General profiles attributes

Status: Development

The attributes described in this section are rather generic. They may be used in any Profiles record they apply to.

Frame types

Description: Describes the origin of a single frame in a Profile.

Attribute	Type	Description	Examples	Requirement Level	Stability
profile.frame.type	string	Describes the interpreter or compiler of a single frame.	cpython	Recommended

profile.frame.type has the following list of well-known values. If one of them applies, then the respective value MUST be used; otherwise, a custom value MAY be used.

Value	Description	Stability
beam	Erlang
cpython	Python
dotnet	.NET
jvm	JVM
kernel	Kernel
native	C, C++, Go, Rust
perl	Perl
php	PHP
ruby	Ruby
v8js	V8JS