Vercel AI Gateway exports OpenTelemetry traces via Drains

// 1d agoPRODUCT UPDATE

Vercel AI Gateway exports OpenTelemetry traces via Drains

Vercel has added native OpenTelemetry tracing support to its AI Gateway, generating a trace for every incoming request. Pro and Enterprise customers can now export these traces directly to any OTLP/HTTP endpoint using Vercel Drains, complete with per-drain sampling controls for managing telemetry volume.

// ANALYSIS

Integrating OpenTelemetry into Vercel AI Gateway brings standardized enterprise observability to AI workflows.

–Eliminates custom logging overhead by emitting standard OTLP/HTTP traces for every LLM request.
–Per-drain sampling controls allow engineering teams to balance detail and cost management.
–Strengthens Vercel's position as a reliable production platform for full-stack AI applications.

// TAGS

vercelvercel-ai-gatewayopentelemetryobservabilitytracestelemetryenterprise

DISCOVERED

1d ago

2026-08-06

PUBLISHED

1d ago

2026-08-06

RELEVANCE

8/ 10

AUTHOR

vercel_dev

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