---
title: Trace
order: 9
description: "OpenTelemetry's name for one whole magus invocation; every target it runs is a span beneath it."
tags: [glossary, execution-and-caching]
---

# Trace

OpenTelemetry's name for one whole `magus` invocation; every target it runs is a
span beneath it.

## Example

`magus affected ci` is one trace; every target it runs is a span under it.

```sh
magus affected ci
```

## Used in

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In the docs:

- [trace](../reference/buzz/log.md#trace)

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## See also

- [Telemetry](../concepts/telemetry.md)
- [Span](span.md)