Beeline to OpenTelemetry Migration

Step-by-step guide for migrating from Honeycomb Beelines (now End of Life) to OpenTelemetry instrumentation.

Status

Honeycomb Beelines have reached End of Life and are archived. All new instrumentation should use OpenTelemetry. Existing Beeline users should migrate as soon as practical.

Migration Strategy

Migration follows a two-phase approach that allows incremental, service-by-service migration without breaking distributed traces.

Phase 1: Enable W3C Trace Propagation (All Services)