
5 min
FastAPI Monitoring with OpenTelemetry in Production
Monitor FastAPI routes with request metrics and OpenTelemetry traces. Check latency, errors, and downstream work before setting alerts.
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Monitor FastAPI routes with request metrics and OpenTelemetry traces. Check latency, errors, and downstream work before setting alerts.

Set up FastAPI tracing with OpenTelemetry. Connect request, SQLAlchemy, and HTTPX spans, then verify trace context across services.

Use this FastAPI background tasks production checklist to catch silent failures, blocked workers, lost trace context, and release regressions.