Copying MDC Context Map in Web Clients: A Comprehensive Guide
Introduction In distributed systems, maintaining context across microservices is crucial for effective logging and tracing. The Mapped Diagnostic Context (MDC) in logging frameworks like Logback or Log4j allows developers to propagate contextual information such as request IDs, user IDs, or correlation IDs across threads and services. When using web clients to make outgoing requests, it's essential to propagate the MDC context map to ensure consistency and traceability. This guide will provide ...