My demo of OpenTelemetry Tracing features two Spring Boot components. One uses the Java agent, and I noticed a different behavior when I recently upgraded it from v1.x to v2.x. In the other one, I’m using Micrometer Tracing because I compile to GraalVM native, and it can’t process Java agents.   I want to compare these three different ways in this post: Java agent v1, Java agent v2, and Micrometer Tracing.   The base application and its infrastructure   I’ll use the same base ap

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The post discusses the implementation of OpenTelemetry Tracing in Spring Boot applications, comparing three methods: Java Agent v1, Java Agent v2, and Micrometer Tracing. It provides a detailed breakdown of how each approach works, the infrastructure needed, and the code changes required to implement tracing. The post highlights that while Micrometer Tracing integrates seamlessly with Spring Boot and GraalVM, the Java Agent requires minimal code changes but has different behaviors between its versions. The post also emphasizes the advantages and limitations of each approach.

OpenTelemetry Tracing on Spring Boot, Java Agent vs. Micrometer Tracing