# APM distributed traces are not giving the correct distributed timelines for high latency traces

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-distributed-traces-are-not-giving-the-correct-distributed-timelines-for-high-latency-traces/363942>\
**Category:** APM\
**Tags:** ui\
**Created:** [July 29, 2024, 4:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-distributed-traces-are-not-giving-the-correct-distributed-timelines-for-high-latency-traces/363942 "2024-07-29T04:44:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shravan1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shravan1/32/125104_2.png) [@Shravan1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shravan1)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 4:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-distributed-traces-are-not-giving-the-correct-distributed-timelines-for-high-latency-traces/363942/1 "2024-07-29T04:44:37Z")

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APM distributed traces are not giving the correct distributed timelines for high latency traces.  
Example:

Let's say 1st bar in the timeline is showing 4 sec.  
Then under the first big bar the below bars not giving the exact timeline of of the trace. I am trying to sum up the below all the bars but it showing 15-16 milliseconds. Where as first bar is giving time of 4 sec. Please help.

FYI, I am new to ELK

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**Author:** ![Panagiota\_Mitsopoulo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/panagiota_mitsopoulo/32/84948_2.png) [@Panagiota\_Mitsopoulo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Panagiota_Mitsopoulo)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 7:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-distributed-traces-are-not-giving-the-correct-distributed-timelines-for-high-latency-traces/363942/2 "2024-07-29T07:03:32Z")

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From #Elastic Observability to #APM

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**Author:** ![Panagiota\_Mitsopoulo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/panagiota_mitsopoulo/32/84948_2.png) [@Panagiota\_Mitsopoulo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Panagiota_Mitsopoulo)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 7:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-distributed-traces-are-not-giving-the-correct-distributed-timelines-for-high-latency-traces/363942/3 "2024-07-29T07:03:32Z")

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Added #ui

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**Author:** ![Shravan1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shravan1/32/125104_2.png) [@Shravan1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shravan1)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 6:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-distributed-traces-are-not-giving-the-correct-distributed-timelines-for-high-latency-traces/363942/4 "2024-07-30T18:29:05Z")

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Can anyone please help me out..this is really high priority issue

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 7:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-distributed-traces-are-not-giving-the-correct-distributed-timelines-for-high-latency-traces/363942/5 "2024-07-30T19:00:37Z")

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Hi @Shravan1 Welcome to the community.

First this is a community forum with many users / questions etc.. there is no "timeline" for answering questions so please be patient.

2nd you are going to need to provide a lot more information if you want help

What version are you on?  
What APM Agents / Languages / versions?  
Screenshot of what you are seeing that show the question.  
You have not provided enough information for anyone to help you.