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Apache Kafka Client

OpenTelemetry Java agent instrumentation

This standalone instrumentation enables messaging spans for Kafka producers and consumers, and collects internal Kafka client metrics.

  • Name: kafka-clients-2.6
  • Scope: io.opentelemetry.kafka-clients-2.6
  • Library: https://kafka.apache.org/

Telemetry

  • Span attributes: kafka.record.queue_time_ms, messaging.batch.message_count, messaging.client_id, messaging.destination.name, messaging.destination.partition.id, messaging.kafka.consumer.group, messaging.kafka.message.offset, messaging.message.body.size, messaging.operation, messaging.system, messaging.kafka.bootstrap.servers, messaging.kafka.message.key

Data

  • JSON: /data/javaagent/instrumentations/kafka-clients-2.6/kafka-clients-2.6-551e3820d94f.json
  • Explore: /java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-2.6