victoriatraces-query

curl -q --config "${VM_CURL_CONFIG:-/dev/null}" -s \
  "$VM_TRACES_URL/api/services" | jq '.data[]'

curl -q --config "${VM_CURL_CONFIG:-/dev/null}" -s \
  "$VM_TRACES_URL/api/services/my-service/operations" | jq '.data[]'

# Basic search (last hour, limit 20) — timestamps in microseconds (16 digits)
curl -q --config "${VM_CURL_CONFIG:-/dev/null}" -s \
  "$VM_TRACES_URL/api/traces?service=my-service&start=$(($(date +%s%6N) - 3600000000))&end=$(date +%s%6N)&limit=20" | jq .
 
# With operation and duration filter
curl -q --config "${VM_CURL_CONFIG:-/dev/null}" -s \
  "$VM_TRACES_URL/api/traces?service=my-service&operation=GET+/api/health&start=$(($(date +%s%6N) - 3600000000))&end=$(date +%s%6N)&minDuration=100ms&limit=20" | jq .
 
# With tag filter (Jaeger JSON format)
curl -q --config "${VM_CURL_CONFIG:-/dev/null}" -s \
  "$VM_TRACES_URL/api/traces?service=my-service&start=$(($(date +%s%6N) - 3600000000))&end=$(date +%s%6N)&tags=%7B%22http.status_code%22%3A%22500%22%7D&limit=20" | jq .
 
# With tag filter (VictoriaTraces extended format — key=value pairs, space-separated)
curl -q --config "${VM_CURL_CONFIG:-/dev/null}" -s -G \
  --data-urlencode 'tags=http.status_code=500 resource_attr:service.namespace=production' \
  "$VM_TRACES_URL/api/traces?service=my-service&start=$(($(date +%s%6N) - 3600000000))&end=$(date +%s%6N)&limit=20" | jq .

curl -q --config "${VM_CURL_CONFIG:-/dev/null}" -s \
  "$VM_TRACES_URL/api/traces/abc123def456789" | jq .

# Dependencies for the last hour
curl -q --config "${VM_CURL_CONFIG:-/dev/null}" -s \
  "$VM_TRACES_URL/api/dependencies?endTs=$(date +%s%3N)&lookback=3600000" | jq '.data[]'

# Current time in microseconds (for trace search)
date +%s%6N
 
# 1 hour ago in microseconds
echo $(($(date +%s%6N) - 3600000000))
 
# Specific time to microseconds (GNU date)
date -d "2026-03-07T09:00:00Z" +%s%6N
 
# Current time in milliseconds (for dependencies)
date +%s%3N
 
# Duration values for minDuration/maxDuration are strings: "1s", "500ms", "100us"
# Duration value for lookback is ms number: 3600000 = 1 hour

# List service names
... | jq '.data[]'
 
# Extract trace IDs from search results
... | jq '.data[] | .traceID'
 
# Get span count per trace
... | jq '.data[] | {traceID: .traceID, spans: (.spans | length)}'
 
# Extract spans with duration > 1s (duration is in microseconds)
... | jq '.data[].spans[] | select(.duration > 1000000) | {operation: .operationName, duration_ms: (.duration / 1000)}'
 
# Get root span of each trace
... | jq '.data[] | .spans[] | select(.references == null or (.references | length) == 0) | {traceID: .traceID, operation: .operationName, service: .processID}'
 
# Extract service-to-service calls from dependencies
... | jq '.data[] | "\(.parent) -> \(.child) (\(.callCount) calls)"'
 
# Get all tags from a span
... | jq '.data[].spans[] | {operation: .operationName, tags: [.tags[] | {(.key): .value}] | add}'
 
# Find error spans
... | jq '.data[].spans[] | select(.tags[] | select(.key == "error" and .value == true)) | {traceID: .traceID, operation: .operationName}'

# Full discovery workflow: services -> operations -> traces
curl -q --config "${VM_CURL_CONFIG:-/dev/null}" -s "$VM_TRACES_URL/api/services" | jq '.data[]'
curl -q --config "${VM_CURL_CONFIG:-/dev/null}" -s "$VM_TRACES_URL/api/services/my-service/operations" | jq '.data[]'
curl -q --config "${VM_CURL_CONFIG:-/dev/null}" -s "$VM_TRACES_URL/api/traces?service=my-service&start=$(($(date +%s%6N) - 3600000000))&end=$(date +%s%6N)&limit=10" | jq '.data[] | .traceID'
 
# Find slow traces (> 5 seconds)
curl -q --config "${VM_CURL_CONFIG:-/dev/null}" -s \
  "$VM_TRACES_URL/api/traces?service=my-service&start=$(($(date +%s%6N) - 3600000000))&end=$(date +%s%6N)&minDuration=5s&limit=20" | jq '.data[] | {traceID: .traceID, spans: (.spans | length)}'
 
# Look up a trace ID found in logs
curl -q --config "${VM_CURL_CONFIG:-/dev/null}" -s \
  "$VM_TRACES_URL/api/traces/abc123def456789" | jq '.data[].spans[] | {operation: .operationName, duration_ms: (.duration / 1000), service: .processID}'
 
# Map service dependencies (last 24 hours) — dependencies use milliseconds
curl -q --config "${VM_CURL_CONFIG:-/dev/null}" -s \
  "$VM_TRACES_URL/api/dependencies?endTs=$(date +%s%3N)&lookback=86400000" | jq '.data[]'

# Check current environment
echo "VM_TRACES_URL: $VM_TRACES_URL"
echo "VM_CURL_CONFIG: ${VM_CURL_CONFIG:-(unset - no auth)}"