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OpenTelemetry (AI Agents)

Reviewed 9 April 2026 Canonical definition

OpenTelemetry is the open-source observability standard for collecting, correlating, and exporting metrics, logs, and traces from distributed systems. Applied to AI agents, it provides a vendor-neutral way to capture tool calls, model latency, token usage, and decision traces — enabling portability of observability data across governance platforms and monitoring backends.