As we kick off 2026, the OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation SIG has come together to set an ambitious roadmap for the year. Our focus is on achieving production readiness with a stable 1.0 release while expanding protocol and language support to serve a broader range of use cases. We’re also strengthening integration with OpenTelemetry APIs and SDKs to support hybrid instrumentation approaches. For those new to OBI, check out the documentation link above to learn more about zero-code observability using eBPF.

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The OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation SIG has outlined its 2026 roadmap focused on achieving a stable 1.0 production-ready release. Key priorities include expanding protocol support for messaging systems (MQTT, AMQP, NATS), NoSQL databases (MongoDB), and cloud service SDKs (AWS, GCP, Azure), adding .NET support across versions 8+ and Framework 4.x/3.5 SP1, and enabling hybrid instrumentation that combines zero-code eBPF with manual OpenTelemetry SDK instrumentation. Additional work includes aligning with semantic conventions, building an OpenTelemetry Collector distribution with OBI as a receiver, and integrating with the eBPF profiler for unified observability.

OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation 2026 Goals