Project Lightning Talk: Quick Intro to CI/CD Observability with OpenTelemetry - Dotan Horovits
Dotan Horovits
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025 · Project Lightning Talk
In this insightful lightning talk at KubeCon Europe 2025, Dotan Horovits, a long-standing advocate for robust software delivery insights, introduced the critical advancements in **CI/CD observability** leveraging **OpenTelemetry (OTEL)**. The presentation highlighted a significant shift in how we perceive and implement observability, extending its traditional focus from production systems to encompass the entire **Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)**. This initiative aims to illuminate the often-opaque processes within continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines, providing unparalleled visibility into build, test, and deployment phases.
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Horovits delivers a sharp, no-nonsense introduction to the OpenTelemetry CI/CD SIG's critical work. This isn't just another 'observability' buzzword bingo; it's a concrete, technical effort to standardize telemetry for software delivery pipelines, addressing a long-standing blind spot. The clever solution for context propagation via environment variables is a genuinely novel and necessary technical detail, making this a highly impactful and well-executed lightning talk that should shift how organizations approach supply chain security and DevSecOps.