Jaeger

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Jaeger is a CNCF-graduated, open-source distributed tracing platform originally created at Uber, used to monitor and troubleshoot request flows across microservices. Version 2 is built on the OpenTelemetry Collector framework and includes a collector, query service, storage backends (e.g., ClickHouse, Elasticsearch, Cassandra), and a web UI for visualizing traces.

Use cases

• trace requests across microservices to find latency bottlenecks
• troubleshoot errors in distributed systems with end-to-end request timelines
• visualize service dependency graphs
• collect and store OpenTelemetry traces via OTLP
• self-host a tracing backend for Kubernetes clusters
• analyze root causes of performance problems in production

When to choose

• you run microservices and need distributed tracing with a mature UI
• you already use OpenTelemetry SDKs and need a trace collector and query backend
• you want a CNCF-graduated, vendor-neutral observability component
• you need pluggable storage backends like ClickHouse, Elasticsearch, or Cassandra

When to avoid

• you only need metrics or logs without trace correlation
• you want a fully managed SaaS tracing product with zero infrastructure
• your stack is single-process and tracing adds little value
• you need profiling or continuous profiling features rather than request tracing

Facets

service · maturity stable

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