What's New & Next in Grafana Alloy: The Official OpenTelemetry Collector Distribution
Presenters Bejal Marko Source GrafanaCon 2026 Alloy’s OpenTelemetry Engine: What’s New and What’s Next 🚀 Grafana Labs is leveling up its observability game with significant advancements in Alloy, their open-source observability data collector. This year marks a pivotal moment as Alloy officially becomes a fully compliant OpenTelemetry Collector distribution, bringing a wealth of new capabilities and a future-proof architecture. The Evolution of Alloy: From Collector to Standard-Bearer 🕰️ Alloy’s journey began two years ago, announced as a collector supporting both Prometheus and OpenTelemetry Protocol (OTLP) formats. Last year, the focus sharpened on unifying high-performance Prometheus pipelines with OTel Collector workflows within Alloy. Now, the narrative shifts dramatically: Alloy is officially recognized as a fully compliant OTel Collector distribution, boasting native YAML support. ...