Monitor application performance with Distributed Tracing

What this post added

Introduces the Beta release of Distributed Tracing as a new capability within GitLab Observability. This feature allows engineers to collect trace data using OpenTelemetry, ingest and query it at scale using a ClickHouse-based solution, and analyze it through a new Trace Explorer UI. The post details the concepts of traces and spans, provides examples of how distributed tracing helps in microservices architectures, and showcases internal use cases for debugging the GitLab Agent for Kubernetes and optimizing build pipeline durations. It also mentions upcoming releases for Metrics and Logging.