Jaeger

Jaeger Sampling Manager API

Remote sampling configuration API. Tracer SDKs poll the Sampling Manager (HTTP port 5778, gRPC port 5779) to retrieve the active per-service sampling strategy — probabilistic, rate-limiting, or per-operation. Backed by a static strategies file or by Jaeger's adaptive sampling subsystem.

Jaeger Sampling Manager API is one of 3 APIs that Jaeger publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 machine-runnable capability that can be deployed as REST, MCP, or Agent Skill surfaces via Naftiko and 1 JSON Schema definition.

Tagged areas include Observability, Distributed Tracing, and Sampling. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, an OpenAPI specification, 1 Naftiko capability spec, and 1 JSON Schema.

GitHub OpenAPI

Documentation

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Documentation
https://www.jaegertracing.io/docs/latest/sampling/

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/jaeger-io/refs/heads/main/openapi/jaeger-sampling-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/jaeger-io/refs/heads/main/json-schema/jaeger-sampling-strategy-schema.json

Other Resources

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ProtoBuf
https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger-idl/blob/main/proto/api_v2/sampling.proto
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NaftikoCapability
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/jaeger-io/refs/heads/main/capabilities/sampling-config.yaml

OpenAPI Specification

jaeger-sampling-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
# Hand-derived from https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger-idl/blob/main/proto/api_v2/sampling.proto
# Jaeger SamplingManager — the remote sampler that SDKs poll to retrieve
# per-service sampling strategies.

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Jaeger Sampling Manager API (api_v2)
  version: '2.0'
  description: |-
    Remote sampling configuration API served by the Jaeger Collector / All-in-One
    on port 5778 (HTTP) and 5779 (gRPC). Client SDKs poll this endpoint to retrieve
    the active sampling strategy (probabilistic, rate-limiting, or per-operation)
    for a given service.
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
servers:
  - url: http://localhost:5778
    description: Default Jaeger remote sampler endpoint
paths:
  /api/v2/samplingStrategy:
    post:
      summary: Get Sampling Strategy
      description: |-
        Retrieve the sampling strategy for the named service. The gRPC equivalent
        is `jaeger.api_v2.SamplingManager/GetSamplingStrategy`.
      operationId: getSamplingStrategy
      tags:
        - SamplingManager
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/SamplingStrategyParameters'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Sampling strategy for the requested service.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SamplingStrategyResponse'
  /sampling:
    get:
      summary: Get Sampling Strategy (Legacy)
      description: |-
        Legacy HTTP form used by older Jaeger SDKs. The Collector / agent
        returns the same SamplingStrategyResponse JSON; service name is given
        via the `service` query parameter.
      operationId: getSamplingStrategyLegacy
      tags:
        - SamplingManager
      parameters:
        - name: service
          in: query
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
          description: Service name to look up.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Sampling strategy for the requested service.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SamplingStrategyResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    SamplingStrategyParameters:
      type: object
      required:
        - serviceName
      properties:
        serviceName:
          type: string
          description: Required service identifier.
    SamplingStrategyResponse:
      type: object
      description: |-
        Union-style response — exactly one of `probabilisticSampling`,
        `rateLimitingSampling`, or `operationSampling` will be populated.
      properties:
        strategyType:
          type: string
          enum: [PROBABILISTIC, RATE_LIMITING]
        probabilisticSampling:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProbabilisticSamplingStrategy'
        rateLimitingSampling:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/RateLimitingSamplingStrategy'
        operationSampling:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PerOperationSamplingStrategies'
    ProbabilisticSamplingStrategy:
      type: object
      properties:
        samplingRate:
          type: number
          format: double
          minimum: 0
          maximum: 1
          description: Sampling probability in the range [0.0, 1.0].
    RateLimitingSamplingStrategy:
      type: object
      properties:
        maxTracesPerSecond:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          description: Maximum number of traces sampled per second per service instance.
    OperationSamplingStrategy:
      type: object
      properties:
        operation:
          type: string
        probabilisticSampling:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProbabilisticSamplingStrategy'
    PerOperationSamplingStrategies:
      type: object
      properties:
        defaultSamplingProbability:
          type: number
          format: double
        defaultLowerBoundTracesPerSecond:
          type: number
          format: double
        defaultUpperBoundTracesPerSecond:
          type: number
          format: double
        perOperationStrategies:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/OperationSamplingStrategy'