When we build backend systems, especially APIs and microservices, debugging production issues is...
When we build backend systems, especially APIs and microservices, debugging production issues is rarely about reading one log line.
A single request may pass through an API Gateway, an authentication service, an order service, a payment service, a message broker, and maybe a background worker.
Each component may generate logs.
But without a shared identifier, it becomes difficult to understand the full journey of that request.
This is where a Correlation ID becomes useful.
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