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Tracing in Istio environments should be seamless, but too often, teams run into a frustrating problem—traces are broken. Requests jump between services, but instead of a complete flow, Coralogix displays fragmented spans. Tracing should work out of the box in those environments. Istio’s sidecars capture spans automatically, so why are traces incomplete? The issue is almost always context propagation, and fixing it doesn’t have to mean modifying application code.

OpenTelemetry (OTel) is supposed to be the great equalizer in observability, giving teams full control over how they collect, process, and store telemetry data. It was built to be open, flexible, and vendor-neutral. Grafana Alloy claims to be OpenTelemetry-compatible, but scratch beneath the surface, and you’ll see that, based on our investigations, it is not a neutral OpenTelemetry Collector.

There are several big barriers to an effective tracing strategy. Modern applications require complex code instrumentation, and legacy applications might not be so easy to alter, and that’s assuming every engineering team can be engaged to make the necessary changes. eBPF & OpenTelemetry flip this entire problem on its head, and Coralogix is one of the first major observability platforms to leverage this exciting functionality, to provide an unobtrusive, low risk overview of your system.

Imagine you’re a product manager at a B2B SaaS company. Monday morning, a frustrated client floods your inbox—their workflows were disrupted by a slowdown you could’ve caught sooner with better user insights. Now, imagine running an e-commerce store on Cyber Monday. Traffic surges, but abandoned carts spike. Your RUM dashboard reveals slow mobile checkouts. A quick fix saves thousands in sales.

Imagine being the new developer in a bustling tech company. Everyone is rushing to meet deadlines, and no one has time to explain the tangled web of services, databases, and messaging systems that make up the organization’s architecture. You search high and low for documentation, but the few diagrams you find are outdated or incomplete. Feeling lost? This is where metrics can come to the rescue.

As the holiday season comes to an end and we step into 2025 with renewed energy and excitement, Coralogix kicks off the year with a remarkable gift of achievements! In the G2 Winter 2025 Reports, we are thrilled to announce that we’ve been recognized with a phenomenal 126 badges across multiple categories and market segments. This remarkable feat is a testament to the trust and love of our customers and the dedication of our team.

So, there I was, a newbie to.NET 9.0, Blazor, and Coralogix, standing on the precipice of observability in a world of production bugs and development mysteries. As an Agile enthusiast, I’m well versed in all things “observability” and how it’s a game-changer for root cause analysis, especially in today’s rapid, iterative development cycles. Observability is like getting X-ray vision into your application to understand what’s truly happening based on system outputs.

As we gear up for AWS re:Invent this December, we’re excited to share some of the latest innovations that make our platform stand out. Coralogix continues to evolve with powerful new capabilities designed to simplify observability, improve performance monitoring, and deliver actionable insights across your systems. From advanced visualization tools to AI-powered troubleshooting, these updates reflect our commitment to empowering teams with smarter, faster ways to solve complex challenges.