OpenTelemetry is an open source observability framework for cloud native software. It provides a single set of APIs, libraries, agents, and collector services to capture distributed traces and metrics from …

Aug 29, 2025 · OpenTelemetry, also known as OTel, is a vendor-neutral open source Observability framework for instrumenting, generating, collecting, and exporting telemetry data such as traces, …

Feb 21, 2026 · OpenTelemetry is used by a wide variety of libraries, services and apps that have OpenTelemetry integrated to provide observability by default. OpenTelemetry is supported by …

Mar 2, 2026 · The OpenTelemetry Collector offers a vendor-agnostic implementation of how to receive, process and export telemetry data. It removes the need to run, operate, and maintain multiple …

Dec 19, 2025 · How can you solve problems with OpenTelemetry? These feature flag enabled scenarios walk you through some pre-configured problems and show you how to interpret OpenTelemetry data …

Jan 27, 2026 · This section introduces how to use OpenTelemetry with Python to generate and collect telemetry data such as metrics, logs, and traces using the OpenTelemetry API and SDKs.

We emit logs, traces and metrics in a way that is compliant with OpenTelemetry data models, send the data through OpenTelemetry Collector, where it can be enriched and processed in a uniform manner.

Feb 11, 2026 · For more on metrics and how they relate to OpenTelemetry, see Metrics. SLI, or Service Level Indicator, represents a measurement of a service’s behavior. A good SLI measures your …

This document provides an overview of the OpenTelemetry project and defines important fundamental terms. Additional term definitions can be found in the glossary.

Jun 3, 2024 · Key concepts in OpenTelemetry This section covers data sources and key components of the OpenTelemetry project, which can help you understand how OpenTelemetry works.