# Apache RocketMQ Client - Remoting Protocol

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> OpenTelemetry Java agent instrumentation

This instrumentation enables messaging spans for Apache RocketMQ message producers and consumers using the Remoting Protocol.

- **Name**: `rocketmq-client-4.8`
- **Scope**: `io.opentelemetry.rocketmq-client-4.8`
- **Target versions**: `org.apache.rocketmq:rocketmq-client:[4.0.0,)`
- **Library**: https://rocketmq.apache.org/

## Telemetry

- **Span attributes**: `messaging.destination.name`, `messaging.message.body.size`, `messaging.message.id`, `messaging.operation`, `messaging.system`, `messaging.rocketmq.broker_address`, `messaging.rocketmq.message.tag`, `messaging.rocketmq.queue_id`, `messaging.rocketmq.queue_offset`, `messaging.rocketmq.send_result`

## Configuration

| Option | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `otel.instrumentation.messaging.experimental.capture-headers` | list |  | A comma-separated list of header names to capture as span attributes. |
| `otel.instrumentation.rocketmq-client.experimental-span-attributes` | boolean | false | Enables capturing experimental span attributes `messaging.rocketmq.message.tag`, `messaging.rocketmq.broker_address`, `messaging.rocketmq.send_result`, `messaging.rocketmq.queue_id`, and `messaging.rocketmq.queue_offset`. |

## Data

- **JSON**: [/data/javaagent/instrumentations/rocketmq-client-4.8/rocketmq-client-4.8-9a0318ab4aa0.json](/data/javaagent/instrumentations/rocketmq-client-4.8/rocketmq-client-4.8-9a0318ab4aa0.json)
- **Explore**: [/java-agent/instrumentation/rocketmq-client-4.8](/java-agent/instrumentation/rocketmq-client-4.8)