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OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation 2026 Goals
Friday, January 23, 2026 in 2026
As we kick off 2026, the OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation SIG has come together to set an ambitious roadmap for the year. Our focus is on achieving production readiness with a stable 1.0 release while expanding protocol and language support to …
Improving Async Workflow Observability in Dapr
Wednesday, January 21, 2026 in 2026
This post tells the story of how contributors from across the cloud native community worked together to enhance Dapr’s OpenTelemetry integration, particularly around asynchronous workflows. It also highlights the ongoing effort to align Dapr …
Reducing Log Volume with the OpenTelemetry Log Deduplication Processor
Tuesday, January 20, 2026 in 2026
Your logs are probably at least 80% repetitive noise. Connection retries, health checks, heartbeat messages: the same log line repeated thousands of times per minute. You pay storage costs for each one while the signal drowns in noise. The …
OpenTelemetry JS Statement on Node.js DOS Mitigation
Thursday, January 15, 2026 in 2026
You may have seen a recent Node.js security advisory and related coverage discussing a potential denial-of-service issue involving async_hooks. OpenTelemetry (and other APM tools) were mentioned because we rely on AsyncLocalStorage for context …
Demystifying OpenTelemetry: Why You Shouldn’t Fear Observability in Traditional Environments
Tuesday, January 13, 2026 in 2026
For decades, traditional technology environments, ranging from on-premises data centers to legacy applications and industrial control systems, have powered the core of many organizations. These systems are battle-tested and deeply woven into business …
OpenTelemetry.io 2025 review
Friday, January 09, 2026 in 2026
As 2025 has come to an end, we’re taking a moment to look back at everything the community accomplished across the website, documentation, and localization efforts. The year was another exciting chapter for OpenTelemetry.io, and we are thrilled …
What 10,000 Slack Messages Reveal About OpenTelemetry Adoption Challenges
Wednesday, January 07, 2026 in 2026
The OpenTelemetry community has grown tremendously over the past few years, and with that growth comes valuable insights hidden in our community conversations. We analyzed nearly 10,000 messages from the #otel-collector and #opentelemetry channels on …
New Configuration Schema release candidate
Friday, December 12, 2025 in 2025
The latest release of the OpenTelemetry Configuration Schema is out this week. It brings the Configuration working group one step closer to completion after 3 years of effort, and the schema one step closer to being marked stable. We might be …
Calling New Contributors - Help Us Improve the OpenTelemetry Onboarding Experience
Friday, December 05, 2025 in 2025
Update as of 2025-12-08 A giant thank you to those of you who have volunteered to participate! We have received more interest than expected, so sign-ups are closed for now. Stay tuned to the OpenTelemetry blog for more feedback opportunities in the …
Deprecating Zipkin Exporter
Monday, December 01, 2025 in 2025
The OpenTelemetry project is deprecating the Zipkin exporter specification in favor of Zipkin’s OTLP ingestion support. Thank you to all Zipkin contributors for helping OpenTelemetry reach this milestone! After analyzing usage patterns across …