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databricks Platform · Updated May 11, 2026

App telemetry for Databricks Apps is now in Public Preview

You can now collect traces, logs, and metrics from your Databricks Apps and persist them to Unity Catalog tables using the OpenTelemetry (OTel) protocol.

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What it does

You can now collect traces, logs, and metrics from your Databricks Apps and persist them to Unity Catalog tables using the OpenTelemetry (OTel) protocol. Public Preview App telemetry is in Public Preview. Databricks Apps telemetry collects traces, logs, and metrics and persists them to Unity Catalog tables using the OpenTelemetry (OTel) protocol.

Why it matters

Databricks recommends enabling predictive optimization on the telemetry target tables for better query performance.

Key capabilities
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Architecture
Databricks Platform → Platform
In short

You can now collect traces, logs, and metrics from your Databricks Apps and persist them to Unity Catalog tables using the OpenTelemetry (OTel) protocol. Public Preview App telemetry is in Public Preview.

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Key takeaway
You can now collect traces, logs, and metrics from your Databricks Apps and persist them to Unity Catalog tables using the OpenTelemetry (OTel) protocol.
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