Anthropic adds OpenTelemetry trace export to Claude Platform in public beta
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LangChain@LangChainOfficialLangSmith now accepts Claude Platform traces via OpenTelemetryAILangChain says Claude Platform traces can now be exported to LangSmith through OpenTelemetry, from Claude Managed Agents, the Messages API, or the Claude SDKs. The traces let users inspect each step of an agent run to improve its performance. The feature is in public beta.
ClaudeDevs@ClaudeDevsOfficialClaude Console adds OpenTelemetry trace export for API and Managed AgentsAIAnthropic says the Claude Console now lets users add a destination for OpenTelemetry traces of Messages API requests and Managed Agents sessions. A separate guide explains how to set up OpenTelemetry to export spans for Claude SDK requests.
- ClaudeDevs@ClaudeDevsOfficialClaude Platform adds OpenTelemetry trace export in public beta
AIAnthropic says Claude Platform now sends OpenTelemetry traces from the Messages API, Claude Managed Agents, and the Claude SDKs to users' observability stacks. The feature is in public beta.
- ClaudeDevs@ClaudeDevsOfficialClaude's spans follow OpenTelemetry gen_ai conventions with optional full content export
AISpans follow the OpenTelemetry gen_ai conventions, carrying metadata such as duration, status, token counts, model, and tool names by default. Switching a destination to "full content" also exports prompts, responses, tool inputs, and tool results.
- Claude BlogOfficialClaude Platform adds OpenTelemetry traces for agents and model calls
AIClaude Platform now sends OpenTelemetry traces from Claude Managed Agents, the Messages API, and Claude SDKs to any OTel tool, in public beta. Each agent turn, model call, and tool use arrives as a standard trace with latency, tokens, and IDs. Managed Agents and the Messages API require a destination set in the Claude Console, while the SDKs export traces automatically.