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     new 78d7c9fb94 improves tracing property documentation (#6004)
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commit 78d7c9fb94d7c657565cc2277af5eba3eb6eb8bf
Author: Keith Turner <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Thu Dec 4 13:29:50 2025 -0800

    improves tracing property documentation (#6004)
---
 core/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/core/conf/Property.java | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/core/conf/Property.java 
b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/core/conf/Property.java
index d6acb504fa..81e5a87532 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/core/conf/Property.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/core/conf/Property.java
@@ -280,7 +280,13 @@ public enum Property {
       "The maximum size of a message that can be sent to a server.", "1.5.0"),
   @Experimental
   GENERAL_OPENTELEMETRY_ENABLED("general.opentelemetry.enabled", "false", 
PropertyType.BOOLEAN,
-      "Enables tracing functionality using OpenTelemetry (assuming 
OpenTelemetry is configured).",
+      "Enables tracing for all spans in the process using OpenTelemetry 
(assuming OpenTelemetry is "
+          + "configured). When true, if a thread with no active trace 
encounters a span, then a new trace with "
+          + "a new id is started. When this property is false, RPC requests 
that arrive at a process with tracing "
+          + "set will still emit traces for all spans as long as OpenTelemetry 
is properly configured. For example, "
+          + "if this property is only set for the Accumulo GC server, then all 
RPCs initiated by the GC would emit "
+          + "trace data across the cluster. However, threads on non gc server 
processes with no active trace would "
+          + "not emit anything when they encounter a span.",
       "2.1.0"),
   GENERAL_THREADPOOL_SIZE("general.server.threadpool.size", "1", 
PropertyType.COUNT,
       "The number of threads to use for server-internal scheduled tasks.", 
"2.1.0"),

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