Transparently capturing the causal relationships between requests across distributed applications

A computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions for performing the following acts:

• at a first entity, accessing a first identifier corresponding to a first operation;
• for a second operation occurring as a result of the first operation, generating a second identifier;
• emitting a directed event including the first and second identifiers;
• logging the directed event;
• sending the second identifier to a second entity;
• sending an operation call for the second operation to the second entity;
• and
• making the second identifier available at the second entity for use in creating directed events for subsequent operations occurring as a result of the second operation.

A computing system configured to track operation dependencies, the computer system comprising:

• a processor;
• a computer memory operably coupled to the processor wherein the computer memory comprises computer executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform the following acts:
• at a first entity, accessing a first identifier corresponding to a first operation;
• for a second operation occurring as a result of the first operation, generating a second identifier;
• emitting a directed event including the first and second identifiers;
• logging the directed event;
• sending the second identifier to a second entity;
• sending an operation call for the second operation to the second entity;
• and
• making the second identifier available at the second entity for use in creating directed events for subsequent operations occurring as a result of the second operation.