observability
Telemetry
Telemetry is the automated collection and transmission of data from remote sources (like agents or distributed tools) to an IT system for monitoring, analysis, and alerting.
Telemetry spans the full pipeline: generation of metrics (tokens used), traces (agent steps), and logs (error messages). It is the raw material that powers observability platforms. For agents, high-fidelity telemetry is essential for debugging non-deterministic behavior across long-running autonomous tasks.