The State of Prometheus and OpenTelemetry Interoperability - Arthur Sens & Juraj Michálek
Arthur Sens, Juraj Michálek
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025 · Session
The talk "The State of Prometheus and OpenTelemetry Interoperability" by Arthur Sens and Juraj Michálek at KubeCon EU dives deep into the complex, yet increasingly crucial, relationship between two of the most dominant observability projects in the cloud-native ecosystem: **Prometheus** and **OpenTelemetry**. For years, these technologies, while both focused on telemetry, developed with distinct philosophies and technical approaches, leading to friction and an often-frustrating experience for users attempting to integrate them. This presentation illuminates the historical challenges, the significant strides made towards seamless interoperability, and the ongoing work to bridge remaining gaps.
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This talk by Arthur Sens and Juraj Michálek is a critical deep dive into the evolving interoperability between Prometheus and OpenTelemetry. It meticulously details the architectural shifts, particularly with Prometheus 3.0 and the new Remote Write Protocol V2, that enable full UTF8 support, native histograms, and crucial exemplar linking. While acknowledging the persistent challenges with resource attributes, the speakers, both core maintainers, provide invaluable insider signal on the future direction, making this essential viewing for anyone serious about cloud-native observability. This…