CocoaPods Deprecation Notice for OpenTelemetry Swift
The OpenTelemetry Swift maintainers are deprecating CocoaPods support for `opentelemetry-swift` and `opentelemetry-swift-core` in favor of Swift Package Manager (SPM), which is now…
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Announcing v1 of OpenTelemetry Go Compile-Time Instrumentation
The OpenTelemetry community has announced the first stable release of Go Compile-Time Instrumentation, a tool that enables zero-code observability by injecting telemetry into Go bi…
OpenTelemetry Has Graduated… Now what?
OpenTelemetry has officially achieved CNCF graduated status, joining elite projects like Kubernetes by meeting rigorous standards for production readiness, governance, and security…
The Voyage of a Small Environment Variable
The OpenTelemetry Spring Boot starter now supports declarative configuration via a YAML schema within `application.yaml`, reducing the need for complex Java beans or separate exten…
Call for Contributors: OpenTelemetry for Dart and Flutter
An initiative is underway to establish an official OpenTelemetry SDK for Dart and Flutter by forming a new Special Interest Group (SIG) and transitioning existing community code in…
Don't Wrap OpenTelemetry — You're Probably Hurting More Than Helping
The article argues against creating custom wrappers around the OpenTelemetry (OTel) API, warning that these "simplifying" abstractions often degrade performance through unnecessary…
Deprecating OpenCensus compatibility requirements
The OpenTelemetry Specification has officially deprecated OpenCensus compatibility requirements, aligning the project with the ecosystem's shift toward native OpenTelemetry APIs an…
OTel-Arrow Phase 2: From Efficient Transport to Efficient Telemetry Pipelines
Phase 2 of the OTel-Arrow project explores using Apache Arrow as an internal data representation for telemetry pipelines to efficiently handle increasing data volumes. By implement…
OpenTelemetry is a CNCF Graduated Project
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) has announced that OpenTelemetry has officially graduated, marking a significant milestone for its global community and ecosystem. This…
Applying OpenTelemetry Security Practices in Legacy Environments
Securing OpenTelemetry in legacy and industrial environments requires shifting security controls from unmodifiable source systems to the telemetry pipeline itself. By treating the …
Inside the LLM Call: GenAI Observability with OpenTelemetry
This article explains how OpenTelemetry Semantic Conventions for Generative AI provide essential visibility into the complex, hidden operations of LLM-powered applications, such as…
Introducing OTel Blueprints and Reference Implementations
To address the inherent and accidental complexities of OpenTelemetry adoption, the project is introducing "Blueprints and Reference Implementations." These blueprints will provide …