The following are high-level items that define our long-term vision for OpenTelemetry Collector, what we aspire to achieve. This vision is our daily guidance when we design new features and make changes to the Collector.
This is a living document that is expected to evolve over time.
Highly stable and performant under varying loads. Well-behaved under extreme load, with predictable, low resource consumption.
Expose own operational metrics in a clear way. Be an exemplar of observable service. Allow configuring the level of observability (more or less metrics, traces, logs, etc reported). See more details.
Support traces, metrics, logs and other relevant data types.
Reasonable default configuration, supports popular protocols, runs and collects out of the box.
Extensible and customizable without touching the core code. Can create custom agents based on the core and extend with own components. Welcoming 3rd party contribution policy.
One codebase for daemon (Agent) and standalone service (Collector).