World Congress 2026 Europe • Jul 9, 2026 • Session details

The OpenTelemetry mistakes I keep seeing (and how to stop making them)

Juraci Paixão Kröhling

Is your OpenTelemetry setup leaking passwords or flooding your backend with noise? Learn how to permanently fix dangerous instrumentation anti-patterns today.

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Maintaining code quality with open standard observability and pipelines

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Core concepts of application instrumentation and telemetry

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Tracing agent telemetry with OpenTelemetry and Jaeger tools

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Fixing broken telemetry streams with OpenTelemetry foundations

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Final takeaways on application telemetry and tracing

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