> common-observability

Standards for structured logging, distributed tracing, and metrics. (triggers: **/*.service.ts, **/*.handler.ts, **/*.middleware.ts, **/*.interceptor.ts, **/*.go, **/*.java, **/*.kt, **/*.py, logging, tracing, metrics, opentelemetry, observability, slo)

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Common Observability Standards

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📋 Logging & Tracing

  • JSON Logs: Always emit JSON structured logs. Never plain-text in prod.
  • Correlation: Extract X-Request-Id or traceparent. Attach to async context.
  • Tracing: Use OpenTelemetry. Propagate W3C traceparent.
  • Spans: Name spans like <HTTP_METHOD> <route> (GET /users/:id).

📊 Metrics

  • Required: Request rate, Error rate, Latency histogram (p50/p95/p99), Saturation.
  • SLOs: Alert on SLO burn rates, not raw threshold spikes.

🚫 Anti-Patterns

  • Console.log: Do not use in prod; use a structured logger (pino, zap).
  • PII in Logs: Never log tokens, passwords, or full request bodies.
  • Dynamic Span Names: GET /users/123 causes cardinality explosion. Use GET /users/:id.
  • Missing Cleanup: Always end tracing spans.

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