AL0070 - Collector endpoint should use OTLP protocol

OTLP provides better performance than legacy protocols

Source: Al0070NonOtlpCollectorEndpointAnalyzer.cs

Description

Telemetry collector endpoints should use the OTLP protocol for better performance and standardization compared to legacy protocols like Zipkin or Jaeger.

Bad Code

builder.Services.AddOpenTelemetry()
    .WithTracing(t => t.AddZipkinExporter());

Good Code

builder.Services.AddOpenTelemetry()
    .WithTracing(t => t.AddOtlpExporter());

Properties

• Category: Configuration
• Severity: Warning
• Enabled by default: True
• Code fix available: False

Configuration

dotnet_diagnostic.AL0070.severity = warning