Grafana Tempo 2021: Year in review

Grafana Tempo experienced a significant year in 2021, achieving general availability just eight months after its initial announcement and showing a remarkable 26-fold increase in span ingestion. Throughout the year, Grafana Labs introduced several enhancements and features, including Grafana Enterprise Traces, which integrates Tempo into the Grafana Enterprise Stack, and new releases like Tempo 1.1 and 1.2 that improved latency and monitoring efficiency. The platform expanded its capabilities through several integrations, such as with OpenTelemetry for tracing and auto-instrumentation of applications, while also offering webinars and guides to facilitate community adoption of distributed tracing. Additionally, Grafana Cloud enhanced its offerings by providing a composable observability stack for metrics, logs, and traces with flexible plans, encouraging users to explore its functionalities through accessible resources and community stories.