# \#otel **URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/tag/otel/155.md [Latest](https://discuss.elastic.co/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discuss.elastic.co/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discuss.elastic.co/tags.md) --- ## [EDOT pushing to elastic fails with HTTP status message: Bad Request](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/edot-pushing-to-elastic-fails-with-http-status-message-bad-request/375661)
**Author:** [@yev](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yev)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2026, 2:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/edot-pushing-to-elastic-fails-with-http-status-message-bad-request/375661 "2026-03-26T14:32:46Z")
Hi there, I'm exploring the capabilities of EDOT and I have an issue: Logs from my spring-boot app \[otel.javaagent 2025-03-10 16:31:10:565 +0100\] \[OkHttp http://localhost:9200/...\] WARN io.opentelemetry.exporter.inter… --- ## [Wrapping Elastic OTEL Java Agent for internal standardization — best practices & legal considerations](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wrapping-elastic-otel-java-agent-for-internal-standardization-best-practices-legal-considerations/385586)
**Author:** [@rajbdilip](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rajbdilip)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2026, 7:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wrapping-elastic-otel-java-agent-for-internal-standardization-best-practices-legal-considerations/385586 "2026-03-26T07:49:08Z")
Hi all, We are integrating the Elastic OpenTelemetry Java agent across multiple services in our organization and are exploring creating a small internal wrapper around the agent (elastic-otel-java) to standardize config… --- ## [APM some time dont show trace.id by link/to/trace](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-some-time-dont-show-trace-id-by-link-to-trace/385491)
**Author:** [@tmp13](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tmp13)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2026, 6:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-some-time-dont-show-trace-id-by-link-to-trace/385491 "2026-03-18T06:13:02Z")
Kibana version: 9.3.0 Elasticsearch version: 9.3.0 APM Server version: 9.3.0 Browser version: Firefox/Safari Original install method (e.g. download page, yum, deb, from source, etc.) and version: tar.gz Fresh instal… --- ## [OTEL Traces not appearing in Observability-Services](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/otel-traces-not-appearing-in-observability-services/384004)
**Author:** [@Steve\_Foster](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Steve_Foster)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2025, 10:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/otel-traces-not-appearing-in-observability-services/384004 "2025-12-11T22:29:32Z")
Posted in Elastic Slack too.. I'm struggling to get OTEL traces from a python application, that are being send to a hosted elastic, to be displayed in observability-\>services.The application is running in AWS ECS and se… --- ## [APM data stream reroutes and custom ILM policies](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-data-stream-reroutes-and-custom-ilm-policies/383499)
**Author:** [@wbjls](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wbjls)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2025, 3:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-data-stream-reroutes-and-custom-ilm-policies/383499 "2025-11-18T03:44:21Z")
Hi There, I’m a newbie to Elastic and looking to solve an issue that I am having trouble with. Essentially I am looking to set up a Telemetry stack across various apps we maintain, and am trialing an approach for a sin… --- ## [Ingest Pipeline for otel logs](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ingest-pipeline-for-otel-logs/376033)
**Author:** [@Steve\_Foster](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Steve_Foster)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2025, 2:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ingest-pipeline-for-otel-logs/376033 "2025-08-29T14:28:48Z")
I've recently migrated our deployments for EDOT to use the Open-Telemetry operator to bring them in line with the guidelines from Elastic. Something that seems to be missing from this is parsing of structured logs (in t… --- ## [Issue: EDOT-Dotnet in elastic dashboard showing random-id even though we are setting the service.node.name](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-edot-dotnet-in-elastic-dashboard-showing-random-id-even-though-we-are-setting-the-service-node-name/381420)
**Author:** [@ullasa-sindhur](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ullasa-sindhur)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2025, 11:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-edot-dotnet-in-elastic-dashboard-showing-random-id-even-though-we-are-setting-the-service-node-name/381420 "2025-08-28T11:55:29Z")
Kibana version: 9.0.4 APM Server version: 9.0.4 APM Agent language and version: elastic otel dotnet - 1.1.0 Fresh install or upgraded from other version? migrating from apm-agent to elastic otel dotnet (EDOT) Is the… --- ## [Where do OpenTelemetry logs end up in Elasticsearch](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-do-opentelemetry-logs-end-up-in-elasticsearch/379554)
**Author:** [@flalar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/flalar)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2025, 7:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-do-opentelemetry-logs-end-up-in-elasticsearch/379554 "2025-06-27T07:35:45Z")
Hi all, I'm currently experimenting with using OpenTelemetry to send logs into Elasticsearch and trying to understand exactly where those logs end up once they arrive. So far, I see that metrics and traces follow somew… --- ## [OTEL - Prometheus receiver and missing metrics](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/otel-prometheus-receiver-and-missing-metrics/376563)
**Author:** [@Steve\_Foster](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Steve_Foster)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2025, 10:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/otel-prometheus-receiver-and-missing-metrics/376563 "2025-04-15T22:06:06Z")
Hi folks, i'm using the prometheusreceiver in a Deployment to scrape our pods every 60s, the metrics are then sent via OTLP to another instance of the collector running as a DaemonSet, which then sends them onto elastic… --- ## [Elastic Agent otel mode - kafka exporter](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-otel-mode-kafka-exporter/375973)
**Author:** [@logmanp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/logmanp)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2025, 6:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-otel-mode-kafka-exporter/375973 "2025-03-16T18:24:08Z")
Hi all, Ive got some concern about OpenTelemetry integration or so called "otel" mode for Elastic Agent. According to github page: elastic-agent/internal/pkg/otel/README.md at main · elastic/elastic-agent · GitHub the… --- ## [EDOT -\> ELK. Collector error: dropping cumulative temporality histogram](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/edot-elk-collector-error-dropping-cumulative-temporality-histogram/375689)
**Author:** [@yev](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yev)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2025, 9:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/edot-elk-collector-error-dropping-cumulative-temporality-histogram/375689 "2025-03-12T09:27:22Z")
Hi there, With otelcol-contrib docker I have successfully pushed the logs to my ES. But now I have an issue with metrics. I enabled metrics in oltp-collector config: service: pipelines: logs: r… --- ## [Ca Elasticsearch send Tracing data to Otel Collector?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ca-elasticsearch-send-tracing-data-to-otel-collector/375180)
**Author:** [@nguyenvancaonguyen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nguyenvancaonguyen)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2025, 7:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ca-elasticsearch-send-tracing-data-to-otel-collector/375180 "2025-03-06T19:14:58Z")
Good day community, We already have Otel Collector and other things in place for tracing. I'm following this elasticsearch/TRACING.md at main · elastic/elasticsearch · GitHub Not really sure if this is instruction sti… --- ## [Can EDOT (Elastic OpenTelemetry) route through APM Server](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-edot-elastic-opentelemetry-route-through-apm-server/375429)
**Author:** [@gohclive](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gohclive)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2025, 6:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-edot-elastic-opentelemetry-route-through-apm-server/375429 "2025-03-06T18:38:41Z")
I'm looking for some guidance on implementing EDOT (Elastic Distributions of Open Telemetry) in a multi-tenant Kubernetes environment. I've run into some technical challenges and would appreciate insights from anyone who… --- ## [Cannot view traces using OpenTelemetry Collector in APM](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-view-traces-using-opentelemetry-collector-in-apm/374545)
**Author:** [@Pwnts](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pwnts)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2025, 8:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-view-traces-using-opentelemetry-collector-in-apm/374545 "2025-02-14T08:22:33Z")
Hi, I have struggled many hours trying to use the following setup for monitoring traces in Kibana. \[Java application\] --\> \[OpenTelemetry Collector\] --\> \[Elasticsearch\] --\> \[Kibana APM\] I want to use a minimal setup an… --- ## [HTTP and gRPC spans in the same trace](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/http-and-grpc-spans-in-the-same-trace/374508)
**Author:** [@rauan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rauan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2025, 2:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/http-and-grpc-spans-in-the-same-trace/374508 "2025-02-13T14:28:36Z")
\[Following up on closed topic: https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-http-context-transferred-to-grpc-context/231421\] My backend is in golang and I'm using regular opentelemetry tooling: http://go.opentelemetry.io/otel (v1.3… --- ## [Missing Logs on Elasticsearch Using OTEL Collector](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-logs-on-elasticsearch-using-otel-collector/373449)
**Author:** [@Fuad\_Arohunfara](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Fuad_Arohunfara)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2025, 9:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-logs-on-elasticsearch-using-otel-collector/373449 "2025-02-02T21:39:04Z")
Logs are being shipped using otelcollector to Kibana from our kubernetes cluster but there appears to be some logs missing -- Find attached error any help will be appreciated. error elasticsearchexporter@v0.115.0/bulk… --- ## [Elastic APM Agent vs Elastic Distribution of OpenTelemetry roadmap and support](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm-agent-vs-elastic-distribution-of-opentelemetry-roadmap-and-support/373731)
**Author:** [@Marchelune](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marchelune)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2025, 8:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm-agent-vs-elastic-distribution-of-opentelemetry-roadmap-and-support/373731 "2025-01-27T20:09:56Z")
Hi! I have a roadmap question on the APM nodeJS agent (although it's probably a question in general). I wrote and maintain some custom (internal) packages to instrument nodejs apps to better track transactions from an u… --- ## [APM ServiceMap, missing connection between 2 services](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-servicemap-missing-connection-between-2-services/372950)
**Author:** [@fabry\_00](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fabry_00)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2025, 4:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-servicemap-missing-connection-between-2-services/372950 "2025-01-08T16:59:11Z")
Hello, we have an ELK cluster deployed on premise 8.16.2 and a 2 fleetservers that are collecting the traces coming from Opentelemetry collectors. We have a simple scenario (#1) where our gateway (Service A) calls a ba… --- ## [Head based sampling for OTEL Agents](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/head-based-sampling-for-otel-agents/371498)
**Author:** [@pinsworker](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pinsworker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 3:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/head-based-sampling-for-otel-agents/371498 "2024-12-05T03:23:58Z")
Hi, I have a OTEL based custom instrumentation for a http server and Elastic Cloud as collector/backend and I want to do head based sampling. These are my config env config for the same: ENV OTEL\_TRACES\_SAMPLER\_ARG="0…