Span attributes retention time

[AntonGoosen]

Does Span Attributes have the same Retention period as Distributed traces (10 days default)?  It is not stated in the docs.

[PedroDeodato · Accepted solution]

Greetings,

Although not clearly stated on the Documentation (maybe someone from Dynatrace could give a clearer insight on this one?), my understanding is that Span Attributes are either considered "code level insights" or part of "Opentelemetry Traces": both have a 10-day retention period.

However, if that is an issue, maybe you could create a Request Attribute that uses a Span Attribute as its source: this way, you leverage the 35-day retention period that comes with Request Attribute and are able to graph your data for longer.

@islam_zidan explains how on his reply to a similar post.

Hope this helps! 🙂