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title: Trace Propagation Cheat Sheet
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This is a cheat sheet where you can see how the trace propagation work in SDKs in different scenarios.

| SCENARIO:<br/>Incoming trace in `sentry-trace/baggage` headers | SCENARIO:<br/>Incoming sampled flag in `sentry-trace/baggage` header | SCENARIO:<br/>`traces_propagation_targets` are matching? | SCENARIO:<br/>`traces_sample_rate` setting | OUTCOME:<br/>Send Spans to Sentry? | OUTCOME:<br/>Outgoing Requests Have Trace? (`sentry-trace/baggage` are present) | OUTCOME:<br/>Continue Incoming Trace? (outgoing `trace_id` is the incoming `trace_id`) |
| -------------------------------------------------------------- | :------------------------------------------------------------------: | :------------------------------------------------------: | :----------------------------------------: | :--------------------------------: | :-----------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: |
| not present | - | yes | null | no | yes | - |
| not present | - | yes | 0 | no | yes | - |
| not present | - | yes | 1 | yes | yes | - |
| -------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------- |
| not present | - | no | null | no | no | - |
| not present | - | no | 0 | no | no | - |
| not present | - | no | 1 | yes | no | - |
| -------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------- |
| present | empty (deferred) | yes | null | no | yes | yes |
| present | empty (deferred) | yes | 0 | no | yes | yes |
| present | empty (deferred) | yes | 1 | yes | yes | yes |
| -------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------- |
| present | 1 | yes | null | no | yes | yes |
| present | 1 | yes | 0 | yes | yes | yes |
| present | 1 | yes | 1 | yes | yes | yes |
| -------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------- |
| present | 0 | yes | null | no | yes | yes |
| present | 0 | yes | 0 | no | yes | yes |
| present | 0 | yes | 1 | no | yes | yes |
| -------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------- |
| present | empty (deferred) | no | null | no | no | - |
| present | empty (deferred) | no | 0 | no | no | - |
| present | empty (deferred) | no | 1 | yes | no | - |
| -------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------- |
| present | 1 | no | null | no | no | - |
| present | 1 | no | 0 | yes | no | - |
| present | 1 | no | 1 | yes | no | - |
| -------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------- |
| present | 0 | no | null | no | no | - |
| present | 0 | no | 0 | no | no | - |
| present | 0 | no | 1 | no | no | - |