
Amazon CloudWatch Agent now supports OpenTelemetry traces and AWS X-Ray, enabling unified collection of metrics, logs, and traces through a single agent without requiring separate trace collection daemons.


<div><p>This article announces that Amazon CloudWatch Agent now supports collection of AWS X-Ray and OpenTelemetry traces, enabling unified telemetry collection through a single agent.</p><ul><li>CloudWatch Agent now collects traces from X-Ray and OpenTelemetry instrumentation SDKs</li><li>Eliminates need for separate trace collection daemon</li><li>Enables collection of metrics, logs, and traces with single agent</li><li>Simplifies installation, configuration, and management of telemetry</li><li>OpenTelemetry SDK provides portable, interoperable protocol for instrumentation</li><li>X-Ray provides distributed tracing across applications and AWS services</li><li>Available in all AWS Regions including GovCloud</li><li>CloudWatch Agent and AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry available at no cost</li></ul><p>This update simplifies observability by consolidating trace collection into CloudWatch Agent, reducing operational complexity for monitoring applications.</p></div>


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