Amazon CloudWatch Supports Native OpenTelemetry Metrics in Public Preview

CloudWatch added native ingestion and querying of OpenTelemetry metrics, simplifying observability across hybrid environments.

By Clara Morgan · Editorial pseudonym · 2026-04-02 · 1 min read

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Retrospective edition: 2026-04-02. Source published: 2026-04-02. Added to this archive: 2026-11-03. This briefing was prepared later from the linked announcement; it was not published on this website on the historical edition date.

This preview allows customers to send OpenTelemetry metrics via OTLP directly to CloudWatch without custom converters. It merges custom OTel metrics with AWS vended metrics from 70+ services, all queryable with PromQL in the console's new Query Studio.

Anomaly detection works automatically on these metrics, and the service supports microservices running in Amazon EKS or on-premises servers. The feature is available in select regions at no charge during preview, aimed at improving integrated infrastructure and application monitoring.

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Amazon CloudWatch now supports OpenTelemetry metrics in public preview ↗

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