Whether this request should be traced or not.
May be null, which means that there's not enough information to know
whether this request should be traced or not.
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ShouldTrace { get; }\n\nWhether this request should be traced or not.\nMay be null, which means that there's not enough information to know\nwhether this request should be traced or not.\n\n### SpanId\n\n public ulong? SpanId { get; }\n\nThe span id or null if none is available.\n\n**Remarks** \nThis corresponds to the span_id field of the TraceSpan message in the API.\nSee \u003chttps://cloud.google.com/trace/docs/reference/v2/rpc/google.devtools.cloudtrace.v1#tracespan\u003e\nfor more information.\n\n### TraceId\n\n public string TraceId { get; }\n\nThe trace id or null if none is available.\n\n**Remarks** \nThis corresponds to the trace_id field of the Trace message in the API.\nSee \u003chttps://cloud.google.com/trace/docs/reference/v2/rpc/google.devtools.cloudtrace.v1#trace\u003e\nfor more information."]]
