--- title: OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation reaches v1.0.0 description: OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation (OBI) has reached v1.0.0, establishing a stable foundation after a year of work. OBI uses eBPF to capture metrics and traces... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/opentelemetry-ebpf-instrumentation-reaches-v1-0-0-3un6dkrhi twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation reaches v1.0.0 | daily.dev og:description: OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation (OBI) has reached v1.0.0, establishing a stable foundation after a year of work. OBI uses eBPF to capture metrics and traces... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/opentelemetry-ebpf-instrumentation-reaches-v1-0-0-3un6dkrhi og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/3Un6dkRhi.png og:image:alt: OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation reaches v1.0.0 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation reaches v1.0.0 **[OpenTelemetry](https://daily.dev/sources/opentelemetry)** · 6 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation (OBI) has reached v1.0.0, establishing a stable foundation after a year of work. OBI uses eBPF to capture metrics and traces from Linux applications without code changes, covering request rates, errors, latency, and service dependencies. Version 1.0 locks in Config v2 as the compatibility contract, with Config v1 frozen and receiving no fixes or new features. New instrumentation covers MQTT, NATS, AMQP 1.0, MSSQL, Couchbase, Memcached, and Aerospike, plus AI workloads like model providers, embeddings, and MCP interactions. OBI originated from the donation of Grafana Beyla. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation (OBI) and what does version 1.0.0 change? OBI is a tool that brings OpenTelemetry observability to running Linux applications without requiring source code changes, using eBPF plus runtime-specific instrumentation to capture metrics and traces. Version 1.0.0 establishes documented compatibility commitments, including Config v2 with a generated schema, 'obi config validate' and 'obi config migrate' commands, and a stable telemetry migration path. _Teams planning an eBPF-based observability rollout can track OBI's progress and compatibility guarantees on daily.dev._ ### What happens to Config v1 after OBI 1.0 ships with Config v2? Config v1 remains supported for backward compatibility but is now frozen, meaning it receives no further fixes or new features. Config v2, available since v0.11.0, becomes the configuration contract for 1.0, including a generated schema and dedicated validate and migrate commands, and users are directed to a configuration migration guide. _Developers managing OBI upgrades can follow config migration guidance like this through daily.dev._ ### Does OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation support tracing AI applications like LLM calls and MCP interactions? Yes, OBI's coverage expanded to include model providers, embeddings, reranking, vector retrieval, and MCP interactions, including tool-call and retrieval instrumentation plus OpenAI-compatible gateways and native Ollama support. Detailed extraction requires explicit payload-capture and feature configuration and is not enabled automatically for every deployment. _Engineers adding observability to AI-powered services can keep up with eBPF-based tracing options via daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation Marks the First Release](https://daily.dev/posts/opentelemetry-ebpf-instrumentation-marks-the-first-release-c9epfczhf) · OpenTelemetry · 17 upvotes · 2 comments - [OTel Updates: OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation \(OBI\) Hits Alpha](https://daily.dev/posts/otel-updates-opentelemetry-ebpf-instrumentation-obi-hits-alpha-r69mqkzhy) · Last9 · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [How eBPF and OpenTelemetry Have Simplified the Observability Function](https://daily.dev/posts/how-ebpf-and-opentelemetry-have-simplified-the-observability-function-6pkxy3738) · DevOps.com · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation 2026 Goals](https://daily.dev/posts/opentelemetry-ebpf-instrumentation-2026-goals-mc6r9vti3) · OpenTelemetry · 3 upvotes · 0 comments - [The End of Manual Instrumentation: Scaling Observability with OTel OBI & Coralogix](https://daily.dev/posts/the-end-of-manual-instrumentation-scaling-observability-with-otel-obi-coralogix-hapgdb1o8) · Coralogix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#devops](https://daily.dev/tags/devops), [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#observability](https://daily.dev/tags/observability), [#opentelemetry](https://daily.dev/tags/opentelemetry) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/opentelemetry-ebpf-instrumentation-reaches-v1-0-0-3un6dkrhi) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation reaches v1.0.0","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/opentelemetry-ebpf-instrumentation-reaches-v1-0-0-3un6dkrhi","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/opentelemetry-ebpf-instrumentation-reaches-v1-0-0-3un6dkrhi"},"datePublished":"2026-10-30T15:49:35.175Z","dateModified":"2026-10-30T15:55:20.291Z","description":"OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation (OBI) has reached v1.0.0, establishing a stable foundation after a year of work. 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