--- title: OpenTelemetry HttpClient Instrumentation in .NET:... description: A practical guide to setting up OpenTelemetry HttpClient instrumentation in .NET for tracing outbound HTTP calls. Covers the one-line setup with... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/opentelemetry-httpclient-instrumentation-in-net-tracing-outbound-http-calls-t7uo304xd twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: OpenTelemetry HttpClient Instrumentation in .NET: Tracing Outbound HTTP Calls | daily.dev og:description: A practical guide to setting up OpenTelemetry HttpClient instrumentation in .NET for tracing outbound HTTP calls. 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Covers the one-line setup with AddHttpClientInstrumentation(), automatic span attributes following semantic conventions, W3C traceparent header propagation across services, integration with IHttpClientFactory and typed clients, request filtering via FilterHttpRequestMessage, span enrichment with custom tags using EnrichWithHttpRequestMessage/EnrichWithHttpResponseMessage callbacks, exception recording, manual propagation for edge cases, and a complete production-ready ASP.NET Core configuration combining inbound and outbound tracing with log correlation. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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