GenAI conventions2026-10-26

26 Oct 2026since 2026-10-21

0 breaking1 notable18 editorial

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Use gen_ai.client.embeddings.duration and gen_ai.client.embeddings.operation.input_tokens metrics for embeddings, move embeddings signals to one file

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removedsignalgen_ai.embeddings.clientRemoved from the registry (was development).

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usageattributegen_ai.embeddings.dimension.countNow referenced by gen_ai.client.embeddings (recommended).
usageattributegen_ai.embeddings.dimension.countNo longer referenced by gen_ai.embeddings.client.
usageattributegen_ai.operation.nameNow referenced by gen_ai.client.embeddings, gen_ai.client.embeddings.duration and 1 other (recommended).
usageattributegen_ai.operation.nameNo longer referenced by gen_ai.embeddings.client.
usageattributegen_ai.provider.nameNow referenced by gen_ai.client.embeddings, gen_ai.client.embeddings.duration and 1 other (required).
usageattributegen_ai.provider.nameNo longer referenced by gen_ai.embeddings.client.
usageattributegen_ai.request.encoding_formatsNow referenced by gen_ai.client.embeddings (recommended).
usageattributegen_ai.request.encoding_formatsNo longer referenced by gen_ai.embeddings.client.
usageattributegen_ai.request.modelNow referenced by gen_ai.client.embeddings, gen_ai.client.embeddings.duration and 1 other (recommended).
usageattributegen_ai.request.modelNo longer referenced by gen_ai.embeddings.client.
usageattributegen_ai.response.modelNow referenced by gen_ai.client.embeddings, gen_ai.client.embeddings.duration and 1 other (recommended).
usageattributegen_ai.response.modelNo longer referenced by gen_ai.embeddings.client.
usageattributegen_ai.usage.input_tokensNow referenced by gen_ai.client.embeddings (recommended).
usageattributegen_ai.usage.input_tokensNo longer referenced by gen_ai.embeddings.client.
addedsignalgen_ai.client.embeddingsDescribes a GenAI embeddings operation - a client call to a model or service that returns embeddings for one or more inputs.
addedmetricgen_ai.client.embeddings.durationGenAI client embeddings operation duration.
addedmetricgen_ai.client.embeddings.operation.input_tokensThe number of input tokens used per embeddings operation.
guidancemetricgen_ai.client.operation.durationGuidance note changed.