OpenTelemetry Tail Sampling: Reliability Risks and Design Patterns
Keeping fewer traces can improve observability, if the traces you keep are the ones that explain failure. Many teams begin with simple probabilistic sampling: […]
Tag: Telemetry Cost
How to Set a Metric Cardinality Budget in OpenTelemetry
High-cardinality metrics can raise costs and quietly weaken dashboards and SLOs. Build a practical metric budget that protects both infrastructure and operational meaning.