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Message queue tracing (Kafka, RabbitMQ, NATS)

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#33 opened on Nov 29, 2025

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Description

Trace async operations through message queues for event-driven architectures.

Goals

  • Track messages through queue systems
  • Maintain trace context across producers/consumers
  • Support popular message queue systems

Supported Systems

  • Apache Kafka (rdkafka crate)
  • RabbitMQ (lapin crate)
  • NATS (async-nats crate)

Features

  • Automatic context injection in message headers
  • Consumer trace context extraction
  • Message timing and queue latency
  • Partition/queue visibility

Acceptance Criteria

  • Traces flow through message queues
  • Producer-consumer relationship visible
  • Queue latency measured
  • Works with competing consumers

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