US Patent 10554701 Real-time call tracing in a service-oriented system

Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for real-time call tracing in a service-oriented system are disclosed. A request comprising a trace signature is received at a service in a service-oriented system. The trace signature comprises a representation of one or more upstream services in an upstream call path associated with the request. Based at least in part on the trace signature, the service determines one or more actions to perform with respect to the request.