Blog tag

#OpenTelemetry

The open standard for telemetry, and how AI tools use it.

AI and development
Coding-agent telemetry now shows who acted and what was stopped
Copilot can now attribute activity to a user without capturing content, and Claude Code logs stopped tool calls. What to collect and how to read it.
23 October 20265 min read
AI and development
Claude API OpenTelemetry export: what the spans hold and how to count them
Anthropic's API can now send OpenTelemetry spans to your own backend. What the content modes capture, how delivery works, and why token counts need care.
22 October 20267 min read
AI and development
Claude Code's idle compaction: a summary instead of a cache rebuild
Claude Code now compacts long idle sessions just before the one-hour prompt cache expires. What that saves, what it costs, and how to see it in telemetry.
21 October 20266 min read
AI and development
Observing AI coding tools with OpenTelemetry: what you can measure today
Claude Code, Codex and Copilot now emit OpenTelemetry. What the GenAI conventions cover, what the tools actually send, and how to start measuring.
14 October 20264 min read

Coding-agent telemetry now shows who acted and what was stopped