Paint
A paint timing entry reported by the browser.
Cache
Operations
Operations that interact with a cache, such as reading or writing cached values.
Database
Queries
Operations that act on the data in a database. Includes operations like fetching, updating, and deleting records. Does not include operations like connecting to the database server.
Affected ops
dbdb.querydb.sql.querydb.sql.prismadb.sql.active_recorddb.sql.executedb.sql.roomdb.sql.transactiondb.redisredisTemplates
Examples
SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = ?Function
Function execution
The execution of a function or a set of instructions that isn't covered by a more specific operation.
Generative AI
Agent
Generative AI agent operations (e.g., spawning a new agent, an agent performing an action on behalf of a user, and agent handing off work to another agent).
Affected ops
gen_ai.create_agentgen_ai.handoffgen_ai.invoke_agentTemplates
Examples
invoke_agent weather_assistantcreate_agent weather_assistantinvoke_agent my-awesome-functioninvoke_agentInference
Generative AI inference operations. Requests to a generative AI model to perform some unit of work (e.g., autocomplete, translation, chat completion, response to a query).
Affected ops
gen_aigen_ai.chatgen_ai.embeddingsgen_ai.generate_contentgen_ai.rerankgen_ai.responsesgen_ai.text_completionExamples
chat gpt-4responses gpt-4otext_completion gpt-3.5-turbo-instructgenerate_content gemini-2.0-flash-001embeddings text-embedding-3-smallchatTool
Generative AI tool execution. The execution of a tool or function that a generative AI model requested to be called.
Affected ops
gen_ai.execute_toolExamples
execute_tool get_weatherexecute_toolGraphQL
GraphQL
Any and all operations that fall under GraphQL
Affected ops
http.graphqlhttp.graphql.queryhttp.graphql.mutationhttp.graphql.subscriptiongraphqlgraphql.executegraphql.parsegraphql.resolvegraphql.requestgraphql.querygraphql.mutationgraphql.subscriptiongraphql.validateTemplates
Examples
query findBookById { bookById(id: ?) { name } }query findBookByIdqueryparseHTTP
Client
Operations that represent outgoing HTTP requests.
Affected ops
http.clienthttp.client.streamTemplates
Examples
GET https://api.mydomain.com/users/123?expand=fullPOST https://api.mydomain.com/graphql (query GetUser)Server
Operations that represent processing incoming HTTP requests in a web server.
Affected ops
http.serverTemplates
Examples
GET /users/:idGET /users/123GET http://example.com/users/123Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Server
MCP server-side operations. Processing of incoming MCP requests initiated by a client, such as tool calls, prompt requests, and resource reads.
Affected ops
mcp.serverTemplates
Examples
tools/call get-weatherprompts/get analyze-coderesources/read postgres://database/customers/schemainitializeNotification
MCP notifications. One-way messages exchanged between an MCP client and server that do not expect a response.
Affected ops
mcp.notification.client_to_servermcp.notification.server_to_clientTemplates
Examples
notifications/initializednotifications/cancellednotifications/progressQueue
Queue
Operations that represent working with message queues, including publishing, receiving, processing, and settling messages.
Affected ops
queuequeue.publishqueue.createqueue.receivequeue.processqueue.settlequeue.submit.arqqueue.task.arqqueue.submit.celeryqueue.task.celeryqueue.task.dramatiqqueue.submit.hueyqueue.task.hueyqueue.task.rqTemplates
Examples
order-eventsResource
Resources
Loading of resources in the browser.
Affected ops
resourceresource.scriptresource.cssresource.linkresource.imgresource.audioresource.videoresource.iframeresource.otherTemplates
Examples
https://example.com/static/app.jsRouting
Router
Operations that match and dispatch requests or navigations through an application router.
Affected ops
routerExamples
UserProfile/users/:id/users/{id}/users/123Serverless (FAAS)
Serverless function execution
The invocation of a serverless function on a cloud provider.
Affected ops
function.awsfunction.gcpfunction.azureTemplates
Examples
my_functionprocess-uploadWeb server
Request handler
Handling of an incoming request by a web server route handler.