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Starting February 18, 2026, trace sinks are deprecated.

Starting February 18, 2026, trace sinks are deprecated. For more information, see Export trace spans with sinks deprecation.

You can use the Log Analytics page, which provides a SQL query interface, to query both your trace and log data. To learn more, see the following documents:

• To migrate to using Log Analytics page from a sink-based export of trace data to BigQuery, see Migrate to Log Analytics. • To query your trace data by using the Log Analytics page, see Query and analyze traces. • To query your trace data by using BigQuery services, see Query a linked BigQuery dataset.

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