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Span or Attribute in OpenTelemetry Custom Instrumentation

calendar_today May 7, 2026 person Jessica Kerr (Jessitron) domain honeycomb

When you want to add some information to your tracing telemetry, you could emit a log, create a span, or add a piece of data to your current span. Adding a piece of data to your current span is the best! Usually.

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