Exception

• Exception Attributes
• Deprecated Exception Attributes

Exception Attributes

This document defines the shared attributes used to report a single exception associated with a span or log.

Attribute	Type	Description	Examples	Stability
exception.message	string	The exception message.	Division by zero; Can't convert 'int' object to str implicitly
exception.stacktrace	string	A stacktrace as a string in the natural representation for the language runtime. The representation is to be determined and documented by each language SIG.	Exception in thread "main" java.lang.RuntimeException: Test exception\n at com.example.GenerateTrace.methodB(GenerateTrace.java:13)\n at com.example.GenerateTrace.methodA(GenerateTrace.java:9)\n at com.example.GenerateTrace.main(GenerateTrace.java:5)
exception.type	string	The type of the exception (its fully-qualified class name, if applicable). The dynamic type of the exception should be preferred over the static type in languages that support it.	java.net.ConnectException; OSError

Deprecated Exception Attributes

Deprecated exception attributes.

Attribute	Type	Description	Examples	Stability
exception.escaped	boolean	Indicates that the exception is escaping the scope of the span.		It’s no longer recommended to record exceptions that are handled and do not escape the scope of a span.