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OpenTelemetry Collector Long-term Vision

The following are high-level items that define our long-term vision for OpenTelemetry Collector, what we aspire to achieve. This vision is our daily guidance when we design new features and make changes to the Collector.

This is a living document that is expected to evolve over time.

Performant

Highly stable and performant under varying loads. Well-behaved under extreme load, with predictable, low resource consumption.

Observable

Expose own operational metrics in a clear way. Be an exemplar of observable service. Allow configuring the level of observability (more or less metrics, traces, logs, etc reported). See more details.

Multi-Data

Support traces, metrics, logs and other relevant data types.

Usable Out of the Box

Reasonable default configuration, supports popular protocols, runs and collects out of the box.

Extensible

Extensible and customizable without touching the core code. Can create custom agents based on the core and extend with own components. Welcoming 3rd party contribution policy.

Unified Codebase

One codebase for daemon (Agent) and standalone service (Collector).

For more details on how we plan to achieve this vision please see the Roadmap.