Trace saving intervals

An apparatus comprising:

• an interval definition module configured to define a temporal interval associated with an occurrence of one or more received traces characterizing behavior of an application related to an application error, each of the one or more received traces including a priority, the temporal interval initiated upon receipt of a first trace of the one or more received traces and continuing for a predetermined amount of time, the one or more received traces occurring without stimulation from the interval definition module;
• a trace saving module configured to:
• (i) when one or more subsequent traces occur within the temporal interval after the first trace, comparing the priorities of the subsequent traces to identify a set of traces with a priority above a certain priority threshold, the set of traces includes a first trace, a highest priority trace, and a last trace, wherein the highest priority trace is designated by (i) comparing the priority of each of the traces to the priority of other traces in the set of traces, and (ii) designating, as the highest priority trace, a single trace having priority that is greater than or equal to the priority of the other traces in the set of traces, wherein for two or more traces having equal priority, the first-received trace of the two or more traces having equal priority is designated as the highest priority trace;
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• (iii) saving the identified set of traces to a common memory, and not saving the subsequent traces not identified as having a priority above a certain priority threshold, the saved set of races being available to facilitate determining at least one of an error source and an error correction.

A non-transitory computer readable medium configured to store instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause performance of a method comprising:

• defining, by an interval definition module, a temporal interval associated with an occurrence of one or more received traces characterizing behavior of an application related to an application error, each of the one or more received traces including a priority, the temporal interval initiated upon receipt of a first trace of the one or more received traces and continuing for a predetermined amount of time, the one or more received traces occurring without stimulation from the interval definition module;
• when one or more subsequent traces occur within the temporal interval after the first trace, comparing the priorities of the subsequent traces to identify a set of traces with a priority above a certain priority threshold, the set of traces includes a first trace, a highest priority trace, and a last trace, wherein the highest priority trace is designated by (i) comparing the priority of each of the traces to the priority of other traces in the set of traces, and (ii) designating, as the highest priority trace, a single trace having priority that is greater than or equal to the priority of the other traces in the set of traces, wherein for two or more traces having equal priority, the first-received trace of the two or more traces having equal priority is designated as the highest priority trace;
• and
• saving the identified set of traces to a common memory, and not saving the subsequent traces not identified as having a priority above a certain priority threshold, the saved set of races being available to facilitate determining at least one of an error source and an error correction.