Instrumenting Rails with OpenTelemetry
markprovan Thursday, January 22, 2026
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This article provides a step-by-step guide on how to instrument a Ruby on Rails application using OpenTelemetry, an open-source observability framework. It covers setting up OpenTelemetry, configuring traces, and integrating it with popular libraries like ActiveRecord, ActionController, and Sidekiq.
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