---
title: "Query Spans"
method: POST
path: "/tracing/spans/query"
tags: ["Observability"]
---

# Query Spans

`POST /tracing/spans/query`

## Query parameters

- `focus` 'trace' | 'span'
- `format` 'agenta' | 'opentelemetry'
- `oldest` union
  - string
  - integer
- `newest` union
  - string
  - integer
- `limit` integer, nullable
- `interval` integer, nullable
- `rate` number, nullable
- `filter` unknown

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- OTelTracingResponse
  - `count` integer
  - `spans` OTelFlatSpanOutput[], nullable
    - `created_at` string, date-time, nullable
    - `updated_at` string, date-time, nullable
    - `deleted_at` string, date-time, nullable
    - `created_by_id` string, uuid, nullable
    - `updated_by_id` string, uuid, nullable
    - `deleted_by_id` string, uuid, nullable
    - `trace_id` string, required
    - `span_id` string, required
    - `parent_id` string, nullable
    - `trace_type` 'invocation' | 'annotation' | 'unknown'
    - `span_type` 'agent' | 'chain' | 'workflow' | 'task' | 'tool' | 'embedding' | 'query' | 'llm' | 'completion' | 'chat' | 'rerank' | 'unknown'
    - `span_kind` 'SPAN_KIND_UNSPECIFIED' | 'SPAN_KIND_INTERNAL' | 'SPAN_KIND_SERVER' | 'SPAN_KIND_CLIENT' | 'SPAN_KIND_PRODUCER' | 'SPAN_KIND_CONSUMER'
    - `span_name` string, nullable
    - `start_time` union
      - string, date-time
      - integer
    - `end_time` union
      - string, date-time
      - integer
    - `status_code` 'STATUS_CODE_UNSET' | 'STATUS_CODE_OK' | 'STATUS_CODE_ERROR'
    - `status_message` string, nullable
    - `attributes` object, nullable
    - `references` OTelReferenceOutput[], nullable
      - `version` string, nullable
      - `slug` string, nullable
      - `id` string, uuid, nullable
      - `attributes` object, nullable
    - `links` OTelLinkOutput[], nullable
      - `span_id` string, required
      - `trace_id` string, required
      - `attributes` object, nullable
    - `hashes` OTelHashOutput[], nullable
      - `id` string, uuid, nullable
      - `attributes` object, nullable
    - `exception` object, nullable
    - `events` OTelEventOutput[], nullable
      - `name` string, required
      - `timestamp` union, required
        - string, date-time
        - integer
      - `attributes` object, nullable
  - `traces` object, nullable

## Other responses

- `422` — Validation Error

## Changes

- **2026-02-13** `72fe88316d15` — 2 info
  - added the optional property `detail/items/ctx` to the response with the `422` status
  - added the optional property `detail/items/input` to the response with the `422` status
- **2026-01-14** `53da4c9de2b7` — 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2025-06-27** `e3e84db47198` — 1 info
  - api path removed with deprecation

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/agenta-ai/apis/agenta-api/changes/tracing/spans/query/post.md)

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