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# OpenTelemetry Tracing with Pipecat
This repository demonstrates OpenTelemetry tracing integration for Pipecat services, with examples for different backends.
## Tracing Features in Pipecat
- **Hierarchical Tracing**: Track entire conversations, turns, and service calls
- **Service Tracing**: Detailed spans for TTS, STT, and LLM services with rich context
- **TTFB Metrics**: Capture Time To First Byte metrics for latency analysis
- **Usage Statistics**: Track character counts for TTS and token usage for LLMs
## Trace Structure
Traces are organized hierarchically:
```
Conversation (conversation)
├── turn
│ ├── stt_deepgramsttservice
│ ├── llm_openaillmservice
│ └── tts_cartesiattsservice
└── turn
├── stt_deepgramsttservice
├── llm_openaillmservice
└── tts_cartesiattsservice
turn
└── ...
```
This organization helps you track conversation-to-conversation and turn-to-turn interactions.
## Available Demos
| Demo | Description |
| ------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Jaeger Tracing](./jaeger/) | Tracing with Jaeger, an open-source end-to-end distributed tracing system |
| [Langfuse Tracing](./langfuse/) | Tracing with Langfuse, a specialized platform for LLM observability |
## Common Requirements
- Python 3.10+
- Pipecat and its dependencies
- API keys for the services used (Deepgram, Cartesia, OpenAI)
- The appropriate OpenTelemetry exporters
## How Tracing Works
The tracing system consists of:
1. **TurnTrackingObserver**: Detects conversation turns
2. **TurnTraceObserver**: Creates spans for turns and conversations
3. **Service Decorators**: `@traced_tts`, `@traced_stt`, `@traced_llm` for service-specific tracing
4. **Context Providers**: Share context between different parts of the pipeline
## Getting Started
1. Choose one of the demos from the table above
2. Follow the README instructions in the respective directory
## Common Troubleshooting
- **Debugging Traces**: Set `OTEL_CONSOLE_EXPORT=true` to print traces to the console for debugging
- **Missing Metrics**: Check that `enable_metrics=True` in PipelineParams
- **API Key Issues**: Verify your API keys are set correctly in the .env file
## References
- [OpenTelemetry Python Documentation](https://opentelemetry-python.readthedocs.io/)
- [Pipecat Documentation](https://docs.pipecat.ai/server/utilities/opentelemetry)