{"id":98994,"date":"2026-09-22T19:14:54","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T02:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/github.blog\/changelog\/2026-09-22-opentelemetry-in-the-github-copilot-app"},"modified":"2026-09-22T19:16:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T02:16:51","slug":"opentelemetry-in-the-github-copilot-app","status":"publish","type":[3521],"link":"https:\/\/github.blog\/changelog\/2026-09-22-opentelemetry-in-the-github-copilot-app","title":{"rendered":"OpenTelemetry in the GitHub Copilot app"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Understand how Copilot agents perform and interact with models and tools. The GitHub Copilot app now supports OpenTelemetry (OTel) configuration through enterprise-managed settings.<br>\nOTel is an open source observability framework. Administrators can use it to send agent activity data to their organization&rsquo;s compatible monitoring tools. This helps teams:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Analyze agent sessions:<\/strong> Follow the flow of a session, including requests to AI models and the tools an agent uses.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Investigate unexpected behavior:<\/strong> Review step-by-step traces of agent execution in their existing monitoring tools.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Manage monitoring centrally:<\/strong> Apply telemetry settings across teams instead of requiring each developer to individually configure them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/github.com\/user-attachments\/assets\/27220bc7-5d8e-48b6-8ec3-09459ec17b4d\" alt=\"Animated screen recording showing a GitHub Copilot conversation in Copilot app, followed by Splunk Observability Cloud&rsquo;s Trace Analyzer displaying a selected trace, expanded span hierarchy, and span details.\"><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"get-started\" id=\"get-started\" ><a class=\"heading-link\" href=\"#get-started\">Get started<span class=\"heading-hash pl-2 text-italic text-bold\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Configure the <code>telemetry<\/code> property in your enterprise&rsquo;s <code>managed-settings.json<\/code> file to enable export and specify the endpoint that will receive the data. 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