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The Governance Committee has published a new statement on the blog, outlining proposals around improving the user experience, stability, and release practices across the project.
We’d appreciate feedback from users and maintainers.
We’d appreciate feedback from users and maintainers.
Evolving OpenTelemetry's Stabilization and Release Practices
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…
buff.ly
November 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The Governance Committee has published a new statement on the blog, outlining proposals around improving the user experience, stability, and release practices across the project.
We’d appreciate feedback from users and maintainers.
We’d appreciate feedback from users and maintainers.
Have you ever wished you could extract individual events from a concatenated mess of a log record? Now you can! Add the unroll processor to your #OpenTelemetry Collector pipelines to expand bundled log records in a clean, deterministic way. Read more in our latest post!
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Contributing the Unroll Processor to the OpenTelemetry Collector Contrib
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…
opentelemetry.io
November 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Have you ever wished you could extract individual events from a concatenated mess of a log record? Now you can! Add the unroll processor to your #OpenTelemetry Collector pipelines to expand bundled log records in a clean, deterministic way. Read more in our latest post!
buff.ly/wZCiiG2
buff.ly/wZCiiG2
Everyone knows #OpenTelemetry's attributes can be easily filtered and aggregated by any backend. But what happens when the data itself is complex? We are excited to announce support for complex data across all #OTel signals starting with OTLP 1.9.0. Learn more in our latest post.
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Announcing Support for Complex Attribute Types in OTel
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…
opentelemetry.io
November 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Everyone knows #OpenTelemetry's attributes can be easily filtered and aggregated by any backend. But what happens when the data itself is complex? We are excited to announce support for complex data across all #OTel signals starting with OTLP 1.9.0. Learn more in our latest post.
buff.ly/ItZ07JS
buff.ly/ItZ07JS
Last call: OpenTelemetry Community Awards nominations close soon! If someone helped you ship, scale, or learn this year, nominate them now:
2025 OpenTelemetry Community Awards
OpenTelemetry is a community-driven project, fueled by a group of awesome humans who are actively revolutionizing the field of observability with their contributions. Whether it’s through code,…
buff.ly
November 5, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Last call: OpenTelemetry Community Awards nominations close soon! If someone helped you ship, scale, or learn this year, nominate them now:
The #OTel project is thrilled to share the first release of #OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation (OBI)!
Use OBI to instrument all applications, all programming languages, all libraries with a single command. 👏 Zero effort. 👏 Maximum gain.
Read our latest blog post to learn more!
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Use OBI to instrument all applications, all programming languages, all libraries with a single command. 👏 Zero effort. 👏 Maximum gain.
Read our latest blog post to learn more!
buff.ly/jgkBx4e
OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation Marks the First Release
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…
opentelemetry.io
November 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The #OTel project is thrilled to share the first release of #OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation (OBI)!
Use OBI to instrument all applications, all programming languages, all libraries with a single command. 👏 Zero effort. 👏 Maximum gain.
Read our latest blog post to learn more!
buff.ly/jgkBx4e
Use OBI to instrument all applications, all programming languages, all libraries with a single command. 👏 Zero effort. 👏 Maximum gain.
Read our latest blog post to learn more!
buff.ly/jgkBx4e
The 2025 Governance Committee election results are now available.
Thank you to all the candidates as well as all of the voters, and congratulations to the elected GC members!
buff.ly/piKPnJY
Thank you to all the candidates as well as all of the voters, and congratulations to the elected GC members!
buff.ly/piKPnJY
Announcing the 2025 Governance Committee Election Results
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…
opentelemetry.io
October 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The 2025 Governance Committee election results are now available.
Thank you to all the candidates as well as all of the voters, and congratulations to the elected GC members!
buff.ly/piKPnJY
Thank you to all the candidates as well as all of the voters, and congratulations to the elected GC members!
buff.ly/piKPnJY
One week left to recognize outstanding OpenTelemetry community members. Nominations close Nov 6. Take a minute to submit up to five names:
2025 OpenTelemetry Community Awards
OpenTelemetry is a community-driven project, fueled by a group of awesome humans who are actively revolutionizing the field of observability with their contributions. Whether it’s through code,…
buff.ly
October 30, 2025 at 11:50 AM
One week left to recognize outstanding OpenTelemetry community members. Nominations close Nov 6. Take a minute to submit up to five names:
Last call to vote!
The 2025 OpenTelemetry Governance Committee Election closes today at noon (UTC).
Make sure your voice is counted:
✅ Check eligibility: buff.ly/6xn7MYb
🗳️ buff.ly/tQUXYHt
The 2025 OpenTelemetry Governance Committee Election closes today at noon (UTC).
Make sure your voice is counted:
✅ Check eligibility: buff.ly/6xn7MYb
🗳️ buff.ly/tQUXYHt
October 30, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Last call to vote!
The 2025 OpenTelemetry Governance Committee Election closes today at noon (UTC).
Make sure your voice is counted:
✅ Check eligibility: buff.ly/6xn7MYb
🗳️ buff.ly/tQUXYHt
The 2025 OpenTelemetry Governance Committee Election closes today at noon (UTC).
Make sure your voice is counted:
✅ Check eligibility: buff.ly/6xn7MYb
🗳️ buff.ly/tQUXYHt
🗳️ The 2025 OpenTelemetry GC Election is underway!
If you haven’t voted yet, there’s still time to help shape the future of the project.
✅ Check eligibility: buff.ly/6xn7MYb
🗳️ Vote here: buff.ly/tQUXYHt
Voting closes Oct 30, noon (UTC) — don’t miss your chance to have a say!
If you haven’t voted yet, there’s still time to help shape the future of the project.
✅ Check eligibility: buff.ly/6xn7MYb
🗳️ Vote here: buff.ly/tQUXYHt
Voting closes Oct 30, noon (UTC) — don’t miss your chance to have a say!
October 29, 2025 at 9:14 AM
🗳️ The 2025 OpenTelemetry GC Election is underway!
If you haven’t voted yet, there’s still time to help shape the future of the project.
✅ Check eligibility: buff.ly/6xn7MYb
🗳️ Vote here: buff.ly/tQUXYHt
Voting closes Oct 30, noon (UTC) — don’t miss your chance to have a say!
If you haven’t voted yet, there’s still time to help shape the future of the project.
✅ Check eligibility: buff.ly/6xn7MYb
🗳️ Vote here: buff.ly/tQUXYHt
Voting closes Oct 30, noon (UTC) — don’t miss your chance to have a say!
🗳️ It’s time! Voting is open for the 2025 OpenTelemetry Governance Committee Election.
Check your status here, if you’re an eligible voter: buff.ly/6xn7MYb
Then cast your vote: buff.ly/tQUXYHt
Check your status here, if you’re an eligible voter: buff.ly/6xn7MYb
Then cast your vote: buff.ly/tQUXYHt
October 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
🗳️ It’s time! Voting is open for the 2025 OpenTelemetry Governance Committee Election.
Check your status here, if you’re an eligible voter: buff.ly/6xn7MYb
Then cast your vote: buff.ly/tQUXYHt
Check your status here, if you’re an eligible voter: buff.ly/6xn7MYb
Then cast your vote: buff.ly/tQUXYHt
Missed our first "What's New in OTel"? No problem! Catch it on-demand on our YouTube channel, and stay tuned for more streams in the series coming your way!
What's New in Otel?
Been too busy to keep up with what's going on in the OTel space? No worries--we've been there, too! That's why we've put together this new series for you (an...
buff.ly
October 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Missed our first "What's New in OTel"? No problem! Catch it on-demand on our YouTube channel, and stay tuned for more streams in the series coming your way!
Know someone who made OpenTelemetry better this year? Nominate them for the 2025 Community Awards:
2025 OpenTelemetry Community Awards
OpenTelemetry is a community-driven project, fueled by a group of awesome humans who are actively revolutionizing the field of observability with their contributions. Whether it’s through code,…
buff.ly
October 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Know someone who made OpenTelemetry better this year? Nominate them for the 2025 Community Awards:
🎤 OpenTelemetry Unplugged
We’re bringing the community together the day after FOSDEM for an unconference: attendee-driven breakouts and a project roadmap session run with the OTel Governance Committee.
📍 Sparks Meeting, Brussels | 🗓️ Mon Feb 2, 2026 | ⏰ 09:00–19:00
🎟️ Register: buff.ly/LYKI9dl
We’re bringing the community together the day after FOSDEM for an unconference: attendee-driven breakouts and a project roadmap session run with the OTel Governance Committee.
📍 Sparks Meeting, Brussels | 🗓️ Mon Feb 2, 2026 | ⏰ 09:00–19:00
🎟️ Register: buff.ly/LYKI9dl
OTel Unplugged EU 2026
A community-driven unconference where you shape the topics and influence OpenTelemetry’s future.
events.humanitix.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:20 AM
🎤 OpenTelemetry Unplugged
We’re bringing the community together the day after FOSDEM for an unconference: attendee-driven breakouts and a project roadmap session run with the OTel Governance Committee.
📍 Sparks Meeting, Brussels | 🗓️ Mon Feb 2, 2026 | ⏰ 09:00–19:00
🎟️ Register: buff.ly/LYKI9dl
We’re bringing the community together the day after FOSDEM for an unconference: attendee-driven breakouts and a project roadmap session run with the OTel Governance Committee.
📍 Sparks Meeting, Brussels | 🗓️ Mon Feb 2, 2026 | ⏰ 09:00–19:00
🎟️ Register: buff.ly/LYKI9dl
Read about the he declarative configuration journey and learn why it took 5 years to ignore health check endpoints in tracing
opentelemetry.io/blog/2025/de...
opentelemetry.io/blog/2025/de...
The Declarative configuration journey: Why it took 5 years to ignore health check endpoints in tracing
One of the most persistent and popular feature requests for Java OpenTelemetry over the past couple of years has been the ability to efficiently drop spans for health check endpoints – or any other…
opentelemetry.io
October 21, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Read about the he declarative configuration journey and learn why it took 5 years to ignore health check endpoints in tracing
opentelemetry.io/blog/2025/de...
opentelemetry.io/blog/2025/de...
⏳ Our next OTel Live session is happening tomorrow. Don’t miss the chance to catch up on what’s new in the OpenTelemetry project.
Hear directly from maintainers Severin Neumann and Marylia Gutierrez as they share updates from across the ecosystem.
🕒 3:00–4:00 PM UTC
🔗 RSVP: buff.ly/NpZsMWO
Hear directly from maintainers Severin Neumann and Marylia Gutierrez as they share updates from across the ecosystem.
🕒 3:00–4:00 PM UTC
🔗 RSVP: buff.ly/NpZsMWO
October 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
⏳ Our next OTel Live session is happening tomorrow. Don’t miss the chance to catch up on what’s new in the OpenTelemetry project.
Hear directly from maintainers Severin Neumann and Marylia Gutierrez as they share updates from across the ecosystem.
🕒 3:00–4:00 PM UTC
🔗 RSVP: buff.ly/NpZsMWO
Hear directly from maintainers Severin Neumann and Marylia Gutierrez as they share updates from across the ecosystem.
🕒 3:00–4:00 PM UTC
🔗 RSVP: buff.ly/NpZsMWO
Last call: Governance Committee nominations close soon! Now’s your chance to step up, or nominate someone you respect. Nominations are due 17 October 2025, 23:59 UTC. Submit via PR to the candidate list.
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🔗 buff.ly/aQgDvAp
Announcing the 2025 OpenTelemetry Governance Committee Election
The OpenTelemetry project is excited to announce the 2025 OpenTelemetry Governance Committee (GC) election. Nominations are due by 17 October 2025 23:59 UTC. The list of eligible candidates will be…
opentelemetry.io
October 17, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Last call: Governance Committee nominations close soon! Now’s your chance to step up, or nominate someone you respect. Nominations are due 17 October 2025, 23:59 UTC. Submit via PR to the candidate list.
🔗 buff.ly/aQgDvAp
🔗 buff.ly/aQgDvAp
Help spotlight the people moving #OpenTelemetry forward. Nominations for the 2025 OpenTelemetry Community Awards are open until November 6th. Take a minute to nominate: opentelemetry.io/blog/2025/co...
2025 OpenTelemetry Community Awards
OpenTelemetry is a community-driven project, fueled by a group of awesome humans who are actively revolutionizing the field of observability with their contributions. Whether it’s through code,…
opentelemetry.io
October 17, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Help spotlight the people moving #OpenTelemetry forward. Nominations for the 2025 OpenTelemetry Community Awards are open until November 6th. Take a minute to nominate: opentelemetry.io/blog/2025/co...
OpenTelemetry is adopting the W3C TraceContext Level 2 draft recommendation as the foundation for consistent sampling! Read more:
OpenTelemetry Sampling update
Introduction OpenTelemetry published version 1.0 of its Tracing specification over four years ago, and the same year W3C TraceContext Level 1 was published with W3C Recommendation status. We as a…
buff.ly
October 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
OpenTelemetry is adopting the W3C TraceContext Level 2 draft recommendation as the foundation for consistent sampling! Read more:
If you’ve missed some of the updates on the OpenTelemetry project, here’s your chance to catch up.
Join us at our next OTel Live session, where maintainers Severin Neumann and Marylia Gutierrez will share the latest developments in OTel.
🗓️ October 21
🕒 3:00–4:00 PM UTC
🔗 RSVP: buff.ly/NpZsMWO
Join us at our next OTel Live session, where maintainers Severin Neumann and Marylia Gutierrez will share the latest developments in OTel.
🗓️ October 21
🕒 3:00–4:00 PM UTC
🔗 RSVP: buff.ly/NpZsMWO
October 13, 2025 at 1:03 PM
If you’ve missed some of the updates on the OpenTelemetry project, here’s your chance to catch up.
Join us at our next OTel Live session, where maintainers Severin Neumann and Marylia Gutierrez will share the latest developments in OTel.
🗓️ October 21
🕒 3:00–4:00 PM UTC
🔗 RSVP: buff.ly/NpZsMWO
Join us at our next OTel Live session, where maintainers Severin Neumann and Marylia Gutierrez will share the latest developments in OTel.
🗓️ October 21
🕒 3:00–4:00 PM UTC
🔗 RSVP: buff.ly/NpZsMWO
The #OpenTelemetry on Mainframes SIG was formed to enable the most important #OTel components for the mainframe. To prioritize their work, the SIG conducted a survey earlier this year. Check out the link for their key findings and to learn how to get involved!
opentelemetry.io/blog/2025/ma...
opentelemetry.io/blog/2025/ma...
Exploring OpenTelemetry Priorities for Mainframes - Insights from Survey Responses
Which OpenTelemetry features are considered most important by users for enhancing the observability of mainframes? Earlier this year, the OpenTelemetry on Mainframes Special Interest Group (SIG) and…
opentelemetry.io
October 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The #OpenTelemetry on Mainframes SIG was formed to enable the most important #OTel components for the mainframe. To prioritize their work, the SIG conducted a survey earlier this year. Check out the link for their key findings and to learn how to get involved!
opentelemetry.io/blog/2025/ma...
opentelemetry.io/blog/2025/ma...
📣 OTel Unplugged is headed to Brussels in February 2026!
A full day of in-person conversation and collaboration! Unconference sessions only—no organized talks. We’ll shape the next chapter of the #OpenTelemetry roadmap. Details on registration and sponsorship in our latest blog.
buff.ly/vC9kqtZ
A full day of in-person conversation and collaboration! Unconference sessions only—no organized talks. We’ll shape the next chapter of the #OpenTelemetry roadmap. Details on registration and sponsorship in our latest blog.
buff.ly/vC9kqtZ
OTel Unplugged EU at FOSDEM 2026
OpenTelemetry is coming to FOSDEM! When we put out our community survey, you requested more meetups and we have heard you! We’re happy to announce that we are bringing back OTel Unplugged, the…
opentelemetry.io
October 9, 2025 at 8:33 PM
📣 OTel Unplugged is headed to Brussels in February 2026!
A full day of in-person conversation and collaboration! Unconference sessions only—no organized talks. We’ll shape the next chapter of the #OpenTelemetry roadmap. Details on registration and sponsorship in our latest blog.
buff.ly/vC9kqtZ
A full day of in-person conversation and collaboration! Unconference sessions only—no organized talks. We’ll shape the next chapter of the #OpenTelemetry roadmap. Details on registration and sponsorship in our latest blog.
buff.ly/vC9kqtZ
⏰ Counting down to our first OTel NYC meetup!
We can’t wait to meet everyone, talk all things observability, and just have a good time together.
Haven’t RSVP’d yet? There’s still time 👉
We can’t wait to meet everyone, talk all things observability, and just have a good time together.
Haven’t RSVP’d yet? There’s still time 👉
OTel NYC - October Meetup · Luma
Inviting all OpenTelemetry and Observability enthusiasts to join us for OTel NYC's inaugural meetup! Food and drink will be served. More details on location…
buff.ly
October 9, 2025 at 12:50 PM
⏰ Counting down to our first OTel NYC meetup!
We can’t wait to meet everyone, talk all things observability, and just have a good time together.
Haven’t RSVP’d yet? There’s still time 👉
We can’t wait to meet everyone, talk all things observability, and just have a good time together.
Haven’t RSVP’d yet? There’s still time 👉
Automatic instrumentation can seem like magic—but it’s not!
The latest #OpenTelemetry blog breaks down how it really works, from monkey patching and bytecode instrumentation to eBPF and runtime APIs.
buff.ly/aWbGOzf
The latest #OpenTelemetry blog breaks down how it really works, from monkey patching and bytecode instrumentation to eBPF and runtime APIs.
buff.ly/aWbGOzf
Demystifying Automatic Instrumentation: How the Magic Actually Works
Despite the rise of OpenTelemetry and eBPF, most developers don’t know what automatic instrumentation actually does under the hood. This post breaks it down—not to suggest you build your own, but to…
opentelemetry.io
October 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Automatic instrumentation can seem like magic—but it’s not!
The latest #OpenTelemetry blog breaks down how it really works, from monkey patching and bytecode instrumentation to eBPF and runtime APIs.
buff.ly/aWbGOzf
The latest #OpenTelemetry blog breaks down how it really works, from monkey patching and bytecode instrumentation to eBPF and runtime APIs.
buff.ly/aWbGOzf
Ever wonder what it's like to be a maintainer in a large open source project? Read our latest blog post to learn about the hard-working, passionate group of people who are steering the #OpenTelemetry project and building its community.
opentelemetry.io/blog/2025/da...
opentelemetry.io/blog/2025/da...
A day in the life of an OpenTelemetry maintainer
When people think about open source, they often picture lines of code, clever algorithms, or maybe a GitHub repository full of issues and pull requests. What can be harder to see is the human side.…
opentelemetry.io
October 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Ever wonder what it's like to be a maintainer in a large open source project? Read our latest blog post to learn about the hard-working, passionate group of people who are steering the #OpenTelemetry project and building its community.
opentelemetry.io/blog/2025/da...
opentelemetry.io/blog/2025/da...
We are excited to launch our second annual #OpenTelemetry Community Awards! Do you know folks whose contributions deserve recognition? Nominate up to five awesome humans before midnight UTC on November 6! Winners will be announced at #KubeConNA!
opentelemetry.io/blog/2025/co...
opentelemetry.io/blog/2025/co...
2025 OpenTelemetry Community Awards
OpenTelemetry is a community-driven project, fueled by a group of awesome humans who are actively revolutionizing the field of observability with their contributions. Whether it’s through code,…
opentelemetry.io
October 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
We are excited to launch our second annual #OpenTelemetry Community Awards! Do you know folks whose contributions deserve recognition? Nominate up to five awesome humans before midnight UTC on November 6! Winners will be announced at #KubeConNA!
opentelemetry.io/blog/2025/co...
opentelemetry.io/blog/2025/co...