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Add functionality to set trace ID equal to x-request-id in Envoy

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#35,756 opened on Aug 20, 2024

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Description

Hello guys!

We use nginx and envoy. For a long time on nginx, we made sure that x-request-id matched trace id. Now we want to phase out nginx, but we can't replicate the same logic at envoy.

Please add the functionality to set trace equal to x-request-id (if the header was absent in the original request).

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Research direction
Examine Envoy's tracing configuration and implement logic to use x request id as trace ID when not present.
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
backendnetworking
Issue type
Feature
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2
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1-3 hours
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Active
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Clear
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C++Envoy
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65