| Use case |
Echo agent + OTel |
Echo agent + OTel |
Echo agent + OTel |
| Welcome message |
"Hello and Welcome!" |
"Welcome to the empty agent! …" ⚠️ |
"Hello and Welcome!" ✅ |
| Echo message |
"You said: {text}" ✅ |
"you said: {text}" ⚠️ lowercase |
"You said now: {text}" ⚠️ extra "now" |
| Error handler |
(implicit) |
Explicit @on_error |
(implicit) |
| Outbound HTTP call demo |
❌ |
❌ |
✅ (fetch bing.com) |
| Custom spans in handlers |
❌ |
❌ |
✅ |
| Custom span events |
❌ |
❌ |
✅ |
| Custom metrics (counter/histogram) |
❌ |
❌ |
✅ |
| Traces |
ASP.NET Core + HttpClient + Agents SDK |
aiohttp server + client + requests |
NodeSDK (no explicit auto-instrumentation) |
| Metrics |
ASP.NET Core + HttpClient + runtime + Agents SDK |
PeriodicExportingMetricReader |
PeriodicExportingMetricReader |
| Logs |
ILogger → OTLP |
Python logging → OTLP |
BatchLogRecordProcessor → OTLP |
| Span processor |
Batch ✅ |
Simple ⚠️ |
Batch ✅ |
| Agents SDK telemetry source |
✅ |
❌ |
❌ |
| Console fallback (no endpoint) |
❌ |
❌ |
✅ |
| Azure Monitor support |
✅ (commented block) |
❌ |
❌ |
| Auth approach |
Custom in-sample (~270 lines) ⚠️ |
SDK middleware (1 line) ✅ |
SDK built-in (0 lines) ✅ |
| Auth disabled for local dev |
✅ |
❓ |
❓ |
| Gov cloud support |
✅ |
❓ (SDK) |
❓ (SDK) |
| JWT Token Validation in README |
✅ |
❌ |
❌ |
| env.TEMPLATE / config file |
appsettings.json |
env.TEMPLATE ⚠️ (incomplete) |
env.TEMPLATE ✅ |
| OTLP endpoint configurable |
✅ |
✅ (missing from template ⚠️) |
✅ |
| Metrics/logs export interval config |
❌ |
❌ |
✅ |
| Service name |
AgentsTelemetry.SourceName (SDK) |
"otel_quickstart_agent" (hardcoded) |
"OTelAgent" (hardcoded) |
| Dashboard setup |
Docker in README |
start_dashboard.ps1 script |
Docker in README |
| Dashboard version pinned |
latest |
latest |
9.2 (pinned) ⚠️ |
| Dev tunnel instructions |
✅ |
✅ |
❌ |
| Agents Playground instructions |
❌ |
❌ |
✅ |
| WebChat access instructions |
✅ |
✅ |
❌ |
| "Viewing Telemetry" section in README |
❌ |
❌ |
✅ |
| OTel signals table in README |
✅ |
✅ |
❌ |
| Azure Monitor section in README |
✅ |
❌ |
❌ |
| Deploy to Azure instructions |
✅ |
❌ |
❌ |
| Separate server entry point |
✅ Program.cs |
✅ main.py |
❌ (mixed in agent.ts) |
Description
Analysis of the three OpenTelemetry samples to align them on features, style, README structure, and consistency.