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AI-generatedOpenTelemetry Java Agent Traceparent Extraction Boundary in Custom Middleware
OpenTelemetry Java instrumentation automatically extracts the W3C Tracecontext traceparent header from incoming HTTP requests and injects it into outbound calls at the server and client boundaries. When a service introduces custom middleware between the servlet container and application handlers, or when request processing moves to an async or multi-threaded