Clarify OpenTelemetry support for tracing

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Rosemary Wang 2023-04-21 08:57:33 -04:00
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1. Requests through [Ingress Gateways](/consul/docs/connect/gateways/ingress-gateway) will not be traced unless the header 1. Requests through [Ingress Gateways](/consul/docs/connect/gateways/ingress-gateway) will not be traced unless the header
`x-client-trace-id: 1` is set (see [hashicorp/consul#6645](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/issues/6645)). `x-client-trace-id: 1` is set (see [hashicorp/consul#6645](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/issues/6645)).
1. Consul does not currently support interoperation with [OpenTelemetry](https://opentelemetry.io/) libraries due to 1. Consul's proxies do not currently support [OpenTelemetry](https://opentelemetry.io/) spans, as Envoy has not
Envoy not yet having support. [fully implemented](https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/issues/9958) it. Instead, you can add
OpenTelemetry libraries to your application to emit spans for other
[tracing protocols](https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/intro/arch_overview/observability/tracing)
supported by Envoy, such as Zipkin or Jaeger.
1. Tracing is only supported with Envoy proxies, not the built-in proxy. 1. Tracing is only supported with Envoy proxies, not the built-in proxy.