Standardizing CI/CD Observability With OpenTelemetry: Insights Fr... Dotan Horovits & Adriel Perkins
Dotan Horovits, Adriel Perkins
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025 · Session
The modern software development lifecycle is increasingly reliant on robust **CI/CD pipelines**, yet a significant challenge persists: the lack of standardized **observability** within these critical systems. Dotan Horovits and Adriel Perkins, co-leads of the OpenTelemetry CI/CD Special Interest Group (SIG), presented a compelling case for leveraging **OpenTelemetry** to bring clarity and consistency to CI/CD pipeline monitoring. Their talk highlighted the widespread frustration among developers and maintainers who struggle to diagnose pipeline issues, often resorting to manual investigation across disparate systems and logs.
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This KubeCon talk by Dotan Horovits and Adriel Perkins from the OpenTelemetry CI/CD SIG presents critical, foundational work for standardizing observability across software delivery pipelines. Their efforts in defining semantic conventions and, crucially, a new environment variable context propagation specification, address a long-standing industry pain point. The presentation offers deep technical insights into how OpenTelemetry can bring consistency, reduce troubleshooting time, and enhance software supply chain security, making it highly impactful for any organization serious about modern…