OpenTelemetry (OTel) is an open source, vendor-neutral observability framework for instrumenting, generating, collecting, and exporting telemetry data. It provides a standardized way to handle errors and exceptions across languages, with a focus on spans as the building blocks of distributed traces. OTel allows for enhanced spans with metadata and span events, which can be used to report errors in logs or spans. The project aims to provide a comprehensive solution for error handling, enabling developers to build resilient, reliable, and high-performing software applications. By leveraging OTel's capabilities along with the New Relic platform features, users can gain deeper insights into their applications' behavior and more effectively troubleshoot issues.