Incorporation of a trace visualization with a traffic graph visualization in a service mesh

A computing device, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor device coupled to the memory to:
• access traffic graph information that identifies a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges, each node corresponding to a particular service of a plurality of interrelated services, each service being configured to receive and/or send a message to at least one other service in the plurality of interrelated services, each edge representing a path that at least one message has taken between two services;
• access first trace information that identifies a first set of services of the plurality of interrelated services that were invoked during a same first transaction;
• correlate each service in the first set of services with a corresponding node of the plurality of nodes;
• present, concurrently, on a display device, a traffic graph visualization, a first transaction trace visualization, and a plurality of trace controls, the traffic graph visualization depicting the plurality of edges and the plurality of nodes, the first transaction trace visualization identifying the nodes that correspond to the services in the first set of services, each trace control corresponding to a transaction trace of a plurality of transaction traces, each transaction trace identifying a corresponding set of services that were invoked during a corresponding transaction;
• receive user input that identifies a trace control of the plurality of trace controls;
• in response to the user input, access second trace information that identifies a second set of services invoked during a same second transaction;
• correlate each service in the second set of services with a corresponding node of the plurality of nodes;
• and
• present, concurrently, on the display device, the traffic graph visualization and a second transaction trace visualization that is different from the first transaction trace visualization, the second transaction trace visualization identifying the nodes that correspond to the services in the second set of services.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that includes executable instructions to, upon execution by a processor device:

• access traffic graph information that identifies a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges, each node corresponding to a particular service of a plurality of interrelated services, each service being configured to receive and/or send a message to at least one other service in the plurality of interrelated services, each edge representing a path that at least one message has taken between two services;
• access first trace information that identifies a first set of services of the plurality of interrelated services that were invoked during a same first transaction;
• correlate each service in the first set of services with a corresponding node of the plurality of nodes;
• present, concurrently, on a display device, a traffic graph visualization, a first transaction trace visualization, and a plurality of trace controls, the traffic graph visualization depicting the plurality of edges and the plurality of nodes, the first transaction trace visualization identifying the nodes that correspond to the services in the first set of services, each trace control corresponding to a transaction trace of a plurality of transaction traces, each transaction trace identifying a corresponding set of services that were invoked during a corresponding transaction;
• receive user input that identifies a trace control of the plurality of trace controls;
• in response to the user input, access second trace information that identifies a second set of services invoked during a same second transaction;
• correlate each service in the second set of services with a corresponding node of the plurality of nodes;
• and
• present, concurrently, on the display device, the traffic graph visualization and a second transaction trace visualization that is different from the first transaction trace visualization, the second transaction trace visualization identifying the nodes that correspond to the services in the second set of services.