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Zero-code trace-log correlation with OBI
Tuesday, October 06, 2026 in 2026
You get paged. A trace shows a request failing in one of your services, and you know the answer is in the logs — but which log lines belong to that request? If the service never adopted structured logging with trace context, the honest answer is: you …
The OpenTelemetry Java agent 3.0 is almost here — preview it today
Tuesday, October 06, 2026 in 2026
The 2.32.0 release of the OpenTelemetry Java agent is now out and serves as the release candidate for 3.0, which is targeted for October 2026. Some behavior may still change before 3.0, but you can preview the new behavior now, before it becomes the …
Exploring the OpenTelemetry Instrumentation Ecosystem
Friday, September 25, 2026 in 2026
OpenTelemetry has a lot of pieces: APIs, SDKs, a protocol, semantic conventions, instrumentation, and tools like the Collector. The APIs and protocol define how telemetry is created and exchanged, while instrumentation is what actually observes what …
Prometheus and OpenTelemetry interoperability in 2026: Survey results
Tuesday, September 22, 2026 in 2026
We ran a survey asking users of OpenTelemetry and Prometheus how they collect, process, and store metrics. The goal was to understand, with real usage data rather than assumptions, how far the ecosystem has moved and whether the interoperability …
Announcing the 2026 OpenTelemetry Governance Committee Election
Monday, September 21, 2026 in 2026
The OpenTelemetry project is excited to announce the 2026 OpenTelemetry Governance Committee (GC) election. Nominations are due by 16 October 2026 23:59 AoE. The list of eligible candidates will be shared on 19 October 2026. Voting will take place …
Dual-exporting .NET metrics with OTLP and Prometheus
Friday, September 18, 2026 in 2026
Many applications export their metrics directly to Prometheus. If you’re unfamiliar with Prometheus, in a nutshell it’s a time-series database for storing metrics, like counters and histograms. Applications that store their metrics in …
Kubernetes attributes processor reaches v1.0.0 milestone
Wednesday, September 16, 2026 in 2026
The Kubernetes attributes processor, which enriches your telemetry with Kubernetes metadata, has officially moved to v1.0.0! You can try it out on your custom distro, and it is also available as part of the latest opentelemetry-collector-contrib and …
Help us stabilize environment variable context propagation
Friday, September 11, 2026 in 2026
A trace does not always cross a network boundary. A workflow runner starts a shell, the shell launches a build tool, and the build tool starts test processes. Batch and data-processing systems create similar chains of child processes. Without a …
OpenTelemetry Go Logs API and SDK reach release candidate status
Monday, August 31, 2026 in 2026
OpenTelemetry Go v1.47.0-rc.1 is here. This release promotes the Logs API and SDK to release candidate (RC), the final stage before we provide stable v1 compatibility guarantees. We believe the design is ready, and now we need the community to test …
What can you do with OpenTelemetry entity events?
Friday, August 14, 2026 in 2026
Metrics, logs, and traces tell you how your systems behave. They are much quieter about what actually exists: which hosts, interfaces, switches, services, and volumes are out there right now, and, crucially, how that picture changed over the last …