# Cloud Trace documentation

[Read product documentation](https://docs.cloud.google.com/trace/docs/overview.md.txt)
Cloud Trace is a distributed tracing system for Google Cloud that collects
latency data from applications and displays it in near real-time in the [Google Cloud console](https://console.cloud.google.com/).

## Documentation resources

Find quickstarts and guides, review key references, and get help with common issues.

### Guides

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  [Quickstart: View trace app latency](https://docs.cloud.google.com/trace/docs/trace-app-latency.md.txt)

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  [Find and explore traces](https://docs.cloud.google.com/trace/docs/finding-traces.md.txt)

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  [Query and analyze traces with SQL](https://docs.cloud.google.com/trace/docs/analytics.md.txt)

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  [Instrument Node.js app with OpenTelemetry](https://docs.cloud.google.com/trace/docs/setup/nodejs-ot.md.txt)

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  [Instrument Go app with OpenTelemetry](https://docs.cloud.google.com/trace/docs/setup/go-ot.md.txt)

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  [Instrument Java app with OpenTelemetry](https://docs.cloud.google.com/trace/docs/setup/java-ot.md.txt)

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  [Instrument Python app with OpenTelemetry](https://docs.cloud.google.com/trace/docs/setup/python-ot.md.txt)

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  [Trace storage overview](https://docs.cloud.google.com/trace/docs/storage-overview.md.txt)

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  [Troubleshoot](https://docs.cloud.google.com/trace/docs/troubleshooting.md.txt)

### Reference

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  [Cloud Trace API](https://docs.cloud.google.com/trace/docs/reference.md.txt)

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  [Authenticate to Trace](https://docs.cloud.google.com/trace/docs/authentication.md.txt)

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  [Cloud Trace filters](https://docs.cloud.google.com/trace/docs/trace-filters.md.txt)

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  [Client libraries](https://docs.cloud.google.com/trace/docs/client-libraries.md.txt)

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  [RPC API](https://docs.cloud.google.com/trace/docs/reference/v2/rpc.md.txt)

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  [REST API](https://docs.cloud.google.com/trace/docs/reference/v2/rest.md.txt)

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  [Trace labels](https://docs.cloud.google.com/trace/docs/trace-labels.md.txt)

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  [Trace OTLP schema](https://docs.cloud.google.com/trace/docs/reference/trace-schema.md.txt)

### Resources

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  [Quotas and limits](https://docs.cloud.google.com/trace/docs/quotas.md.txt)

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  [Release Notes](https://docs.cloud.google.com/trace/docs/release-notes.md.txt)

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  [Pricing](https://cloud.google.com/products/observability/pricing)

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