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Document StartOrContinueTrace (vs StartTransaction)
Originally posted by @jamescrosswell in #3836
The SDK includes a StartOrContinueTrace method that returns a transaction context but doesn't use that context to start a new transaction...
https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-dotnet/blob/3e70c3126515c87b1851b6a9a7afd99ffbb9aeb7/src/Sentry.AspNet/HttpContextExtensions.cs#L60-L130
Under the hood, this propagates trace headers even when performance is disabled: https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-dotnet/blob/3fde00a69fae336e7d369a80ecd3bbc01e7b1d2d/src/Sentry/Internal/Hub.cs#L252-L253
Later this information gets used when forming headers for outbound requests: https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-dotnet/blob/3fde00a69fae336e7d369a80ecd3bbc01e7b1d2d/src/Sentry/Internal/Hub.cs#L200-L211
That intent should be clearly documented in the summary for the StartOrContinueTrace method.
References
- https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-dotnet/pull/2493