Elastic Observability Labs
10 November 2025
OpenTelemetry for PHP: EDOT PHP joins the OpenTelemetry project
Explore Elastic’s donation of its EDOT PHP to the OpenTelemetry community and discover how it makes OpenTelemetry for PHP simpler and more accessible.
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Explore and Analyze Metrics with Ease in Elastic Observability
The latest enhancements to ES|QL and Discover based metrics exploration unleash a potent set of tools for quick and effective metrics analytics.
AI-driven incident response with logs: A technical deep dive in Elastic Observability
How Elastic combines ML anomaly detection, ES|QL, and the AI Assistant to accelerate incident response using logs.
A day in the life of an OpenTelemetry maintainer
In this article, we will discover what the role of a maintainer is about, and how they make Open Source projects alive.
Automating User Journeys for Synthetic Monitoring with MCP in Elastic
This post explores how you can automatically create user journeys with Synthetic Monitoring in Elastic Observability, TypeScript, and FastMCP, and walks through the app and its workflow.
Getting more from your logs with OpenTelemetry
Learn how to evolve beyond basic log ingest by leveraging OpenTelemetry for ingestion, structured logging, geographic enrichment, and ES|QL analytics. Transform raw log data into actionable intelligence with practical examples and proactive observability strategies.
From Uptime to Synthetics in Elastic: Your migration Playbook
Effortlessly migrate your existing Uptime TCP, ICMP, and HTTP monitors to Elastic Synthetics with this comprehensive guide, leveraging Private Locations and Synthetics Projects for efficient, future-proof monitoring.
Traces in Discover for Deeper Application Insights in Elastic Observability
Elastic brings traces into Discover. See how you can apply the capabilities of ad-hoc data exploration and ES|QL to your tracing data.
Smarter Alerting Arrives with Faster Triage, Clearer Groupings, and Actionable Guidance
Exploring the latest enhancements in Elastic Stack alerting, including improved related alert grouping, linking dashboards to alert rules, and embedding investigation guides into alerts.
The observability gap: Why your monitoring strategy isn't ready for what's coming next
The increasing complexity of distributed applications and the observability data they generate creates challenges for SREs and IT Operations teams. Take a look at how you can close this observability gap with OpenTelemetry and the right strategy.
Elastic’s Managed OTLP Endpoint: Simpler, Scalable OpenTelemetry for SREs
Streamline OpenTelemetry data ingestion with Elastic Observability's new managed OTLP endpoint available on Elastic Cloud Serverless. Get native OTel storage and Elastic-grade scaling for logs, metrics, and traces, simplifying observability for SREs.
Serverless log analytics powered by Elasticsearch, in a new low priced tier
Elastic Observability Logs Essentials delivers cost-effective, hassle-free log analytics on Elastic Cloud Serverless. SREs can ingest, search, enrich, analyze, store, and act on logs without the operational overhead of managing the deployment.
Web Frontend Instrumentation and Monitoring with OpenTelemetry and Elastic
Learn how frontend instrumentation differs to backend, and the current state of client web instrumentation in OpenTelemetry