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opentelementry-dotnet-instrumentation

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Provides guidance for implementing OpenTelemetry instrumentation in .NET codebases, covering tracing (Activities/Spans), metrics, logs, naming conventions, error handling, performance, SDK setup, resources, context propagation, and API design best practices.

When to use

• Adding OpenTelemetry instrumentation to .NET code (traces, metrics, logs)
• Creating or modifying ActivitySources, Meters, or ILogger usage
• Setting up the OpenTelemetry SDK, resources, exporters, or sampling
• Reviewing telemetry implementations for spec compliance
• Optimizing instrumentation performance
• Designing telemetry APIs that become part of the public surface
• Implementing context propagation across service boundaries

When not to use

• Adding OpenTelemetry NuGet packages to libraries

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