# GitHub — OpenTelemetry in the GitHub Copilot app

- Company: GitHub (github.com)
- Announced: 2026-09-23T02:14:54+00:00
- Category: capability-change
- Coverage: not counted
- Announcement: yes
- Group: announcements
- Source: https://github.blog/changelog/2026-09-22-opentelemetry-in-the-github-copilot-app
- Record: https://forck.live/items/13224-opentelemetry-in-the-github-copilot-app
- Subject: Copilot

GitHub Copilot app now supports OpenTelemetry configuration through enterprise-managed settings, allowing administrators to send agent activity data to compatible monitoring tools for analyzing sessions, investigating behavior, and managing telemetry centrally.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://github.blog/changelog/2026-09-22-opentelemetry-in-the-github-copilot-app:

> The GitHub Copilot app now supports OpenTelemetry (OTel) configuration through enterprise-managed settings. OTel is an open source observability framework. Administrators can use it to send agent activity data to their organization's compatible monitoring tools.

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