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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 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 …
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 …
Is the OTCA Exam Right for You? Insights for Both Newcomers and Advanced Users
Thursday, November 20, 2025 in 2025
In the IT industry, certifications often generate debate – some regard them as essential career milestones, while others question their practical value. While OpenTelemetry is getting widely adopted, not everyone is aware that there is a dedicated …
Announcing 2025 OpenTelemetry Community Awards Winners
Wednesday, November 12, 2025 in 2025
We are excited to announce the winners of the second OpenTelemetry Community Awards! These awards recognize individuals who have made a notable impact to the OpenTelemetry project over the past year, whether it’s through code, documentation, …
Evolving OpenTelemetry's Stabilization and Release Practices
Friday, November 07, 2025 in 2025
Summary OpenTelemetry is, by any metric, one of the largest and most exciting projects in the cloud native space. Over the past five years, this community has come together to build one of the most essential observability projects in history. …
Contributing the Unroll Processor to the OpenTelemetry Collector Contrib
Thursday, November 06, 2025 in 2025
The idea for unrolling bundled logs inside the OpenTelemetry Collector didn’t start with a processor. By “unrolling,” I mean taking a single log record that contains multiple logical events—for instance, a JSON array with ten log …
Announcing Support for Complex Attribute Types in OTel
Wednesday, November 05, 2025 in 2025
It’s common to use simple key-value properties as attributes in telemetry. Most telemetry backends are optimized for this pattern, making it efficient to store, index, and query data. OpenTelemetry is designed with this in mind. Semantic conventions …
OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation Marks the First Release
Monday, November 03, 2025 in 2025
Following a significant collaboration between Grafana Labs, Splunk, Coralogix, Odigos and many other community members, we are thrilled to announce the first alpha release of OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation, or OBI for short. This event marks a …
Announcing the 2025 Governance Committee Election Results
Thursday, October 30, 2025 in 2025
We are delighted to announce the results of the 2025 OpenTelemetry Governance Committee Election! The OpenTelemetry project continues to bring together an exceptionally vibrant community, who are shaping the future of observability with their …