A small number of API requests to your microservices-based application take a very long time. You know that each request to the API can traverse many services. You want to know which service takes the

The correct answer is D. Instrument your application with Stackdnver Trace in order to break down the request latencies at. Cloud Trace is a distributed tracing system for Google Cloud that collects latency data from applications and displays it in near real-time in the Google Cloud Console. https://cloud.google.com/trace/docs/overview

Submitted by marco_it· Mar 30, 2026Ensuring solution and operations reliability

Question

A small number of API requests to your microservices-based application take a very long time. You know that each request to the API can traverse many services. You want to know which service takes the longest in those cases. What should you do?

Options

ASet timeouts on your application so that you can fail requests faster.
BSend custom metrics for each of your requests to Stackdriver Monitoring.
CUse Stackdriver Monitoring to look for insights that show when your API latencies are high.
DInstrument your application with Stackdnver Trace in order to break down the request latencies at

How the community answered

(25 responses)

A
4% (1)
B
8% (2)
C
12% (3)
D
76% (19)

Explanation

Cloud Trace is a distributed tracing system for Google Cloud that collects latency data from applications and displays it in near real-time in the Google Cloud Console. https://cloud.google.com/trace/docs/overview

Topics

#distributed tracing#Stackdriver Trace#microservices#latency debugging

Community Discussion

No community discussion yet for this question.

Full PROFESSIONAL-CLOUD-ARCHITECT Practice