amazon-web-servicesauditaws-xraydistributed-tracing

Can I trace every request using AWS X-Ray?

According to the docs,

the X-Ray SDK applies a sampling algorithm to determine which requests get traced. By default, the X-Ray SDK records the first request each second, and five percent of any additional requests.

Is it possible to trace all requests?

Solution

  • It is possible to set the sampling rate to 100%.

    However, as noted in the FAQs:

    X-Ray should not be used as an audit or compliance tool because it does not guarantee data completeness.