OpenTelemetry Python

Index for OTel Python -- traces, metrics, log-trace correlation, distributed propagation. References hold the gotchas; canonical reference lives at https://opentelemetry-python.readthedocs.io and https://opentelemetry.io/docs/.

When to use

• New Python service that needs distributed tracing
• Adding OTel to FastAPI / Celery / async Python
• Custom transports (AMQP, ZMQ, Kafka) needing propagator wiring
• OTLP exporter / Collector / AWS ADOT configuration
• Auditing existing instrumentation for gaps or anti-patterns
• Log-trace correlation
• Sampling strategy choice for production

Quick-start production recipe

For most Python services, start with this and iterate: