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Observability Engineering

Errata for Observability Engineering, Second Edition

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Other Digital Version Chapter 1. Observability. Two Competing Models for Telemtry
Figure 1-4 Caption

Figure 1-4. Caption refers to `db_query_start` but the graphic shows `db.query_cart`.

(Kindle edition.)

Emil Sit  Aug 16, 2026 
PDF Page 79
Last paragraph

At the end of the page it says that when creating a new span we can inherit the spanID if one exists, but I think they mean inherit a traceID.

Rafael Berenguel  Aug 20, 2026 
PDF Page 407
figure 22-3

It was not entirely clear what the arrows in the figure are pointing to. I suspect they indicate the right edge of the `controller_ms` span—is that correct?

Akihiro Takizawa  Nov 06, 2026 
PDF Page 595
content index

The alphabetical index cannot be found; only the title "index" is present.

Rodolfo Sirpa Calderón  Jul 11, 2026