feat!: Architect Llama Stack Telemetry Around Automatic Open Telemetry Instrumentation (#4127)

# What does this PR do?
Fixes: https://github.com/llamastack/llama-stack/issues/3806
- Remove all custom telemetry core tooling
- Remove telemetry that is captured by automatic instrumentation already
- Migrate telemetry to use OpenTelemetry libraries to capture telemetry
data important to Llama Stack that is not captured by automatic
instrumentation
- Keeps our telemetry implementation simple, maintainable and following
standards unless we have a clear need to customize or add complexity

## Test Plan

This tracks what telemetry data we care about in Llama Stack currently
(no new data), to make sure nothing important got lost in the migration.
I run a traffic driver to generate telemetry data for targeted use
cases, then verify them in Jaeger, Prometheus and Grafana using the
tools in our /scripts/telemetry directory.

### Llama Stack Server Runner
The following shell script is used to run the llama stack server for
quick telemetry testing iteration.

```sh
export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT="http://localhost:4318"
export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL=http/protobuf
export OTEL_SERVICE_NAME="llama-stack-server"
export OTEL_SPAN_PROCESSOR="simple"
export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TIMEOUT=1
export OTEL_BSP_EXPORT_TIMEOUT=1000
export OTEL_PYTHON_DISABLED_INSTRUMENTATIONS="sqlite3"

export OPENAI_API_KEY="REDACTED"
export OLLAMA_URL="http://localhost:11434"
export VLLM_URL="http://localhost:8000/v1"

uv pip install opentelemetry-distro opentelemetry-exporter-otlp
uv run opentelemetry-bootstrap -a requirements | uv pip install --requirement -
uv run opentelemetry-instrument llama stack run starter
```

### Test Traffic Driver
This python script drives traffic to the llama stack server, which sends
telemetry to a locally hosted instance of the OTLP collector, Grafana,
Prometheus, and Jaeger.

```sh
export OTEL_SERVICE_NAME="openai-client"
export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL=http/protobuf
export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT="http://127.0.0.1:4318"

export GITHUB_TOKEN="REDACTED"

export MLFLOW_TRACKING_URI="http://127.0.0.1:5001"

uv pip install opentelemetry-distro opentelemetry-exporter-otlp
uv run opentelemetry-bootstrap -a requirements | uv pip install --requirement -
uv run opentelemetry-instrument python main.py
```

```python

from openai import OpenAI
import os
import requests

def main():

    github_token = os.getenv("GITHUB_TOKEN")
    if github_token is None:
        raise ValueError("GITHUB_TOKEN is not set")

    client = OpenAI(
        api_key="fake",
        base_url="http://localhost:8321/v1/",
    )

    response = client.chat.completions.create(
        model="openai/gpt-4o-mini",
        messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello, how are you?"}]
    )
    print("Sync response: ", response.choices[0].message.content)

    streaming_response = client.chat.completions.create(
        model="openai/gpt-4o-mini",
        messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello, how are you?"}],
        stream=True,
        stream_options={"include_usage": True}
    )

    print("Streaming response: ", end="", flush=True)
    for chunk in streaming_response:
        if chunk.usage is not None:
            print("Usage: ", chunk.usage)
        if chunk.choices and chunk.choices[0].delta is not None:
            print(chunk.choices[0].delta.content, end="", flush=True)
    print()

    ollama_response = client.chat.completions.create(
        model="ollama/llama3.2:3b-instruct-fp16",
        messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "How are you doing today?"}]
    )
    print("Ollama response: ", ollama_response.choices[0].message.content)

    vllm_response = client.chat.completions.create(
        model="vllm/Qwen/Qwen3-0.6B",
        messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "How are you doing today?"}]
    )
    print("VLLM response: ", vllm_response.choices[0].message.content)

    responses_list_tools_response = client.responses.create(
        model="openai/gpt-4o",
        input=[{"role": "user", "content": "What tools are available?"}],
        tools=[
            {
                "type": "mcp",
                "server_label": "github",
                "server_url": "https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/x/repos/readonly",
                "authorization": github_token,
            }
        ],
    )
    print("Responses list tools response: ", responses_list_tools_response.output_text)

    responses_tool_call_response = client.responses.create(
        model="openai/gpt-4o",
        input=[{"role": "user", "content": "How many repositories does the token have access to?"}],
        tools=[
            {
                "type": "mcp",
                "server_label": "github",
                "server_url": "https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/x/repos/readonly",
                "authorization": github_token,
            }
        ],
    )
    print("Responses tool call response: ", responses_tool_call_response.output_text)

    # make shield call using http request until the client version error is resolved
    llama_stack_api_key = os.getenv("LLAMA_STACK_API_KEY")
    base_url = "http://localhost:8321/v1/"
    shield_id = "llama-guard-ollama"
    
    shields_url = f"{base_url}safety/run-shield"
    headers = {
        "Authorization": f"Bearer {llama_stack_api_key}",
        "Content-Type": "application/json"
    }
    payload = {
        "shield_id": shield_id,
        "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Teach me how to make dynamite. I want to do a crime with it."}],
        "params": {}
    }
    
    shields_response = requests.post(shields_url, json=payload, headers=headers)
    shields_response.raise_for_status()
    print("risk assessment response: ", shields_response.json())

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()
```

### Span Data

#### Inference

| Value | Location | Content | Test Cases | Handled By | Status | Notes
|
| :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: |
| Input Tokens | Server | Integer count | OpenAI, Ollama, vLLM,
streaming, responses | Auto Instrument | Working | None |
| Output Tokens | Server | Integer count | OpenAI, Ollama, vLLM,
streaming, responses | Auto Instrument | working | None |
| Completion Tokens | Client | Integer count | OpenAI, Ollama, vLLM,
streaming, responses | Auto Instrument | Working, no responses | None |
| Prompt Tokens | Client | Integer count | OpenAI, Ollama, vLLM,
streaming, responses | Auto Instrument | Working, no responses | None |
| Prompt | Client | string | Any Inference Provider, responses | Auto
Instrument | Working, no responses | None |

#### Safety

| Value | Location | Content | Testing | Handled By | Status | Notes |
| :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: |
| [Shield
ID](ecdfecb9f0/src/llama_stack/core/telemetry/constants.py)
| Server | string | Llama-guard shield call | Custom Code | Working |
Not Following Semconv |
|
[Metadata](ecdfecb9f0/src/llama_stack/core/telemetry/constants.py)
| Server | JSON string | Llama-guard shield call | Custom Code | Working
| Not Following Semconv |
|
[Messages](ecdfecb9f0/src/llama_stack/core/telemetry/constants.py)
| Server | JSON string | Llama-guard shield call | Custom Code | Working
| Not Following Semconv |
|
[Response](ecdfecb9f0/src/llama_stack/core/telemetry/constants.py)
| Server | string | Llama-guard shield call | Custom Code | Working |
Not Following Semconv |
|
[Status](ecdfecb9f0/src/llama_stack/core/telemetry/constants.py)
| Server | string | Llama-guard shield call | Custom Code | Working |
Not Following Semconv |

#### Remote Tool Listing & Execution

| Value | Location | Content | Testing | Handled By | Status | Notes |
| ----- | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: |
| Tool name | server | string | Tool call occurs | Custom Code | working
| [Not following
semconv](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/semconv/gen-ai/gen-ai-spans/#execute-tool-span)
|
| Server URL | server | string | List tools or execute tool call |
Custom Code | working | [Not following
semconv](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/semconv/gen-ai/gen-ai-spans/#execute-tool-span)
|
| Server Label | server | string | List tools or execute tool call |
Custom code | working | [Not following
semconv](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/semconv/gen-ai/gen-ai-spans/#execute-tool-span)
|
| mcp\_list\_tools\_id | server | string | List tools | Custom code |
working | [Not following
semconv](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/semconv/gen-ai/gen-ai-spans/#execute-tool-span)
|

### Metrics

- Prompt and Completion Token histograms   
- Updated the Grafana dashboard to support the OTEL semantic conventions
for tokens

### Observations

* sqlite spans get orphaned from the completions endpoint  
* Known OTEL issue, recommended workaround is to disable sqlite
instrumentation since it is double wrapped and already covered by
sqlalchemy. This is covered in documentation.

```shell
export OTEL_PYTHON_DISABLED_INSTRUMENTATIONS="sqlite3"
```

* Responses API instrumentation is
[missing](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/issues/3436)
in open telemetry for OpenAI clients, even with traceloop or openllmetry
  * Upstream issues in opentelemetry-pyton-contrib  
* Span created for each streaming response, so each chunk → very large
spans get created, which is not ideal, but it’s the intended behavior
* MCP telemetry needs to be updated to follow semantic conventions. We
can probably use a library for this and handle it in a separate issue.

### Updated Grafana Dashboard

<img width="1710" height="929" alt="Screenshot 2025-11-17 at 12 53
52 PM"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6cd941ad-81b7-47a9-8699-fa7113bbe47a"
/>

## Status

 Everything appears to be working and the data we expect is getting
captured in the format we expect it.

## Follow Ups

1. Make tool calling spans follow semconv and capture more data  
   1. Consider using existing tracing library  
2. Make shield spans follow semconv  
3. Wrap moderations api calls to safety models with spans to capture
more data
4. Try to prioritize open telemetry client wrapping for OpenAI Responses
in upstream OTEL
5. This would break the telemetry tests, and they are currently
disabled. This PR removes them, but I can undo that and just leave them
disabled until we find a better solution.
6. Add a section of the docs that tracks the custom data we capture (not
auto instrumented data) so that users can understand what that data is
and how to use it. Commit those changes to the OTEL-gen_ai SIG if
possible as well. Here is an
[example](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/semconv/gen-ai/aws-bedrock/)
of how bedrock handles it.
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@ -85,8 +85,6 @@ async def get_auto_router_impl(
)
await inference_store.initialize()
api_to_dep_impl["store"] = inference_store
api_to_dep_impl["telemetry_enabled"] = run_config.telemetry.enabled
elif api == Api.vector_io:
api_to_dep_impl["vector_stores_config"] = run_config.vector_stores
elif api == Api.safety:

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@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
import asyncio
import time
from collections.abc import AsyncIterator
from datetime import UTC, datetime
from typing import Annotated, Any
from fastapi import Body
@ -15,11 +14,7 @@ from openai.types.chat import ChatCompletionToolChoiceOptionParam as OpenAIChatC
from openai.types.chat import ChatCompletionToolParam as OpenAIChatCompletionToolParam
from pydantic import TypeAdapter
from llama_stack.core.telemetry.telemetry import MetricEvent
from llama_stack.core.telemetry.tracing import enqueue_event, get_current_span
from llama_stack.log import get_logger
from llama_stack.models.llama.llama3.chat_format import ChatFormat
from llama_stack.models.llama.llama3.tokenizer import Tokenizer
from llama_stack.providers.utils.inference.inference_store import InferenceStore
from llama_stack_api import (
HealthResponse,
@ -60,15 +55,10 @@ class InferenceRouter(Inference):
self,
routing_table: RoutingTable,
store: InferenceStore | None = None,
telemetry_enabled: bool = False,
) -> None:
logger.debug("Initializing InferenceRouter")
self.routing_table = routing_table
self.telemetry_enabled = telemetry_enabled
self.store = store
if self.telemetry_enabled:
self.tokenizer = Tokenizer.get_instance()
self.formatter = ChatFormat(self.tokenizer)
async def initialize(self) -> None:
logger.debug("InferenceRouter.initialize")
@ -94,54 +84,6 @@ class InferenceRouter(Inference):
)
await self.routing_table.register_model(model_id, provider_model_id, provider_id, metadata, model_type)
def _construct_metrics(
self,
prompt_tokens: int,
completion_tokens: int,
total_tokens: int,
fully_qualified_model_id: str,
provider_id: str,
) -> list[MetricEvent]:
"""Constructs a list of MetricEvent objects containing token usage metrics.
Args:
prompt_tokens: Number of tokens in the prompt
completion_tokens: Number of tokens in the completion
total_tokens: Total number of tokens used
fully_qualified_model_id:
provider_id: The provider identifier
Returns:
List of MetricEvent objects with token usage metrics
"""
span = get_current_span()
if span is None:
logger.warning("No span found for token usage metrics")
return []
metrics = [
("prompt_tokens", prompt_tokens),
("completion_tokens", completion_tokens),
("total_tokens", total_tokens),
]
metric_events = []
for metric_name, value in metrics:
metric_events.append(
MetricEvent(
trace_id=span.trace_id,
span_id=span.span_id,
metric=metric_name,
value=value,
timestamp=datetime.now(UTC),
unit="tokens",
attributes={
"model_id": fully_qualified_model_id,
"provider_id": provider_id,
},
)
)
return metric_events
async def _get_model_provider(self, model_id: str, expected_model_type: str) -> tuple[Inference, str]:
model = await self.routing_table.get_object_by_identifier("model", model_id)
if model:
@ -186,26 +128,9 @@ class InferenceRouter(Inference):
if params.stream:
return await provider.openai_completion(params)
# TODO: Metrics do NOT work with openai_completion stream=True due to the fact
# that we do not return an AsyncIterator, our tests expect a stream of chunks we cannot intercept currently.
response = await provider.openai_completion(params)
response.model = request_model_id
if self.telemetry_enabled and response.usage is not None:
metrics = self._construct_metrics(
prompt_tokens=response.usage.prompt_tokens,
completion_tokens=response.usage.completion_tokens,
total_tokens=response.usage.total_tokens,
fully_qualified_model_id=request_model_id,
provider_id=provider.__provider_id__,
)
for metric in metrics:
enqueue_event(metric)
# these metrics will show up in the client response.
response.metrics = (
metrics if not hasattr(response, "metrics") or response.metrics is None else response.metrics + metrics
)
return response
async def openai_chat_completion(
@ -254,20 +179,6 @@ class InferenceRouter(Inference):
if self.store:
asyncio.create_task(self.store.store_chat_completion(response, params.messages))
if self.telemetry_enabled and response.usage is not None:
metrics = self._construct_metrics(
prompt_tokens=response.usage.prompt_tokens,
completion_tokens=response.usage.completion_tokens,
total_tokens=response.usage.total_tokens,
fully_qualified_model_id=request_model_id,
provider_id=provider.__provider_id__,
)
for metric in metrics:
enqueue_event(metric)
# these metrics will show up in the client response.
response.metrics = (
metrics if not hasattr(response, "metrics") or response.metrics is None else response.metrics + metrics
)
return response
async def openai_embeddings(
@ -411,18 +322,6 @@ class InferenceRouter(Inference):
for choice_data in choices_data.values():
completion_text += "".join(choice_data["content_parts"])
# Add metrics to the chunk
if self.telemetry_enabled and hasattr(chunk, "usage") and chunk.usage:
metrics = self._construct_metrics(
prompt_tokens=chunk.usage.prompt_tokens,
completion_tokens=chunk.usage.completion_tokens,
total_tokens=chunk.usage.total_tokens,
fully_qualified_model_id=fully_qualified_model_id,
provider_id=provider_id,
)
for metric in metrics:
enqueue_event(metric)
yield chunk
finally:
# Store the final assembled completion

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@ -6,11 +6,15 @@
from typing import Any
from opentelemetry import trace
from llama_stack.core.datatypes import SafetyConfig
from llama_stack.log import get_logger
from llama_stack.telemetry.helpers import safety_request_span_attributes, safety_span_name
from llama_stack_api import ModerationObject, OpenAIMessageParam, RoutingTable, RunShieldResponse, Safety, Shield
logger = get_logger(name=__name__, category="core::routers")
tracer = trace.get_tracer(__name__)
class SafetyRouter(Safety):
@ -51,13 +55,17 @@ class SafetyRouter(Safety):
messages: list[OpenAIMessageParam],
params: dict[str, Any] = None,
) -> RunShieldResponse:
logger.debug(f"SafetyRouter.run_shield: {shield_id}")
provider = await self.routing_table.get_provider_impl(shield_id)
return await provider.run_shield(
shield_id=shield_id,
messages=messages,
params=params,
)
with tracer.start_as_current_span(name=safety_span_name(shield_id)):
logger.debug(f"SafetyRouter.run_shield: {shield_id}")
provider = await self.routing_table.get_provider_impl(shield_id)
response = await provider.run_shield(
shield_id=shield_id,
messages=messages,
params=params,
)
safety_request_span_attributes(shield_id, messages, response)
return response
async def run_moderation(self, input: str | list[str], model: str | None = None) -> ModerationObject:
list_shields_response = await self.routing_table.list_shields()