Traces
Traces give us the big picture of what happens when a request is made by user or an application.
Signals
Categories of telemetry supported by OpenTelemetry
In OpenTelemetry, a Signal refers to the categories of telemetry that are supported by the specification. It currently supports the Signals below, and more may be added in the future.
Metrics
A metric is a measurement about a service, captured at runtime.
Logs
A log is a timestamped text record, either structured (recommended) or unstructured, with metadata.
Baggage
Baggage refers to contextual information that’s passed between spans
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