OpenTelemetry

Enable OpenTelemetry traces and metrics; a complete no-op when the OTLP endpoint is unset.

Enable OpenTelemetry

Activated by setting OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT. When unset, the telemetry module is a complete no-op — no spans, no metrics, no overhead.

Exporter examples

# Datadog
export OTEL_SERVICE_NAME=autopil
export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT=https://api.datadoghq.com/api/intake/otlp/v1
export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS="DD-API-KEY=your_key"

# Grafana Cloud
export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT=https://otlp-gateway-prod-us-east-0.grafana.net/otlp
export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS="Authorization=Basic <base64>"

# Local console (no collector needed)
export OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER=console

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