---
title: "description"
url: https://develop.sentry.dev/sdk/foundations/transport/event-payloads/properties/description/
---

# undefined

* `description`

  *Optional*. Longer description of the span's operation, which uniquely identifies the span but is consistent across instances of the span.

```json
{
  "description": "SELECT * FROM users WHERE last_active < DATE_SUB(CURRENT_DATE, INTERVAL 1 YEAR)`"
}
```