# \#tempo **URL:** https://community.grafana.com/tag/tempo/176.md [Latest](https://community.grafana.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.grafana.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.grafana.com/tags.md) --- ## [Backend Storage for Loki, Tempo and Mimir](https://community.grafana.com/t/backend-storage-for-loki-tempo-and-mimir/163203)
**Author:** [@learnwithvikasjha](https://community.grafana.com/u/learnwithvikasjha)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2026, 6:20am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/backend-storage-for-loki-tempo-and-mimir/163203 "2026-06-08T06:20:37Z")
Hey, Is OpenStack Swift is a supported object storage backend for Loki, Tempo and Mimir? Since MinIO is licensed now, so looking for some reliable backend. --- ## [Why do traces\_spanmetrics\_latency\_sum and \_count go up and down instead of increasing?](https://community.grafana.com/t/why-do-traces-spanmetrics-latency-sum-and-count-go-up-and-down-instead-of-increasing/162083)
**Author:** [@baoyu05](https://community.grafana.com/u/baoyu05)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2026, 10:32am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/why-do-traces-spanmetrics-latency-sum-and-count-go-up-and-down-instead-of-increasing/162083 "2026-03-12T10:32:16Z")
When sending metrics to Prometheus, it generates the metrics: traces\_spanmetrics\_latency\_sum, traces\_spanmetrics\_latency\_count, traces\_spanmetrics\_latency\_bucket. However, when I run the following queries: sum by (le,… --- ## [Let's have a clean minimal tempo setup for 2.10](https://community.grafana.com/t/lets-have-a-clean-minimal-tempo-setup-for-2-10/161709)
**Author:** [@wolfganghh](https://community.grafana.com/u/wolfganghh)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2026, 5:02pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/lets-have-a-clean-minimal-tempo-setup-for-2-10/161709 "2026-02-23T17:02:03Z")
Hi, I’m trying to setup a local grafana oss observation stack - minio, mimit, tempo, alloy, grafana. I’m struggeling with tempo here - I can not get it to run stable. docker-compose, target=all mode / single binary Fo… --- ## [Tempo ❤️‍🔥 OTel community call - Practical distributed tracing from the field](https://community.grafana.com/t/tempo-otel-community-call-practical-distributed-tracing-from-the-field/161566)
**Author:** [@anon80044390](https://community.grafana.com/u/anon80044390)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2026, 7:49pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/tempo-otel-community-call-practical-distributed-tracing-from-the-field/161566 "2026-02-06T19:49:06Z")
Save the date: Feb 12 at 9:30 am PT, 18:30 CET! Ever wondered what actually happens when a request travels through a chain of services, and how to debug it when something breaks? In this episode, we sit down with field… --- ## [Tempo traces disappearing in 30mins](https://community.grafana.com/t/tempo-traces-disappearing-in-30mins/161560)
**Author:** [@santhosh15](https://community.grafana.com/u/santhosh15)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2026, 12:15pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/tempo-traces-disappearing-in-30mins/161560 "2026-02-06T12:15:37Z")
I’m running Grafana Tempo via the tempo-distributed Helm chart, and I’m seeing far fewer traces than expected and traces appear to “disappear” after some time, even though I’ve configured long retention and persistence. … --- ## [Tempo ingester ring shows only one node in monolithic setup – expected?](https://community.grafana.com/t/tempo-ingester-ring-shows-only-one-node-in-monolithic-setup-expected/160749)
**Author:** [@dpkthakur89](https://community.grafana.com/u/dpkthakur89)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2026, 4:51pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/tempo-ingester-ring-shows-only-one-node-in-monolithic-setup-expected/160749 "2026-01-05T16:51:48Z")
Hi Grafana team, I’m running Grafana Tempo on 3 EC2 instances in monolithic mode (single binary per node). All nodes use memberlist for the ring and write blocks to S3. Config highlights: 3 EC2s, each running distrib… --- ## [Unable to set "all values" filter to filter traces](https://community.grafana.com/t/unable-to-set-all-values-filter-to-filter-traces/159885)
**Author:** [@tomaszducin](https://community.grafana.com/u/tomaszducin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 12:47pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/unable-to-set-all-values-filter-to-filter-traces/159885 "2025-12-04T12:47:37Z")
I have a dashboards with grafana/tempo with 2 variables defined: service name and operation (span name). For both, I need an “ALL values” option. For simplicity, let’s assume I have 2 service names: products-api, availa… --- ## [Filtering data between traces and logs visualisation](https://community.grafana.com/t/filtering-data-between-traces-and-logs-visualisation/159873)
**Author:** [@nikitaakulov](https://community.grafana.com/u/nikitaakulov)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2025, 2:32pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/filtering-data-between-traces-and-logs-visualisation/159873 "2025-12-02T14:32:40Z")
Hello I have two visualization on the same dashboard. Traces visualization with data from Tempo; Logs visualization with data from Loki. I want to be able to filter Loki data based on the span selected in the trace v… --- ## [Is Alloy more efficient than Tempo to generate graph metrics?](https://community.grafana.com/t/is-alloy-more-efficient-than-tempo-to-generate-graph-metrics/141610)
**Author:** [@hongbomiao](https://community.grafana.com/u/hongbomiao)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2025, 3:58pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/is-alloy-more-efficient-than-tempo-to-generate-graph-metrics/141610 "2025-11-13T15:58:43Z")
When I check Alloy document, I saw The same service graph metrics can also be generated by Tempo. This is more efficient and recommended for larger installations. For a deep look into service graphs, visit this section.… --- ## [How can we get all traces with an error status in the response?](https://community.grafana.com/t/how-can-we-get-all-traces-with-an-error-status-in-the-response/159238)
**Author:** [@ashennilura](https://community.grafana.com/u/ashennilura)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2025, 3:54pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/how-can-we-get-all-traces-with-an-error-status-in-the-response/159238 "2025-11-13T15:54:59Z")
I have already installed Tempo in my AKS Kubernetes cluster using a Helm chart. Traces are being pushed through OpenTelemetry (OTel). When I use the /api/search endpoint, I want to get the error status or status code in … --- ## [Tracing export failure after Alloy upgrade from v1.10.1 to v1.11.3 : “malformed HTTP response” when sending to Tempo](https://community.grafana.com/t/tracing-export-failure-after-alloy-upgrade-from-v1-10-1-to-v1-11-3-malformed-http-response-when-sending-to-tempo/159118)
**Author:** [@hovhanneshasratyan](https://community.grafana.com/u/hovhanneshasratyan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2025, 8:28am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/tracing-export-failure-after-alloy-upgrade-from-v1-10-1-to-v1-11-3-malformed-http-response-when-sending-to-tempo/159118 "2025-11-05T08:28:05Z")
After upgrading Grafana Alloy to v1.11.3 latest version trace exports to Tempo started failing with the following error message: level=info msg="Exporting failed. Will retry the request after interval." component\_path=/… --- ## [Need Suggestions for High Availability Architecture for Tempo](https://community.grafana.com/t/need-suggestions-for-high-availability-architecture-for-tempo/159077)
**Author:** [@tusharghude15](https://community.grafana.com/u/tusharghude15)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2025, 9:34am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/need-suggestions-for-high-availability-architecture-for-tempo/159077 "2025-11-04T09:34:30Z")
tempo version 2.8.2 deployment mode microservice platform kubernetes using helm chart I’m looking for guidance on setting up Grafana Tempo in a high-availability (HA) configuration. Currently, I have two Kubernetes c… --- ## [Call for topics and questions: Tempo Community Call](https://community.grafana.com/t/call-for-topics-and-questions-tempo-community-call/157108)
**Author:** [@tiffanyfay](https://community.grafana.com/u/tiffanyfay)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/call-for-topics-and-questions-tempo-community-call/157108 "2025-09-04T17:56:15Z")
Hey folks! Are there any topics you’d like to see in the Tempo Community Call? Also any questions you have and would like answered? --- ## [Link Trace Search with Trace View in "Dashboard", like it is possible in "Explore" Split View](https://community.grafana.com/t/link-trace-search-with-trace-view-in-dashboard-like-it-is-possible-in-explore-split-view/84493)
**Author:** [@fnbk](https://community.grafana.com/u/fnbk)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 8:42am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/link-trace-search-with-trace-view-in-dashboard-like-it-is-possible-in-explore-split-view/84493 "2025-08-25T08:42:58Z")
I am trying to create a dashboard and have the Trace Search and Trace View panels be linked together. Exactly the same behavior as in the Explore section where I can have two dashboards next to each other and when clicki… --- ## [Not able to see the log of a trace](https://community.grafana.com/t/not-able-to-see-the-log-of-a-trace/155507)
**Author:** [@rouaabenayed](https://community.grafana.com/u/rouaabenayed)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2025, 11:29am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/not-able-to-see-the-log-of-a-trace/155507 "2025-08-19T11:29:21Z")
Hello, I have a problem that when clicking on a log I can see its trace but that doesnt work for seeing a log of a trace. --- ## [TraceQL query says "localblocks processor not found"](https://community.grafana.com/t/traceql-query-says-localblocks-processor-not-found/141855)
**Author:** [@wernerdonne](https://community.grafana.com/u/wernerdonne)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2025, 6:21am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/traceql-query-says-localblocks-processor-not-found/141855 "2025-08-15T06:21:39Z")
Hello, I’m using the Helm chart version 1.18.1. The values file contains this: overrides: defaults: metrics\_generator: processors: - local-blocks In the generated config map thi… --- ## ["Explore Traces App" fails with gRPC error on aggregation tabs, while core Explore view works fine with the same Tempo backend](https://community.grafana.com/t/explore-traces-app-fails-with-grpc-error-on-aggregation-tabs-while-core-explore-view-works-fine-with-the-same-tempo-backend/155790)
**Author:** [@kyokocat2](https://community.grafana.com/u/kyokocat2)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 8:25am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/explore-traces-app-fails-with-grpc-error-on-aggregation-tabs-while-core-explore-view-works-fine-with-the-same-tempo-backend/155790 "2025-08-06T08:25:00Z")
Hello Grafana Community, I’ve encountered a persistent issue with the “Explore Traces App”. After a long debugging process, I’ve managed to get my Tempo backend and the core Grafana Explore view working perfectly. Howev… --- ## [Problem to add multiple dimensions on span metrics tempo](https://community.grafana.com/t/problem-to-add-multiple-dimensions-on-span-metrics-tempo/155372)
**Author:** [@edwinchantre92](https://community.grafana.com/u/edwinchantre92)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2025, 3:19pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/problem-to-add-multiple-dimensions-on-span-metrics-tempo/155372 "2025-07-31T15:19:29Z")
Hi everyone, I’m having an issue with Tempo and Prometheus when configuring span\_metrics. I’m trying to include two dimensions like this: span\_metrics: dimensions: browserId report.type filter\_policies: include: a… --- ## [Search traces based on span attributes](https://community.grafana.com/t/search-traces-based-on-span-attributes/154130)
**Author:** [@anomyra](https://community.grafana.com/u/anomyra)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2025, 8:45am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/search-traces-based-on-span-attributes/154130 "2025-07-25T08:45:21Z")
Hi, In my setup, all the spans in a trace have the same span attributes which is used to differentiate the traces, as there no way to have trace-level attributes. Since trace id is not user friendly for searching, I wan… --- ## [Grafana drilldown does not retrieve more than 30 minutes](https://community.grafana.com/t/grafana-drilldown-does-not-retrieve-more-than-30-minutes/152458)
**Author:** [@ewan](https://community.grafana.com/u/ewan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2025, 3:21pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/grafana-drilldown-does-not-retrieve-more-than-30-minutes/152458 "2025-07-18T15:21:06Z")
Hello I have built a system that collects trace data from Python APP using OTEL using grafana Alloy, saves it in Tempo, and then monitors it using Grafana Drilldown. As shown in the attached image, basic traces can … --- ## [How to make Tempo support handling 1000 traces per second?](https://community.grafana.com/t/how-to-make-tempo-support-handling-1000-traces-per-second/154543)
**Author:** [@baoyu05](https://community.grafana.com/u/baoyu05)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2025, 8:19am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/how-to-make-tempo-support-handling-1000-traces-per-second/154543 "2025-07-15T08:19:04Z")
I have set up a ​​2-node memberlist cluster​​ using VMs, each configured with ​​8 vCPUs and 8GB RAM​​.  Trace data is generated via the otel-ctlcommand-line tool, deployed across ​​15 VMs​​. ​​Two infinite loop script… --- ## [Tempo Dashboard](https://community.grafana.com/t/tempo-dashboard/154300)
**Author:** [@Fernando](https://community.grafana.com/u/Fernando)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2025, 3:31pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/tempo-dashboard/154300 "2025-07-10T15:31:22Z")
Is it possible to create a dashboard that shows duration of Tempo’s trace/span and group them by an span attribute? A simple example would be: HTTP request duration by HTTP method. Or even the number of HTTP requests b… --- ## [Is there any way to increase the span limit beyond 2560?](https://community.grafana.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-increase-the-span-limit-beyond-2560/153236)
**Author:** [@akapma-kla](https://community.grafana.com/u/akapma-kla)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2025, 1:11am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-increase-the-span-limit-beyond-2560/153236 "2025-06-25T01:11:35Z")
We’re hitting a cap of 2560 spans in our trace view (Our workload has ~6000 spans for a trace). Is there any configuration, environment variable, or workaround to increase this limit? Any guidance would be appreciated! … --- ## [Expose Tempo with Nginx Ingress](https://community.grafana.com/t/expose-tempo-with-nginx-ingress/153200)
**Author:** [@bonyscott30](https://community.grafana.com/u/bonyscott30)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2025, 3:01pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/expose-tempo-with-nginx-ingress/153200 "2025-06-23T15:01:11Z")
Any ideas on how to expose Tempo in K8s behind Nginx Ingress? More on this can be read here as already created a post on GH. --- ## [Getting trace duration in Span table view](https://community.grafana.com/t/getting-trace-duration-in-span-table-view/152434)
**Author:** [@regi24](https://community.grafana.com/u/regi24)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/getting-trace-duration-in-span-table-view/152434 "2025-06-11T16:09:30Z")
In Grafana I am using TraceQL to find traces that match specific conditions. For those traces I want to do some trasnformations at the span level, and then aggregate again the data to show something aggregated per trace… --- ## [Failed listing tenant blocks: error finding objects in s3 bucket, bucket: tempo: Truncated response should have continuation token set](https://community.grafana.com/t/failed-listing-tenant-blocks-error-finding-objects-in-s3-bucket-bucket-tempo-truncated-response-should-have-continuation-token-set/151846)
**Author:** [@baoyu05](https://community.grafana.com/u/baoyu05)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2025, 8:32am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/failed-listing-tenant-blocks-error-finding-objects-in-s3-bucket-bucket-tempo-truncated-response-should-have-continuation-token-set/151846 "2025-06-05T08:32:33Z")
Configure the automatic expiration cleanup for Tempo. The compactor configuration in tempo.yml is as follows: compactor: ring: kvstore: store: memberlist instance\_interface\_names: - eth0 instan… --- ## [Trace View: critical path highlight](https://community.grafana.com/t/trace-view-critical-path-highlight/150950)
**Author:** [@ef62mkv](https://community.grafana.com/u/ef62mkv)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2025, 9:28am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/trace-view-critical-path-highlight/150950 "2025-05-21T09:28:17Z")
Grafana has a nice feature of highlighting a critical path in a trace. But sometimes, it’s just completely off: it would for some reason just put the longest top segment on critical path which is not informative at all. … --- ## [Visualize all logs from a certain trace id](https://community.grafana.com/t/visualize-all-logs-from-a-certain-trace-id/147799)
**Author:** [@jennysundstroem](https://community.grafana.com/u/jennysundstroem)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2025, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/visualize-all-logs-from-a-certain-trace-id/147799 "2025-04-04T12:19:33Z")
Hi! I am new to Grafana and trying to link traces to logs and vice versa. I have managed to link so I can navigate from a certain span to the corresponding log like below: Pressing the first span Takes me here and s… --- ## [Error updating Grafana Tempo version 2.2.3 to 2.6.1](https://community.grafana.com/t/error-updating-grafana-tempo-version-2-2-3-to-2-6-1/146378)
**Author:** [@gabidlg](https://community.grafana.com/u/gabidlg)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2025, 4:42pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/error-updating-grafana-tempo-version-2-2-3-to-2-6-1/146378 "2025-03-14T16:42:09Z")
I have a containerized observability stack on EKS, with Grafana, Loki, Tempo, and Prometheus. When upgrading Tempo from 2.3 to 2.6.1, the Tempo pods upload without issues, but the tempo-query-frontend pod only uploads th… --- ## [Is it possible to share one redis cluster as cache?](https://community.grafana.com/t/is-it-possible-to-share-one-redis-cluster-as-cache/145984)
**Author:** [@grkn](https://community.grafana.com/u/grkn)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2025, 2:57pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/is-it-possible-to-share-one-redis-cluster-as-cache/145984 "2025-03-10T14:57:15Z")
Hi :waving\_hand: Sorry if I missed something on the docs (some even lacked mentioning redis support) Is it possible to set up a Redis cluster and use it for multiple projects’ cache backend? (e.g. Loki/Mimir/Tempo) D… [Next page](https://community.grafana.com/tag/tempo/176.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=tempo)