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Remove 'kind' field from span protocol #15468

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3 changes: 0 additions & 3 deletions develop-docs/sdk/telemetry/spans/span-protocol.mdx
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Expand Up @@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ The envelope item payload must contain an `items` array with span one and up to
"name": "GET /users",
"status": "ok",
"is_segment": true,
"kind": "server",
"start_timestamp": 1742921669.158209,
"end_timestamp": 1742921669.180536,
"attributes": {
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"name": "app.handle",
"status": "ok",
"is_segment": false,
"kind": "server",
"start_timestamp": 1742921669.178306,
"end_timestamp": 1742921669.180484,
"attributes": {
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| `name` | string | Yes | A low cardinality description of what the span represents (e.g., "GET /users", "database.query") |
| `status` | string | Yes | Status of the span operation. Either `"ok"` or `"error"` |
| `is_segment` | boolean | Yes | Whether the span is a segment span |
| `kind` | string | Yes | The kind of span. Values: `"server"`, `"client"`, `"producer"`, `"consumer"`, `"internal"` |
| `start_timestamp` | number | Yes | Unix timestamp (with fractional microseconds) when the span was started |
| `end_timestamp` | number | Yes | Unix timestamp (with fractional microseconds) when the span was ended |
| `attributes` | object | No | Key-value pairs containing additional metadata about the span |
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