Distributed Tracing: Challenges and Solutions in Large-Scale Microservices

Learn about eBay's journey implementing distributed tracing across thousands of microservices in this 26-minute conference talk from KubeCon. Explore how a large-scale organization tackled the complexities of tracing implementation using Open Telemetry, while addressing key challenges in context propagation and instrumentation delivery. Discover practical insights into extending beyond basic Open Telemetry capabilities, making tracing truly useful for engineering teams, and developing strategies for instrumenting applications at scale. Gain valuable perspectives on the hurdles encountered during the implementation process and understand the future focus areas for distributed tracing in complex microservices architectures.