The outcome

Gain production visibility without turning observability into an uncontrolled copy of user data and secrets.

Step by step

A workflow you can repeat.

  1. 01

    Define debugging questions, data classification, trace schema, environments, retention, sampling, regional or self-hosted boundary, and access roles.

  2. 02

    Create a project and separate environment credentials, store keys securely, and instrument one request path with current OpenTelemetry-based SDKs.

  3. 03

    Capture stable trace and observation names, model and usage metadata, safe correlation IDs, and errors while redacting prompts, files, secrets, and personal data.

  4. 04

    Validate parent-child spans, asynchronous flush, failure behavior, sampling, latency impact, cost accuracy, and access controls with synthetic traffic.

  5. 05

    Add dashboards and alerts for quality, errors, latency, and spend; audit viewers, rotate keys, and review retention and redaction regularly.

Working standard

What good use looks like.

  • Collect only data needed for a decision.
  • Separate projects and keys by environment.
  • Test tracing failure independently.

Official references

Check the current product documentation.