# TracedOptions.kind property · @imqueue/opentelemetry

Source: https://imqueue.org/api/opentelemetry/latest/opentelemetry.tracedoptions.kind/
Published: 2026-08-01
Author: @imqueue maintainers (https://github.com/imqueue)
Package: @imqueue/opentelemetry 4.0.0 — generated reference, not hand-written

Whether the decorated method represents work this process serves or work it calls out for. Decides the OpenTelemetry span kind, and is also recorded as the `span.kind` attribute. Defaults to [TraceKind.SERVER](https://imqueue.org/api/opentelemetry/latest/opentelemetry.tracekind/).

**Signature:**

```typescript
kind: TraceKind;
```