---
title: "Ingest single trace"
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/traces/single"
tags: ["Traces"]
---

# Ingest single trace

`POST /api/v1/traces/single`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://dev.noveum.ai`
- URL: `https://dev.noveum.ai/api/v1/traces/single`
- Auth: API key in cookie `apiKeyCookie` and HTTP bearer

Ingest a single trace (processed as a batch internally). Required fields: duration_ms, span_count, sdk, and spans array with each span having duration_ms.

## Request body

- object
  - `trace_id` string
  - `name` string, required
  - `start_time` string, required
  - `end_time` string, required
  - `duration_ms` number, required
  - `status` 'ok' | 'error' | 'timeout', required
  - `status_message` unknown
  - `span_count` integer, required
  - `error_count` integer
  - `project` string, required
  - `environment` string
  - `sdk` object, required
    - `name` string, required
    - `version` string, required
  - `attributes` object
  - `metadata` object
    - `user_id` unknown
    - `session_id` unknown
    - `request_id` unknown
    - `tags` object
    - `custom_attributes` object
  - `service_version` string
  - `spans` object[], required
    - `span_id` string, required
    - `trace_id` string, required
    - `parent_span_id` unknown
    - `name` string, required
    - `start_time` string, required
    - `end_time` string, required
    - `duration_ms` number, required
    - `status` 'ok' | 'error' | 'timeout', required
    - `status_message` unknown
    - `attributes` object
    - `events` object[]
      - `name` string, required
      - `timestamp` string, required
      - `attributes` object
    - `links` object[]
      - `trace_id` string, required
      - `span_id` string, required
      - `attributes` object

## Response `200`

Trace queued

- object
  - `success` boolean, required
  - `trace_id` string
  - `job_id` string
  - `message` string, required
  - `timestamp` string, required
  - `processing_time_ms` number, required

## Other responses

- `201`: Created
- `400`: Invalid request format
- `401`: Unauthorized - Invalid API key
- `403`: Forbidden
- `404`: Not found
- `409`: Conflict - Trace is immutable
- `422`: Unprocessable entity
- `429`: Rate limit exceeded
- `500`: Internal server error

---

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