Correlation IDs Cheatsheet: Tracing Agent Hops in Production
blaizedsouza · x · 2026-08-22
When a run spans multiple tools and agents, logs become useless without a shared ID. The author shares a production AI pattern using Correlation IDs:
- Create the ID at the request edge
- Pass it through planner, tools, and memory
- Put it in every log and metric
- Return it to the caller
- Use it to join traces after a failure
- Reject hops without an ID in production
Core principle: If you cannot join the story, you cannot debug the run. Pro tip: Make the ID visible in user-facing errors.
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