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World Congress 2026 North America • Sep 24, 2026 • Session details

Your Agents Need Observability Before They Need Better Models

Julia Furst Morgado

Production-grade AI agents will inevitably fail without robust observability. Before chasing better models, learn how OpenTelemetry turns non-deterministic agent decisions into structured, queryable data.

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