import type { Scope } from './scope';
import type { SpanAttributes, SpanTimeInput } from './span';
export interface StartSpanOptions {
    /** A manually specified start time for the created `Span` object. */
    startTime?: SpanTimeInput;
    /** If defined, start this span off this scope instead off the current scope. */
    scope?: Scope;
    /** The name of the span. */
    name: string;
    /** If set to true, only start a span if a parent span exists. */
    onlyIfParent?: boolean;
    /** An op for the span. This is a categorization for spans. */
    op?: string;
    /**
     * If set to true, this span will be forced to be treated as a transaction in the Sentry UI, if possible and applicable.
     * Note that it is up to the SDK to decide how exactly the span will be sent, which may change in future SDK versions.
     * It is not guaranteed that a span started with this flag set to `true` will be sent as a transaction.
     */
    forceTransaction?: boolean;
    /** Attributes for the span. */
    attributes?: SpanAttributes;
    /**
     * Experimental options without any stability guarantees. Use with caution!
     */
    experimental?: {
        /**
         * If set to true, always start a standalone span which will be sent as a
         * standalone segment span envelope instead of a transaction envelope.
         *
         * @internal this option is currently experimental and should only be
         * used within SDK code. It might be removed or changed in the future.
         * The payload ("envelope") of the resulting request sending the span to
         * Sentry might change at any time.
         *
         * @hidden
         */
        standalone?: boolean;
    };
}
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