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OpenTelemetry GenAI Semantic Conventions

In-development OpenTelemetry conventions defining separate span types for model inference, tool execution and retrieval, with model identifiers and token usage on inference spans and opt-in capture of messages, tool arguments and results.

Known aliases

GenAI semantic conventions
OTel GenAI semconv

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No evidence-backed relationships are recorded.

Current clusters

build1 distinct publisher

Agent traces became product data, and the write pattern now picks your storage

The New Stack argues an agent run record is application data with a telemetry-shaped workload. Flatten one reported event rate and the daily average hides a burst about 19 times larger.

Publishers:thenewstack.io

Reality

Evidence34
Adoption22
Hype gap+16
Incentives: Insufficient