Release notes for Application Observability plugin 1.16.2

Learn how Application Observability and Frontend Observability combine OpenTelemetry and Prometheus to resolve issues faster without vendor lock-in.

OpenTelemetry delivers vendor-agnostic telemetry. Grafana turns that data into outcomes — not just dashboards — using AI-assisted workflows in Grafana Assistant.

A practical guide to code-based OpenTelemetry instrumentation with Grafana — demonstrates advanced techniques for adding custom spans, metrics, and attributes to capture application context that zero-code instrumentation cannot always reveal.