drop junk spans

[codefromthecrypt]

when envoy isn't configured properly and health checks are on, you'll get a bunch of traces you never want to see that have values like this:

http.url: https://arch_prompt_gateway_listener/healthz

It would be nice to have a way to by default drop any traces with a http.url ending in /healthz or similar patterns, so that it is easier to use the tool even when tracing of nodes isn't ideal

[ymtdzzz]

Thanks for your suggestion. That sounds great! Are you thinking of some kind of startup option like --ignore health?

[codefromthecrypt]

I was thinking to ignore them by default and have an arg to override (possibly zero out) the skip URL pattern

[ymtdzzz]

I see, but as a development tool, isn't there a risk of user confusion if there is a telemetry that is implicitly dropped by default?

[codefromthecrypt]

agree it is a choice between annoyance and config, vs a chance someone will care about not seeing /health and then be annoyed at lack of config ;)