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+# How Trace Propagation Works in the JavaScript SDKs
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+Trace propagation describes how and when traceId & spanId are set and send for various types of events.
+How this behaves varies a bit from Browser to Node SDKs.
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+## Node SDKs (OpenTelemetry based)
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+In the Node SDK and related OpenTelemetry-based SDKs, trace propagation works as follows:
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+![node-sdk-trace-propagation-scenarios](./assets/node-sdk-trace-propagation.png)
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+## Browser/Other SDKs
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+TODO