server.address
Server domain name if available without reverse DNS lookup; otherwise, IP address or UNIX domain socket name.
When observed from the client side, and when communicating through an intermediary, server.address SHOULD represent the server address behind any intermediaries, for example proxies, if it's available.
Examples
- example.com
- 10.1.2.80
- /tmp/my.sock
Used by
events (1)
- gen_ai.client.inference.operation.details
spans (46)
- messaging.create.producer
- messaging.eventhubs.generic.client
- messaging.process.consumer
- messaging.receive.client
- messaging.send.client
- messaging.send.producer
- messaging.servicebus.generic.client
- messaging.settle.client
- span.anthropic.inference.client
- span.aws.bedrock.client
- span.azure.ai.inference.client
- span.azure.cosmosdb.client
- span.db.cassandra.client
- span.db.client
- span.db.couchdb.client
- span.db.elasticsearch.client
- span.db.hbase.client
- span.db.mariadb.client
- span.db.mongodb.client
- span.db.mysql.client
- span.db.oracledb.client
- span.db.postgresql.client
- span.db.redis.client
- span.db.sql_server.client
- span.db.sql.client
- span.dotnet.http.connection_setup.internal
- span.dotnet.tls.handshake.internal
- span.gen_ai.create_agent.client
- span.gen_ai.embeddings.client
- span.gen_ai.inference.client
- span.gen_ai.invoke_agent.client
- span.gen_ai.retrieval.client
- span.http.client
- span.http.server
- span.mcp.client
- span.openai.inference.client
- span.rpc.call.client
- span.rpc.call.server
- span.rpc.connect_rpc.call.client *
- span.rpc.connect_rpc.call.server
- and 6 more
metrics (61)
- azure.cosmosdb.client.active_instance.count
- azure.cosmosdb.client.operation.request_charge
- db.client.cosmosdb.active_instance.count
- db.client.operation.duration
- db.client.response.returned_rows
- gen_ai.client.operation.duration
- gen_ai.client.operation.time_per_output_chunk
- gen_ai.client.operation.time_to_first_chunk
- gen_ai.client.token.usage
- gen_ai.server.request.duration
- gen_ai.server.time_per_output_token
- gen_ai.server.time_to_first_token
- http.client.active_requests *
- http.client.connection.duration *
- http.client.open_connections *
- http.client.request.body.size *
- http.client.request.duration *
- http.client.response.body.size *
- http.server.active_requests (opt-in)
- http.server.request.body.size (opt-in)
- http.server.request.duration (opt-in)
- http.server.response.body.size (opt-in)
- kestrel.active_connections
- kestrel.active_tls_handshakes
- kestrel.connection.duration
- kestrel.queued_connections
- kestrel.queued_requests
- kestrel.rejected_connections
- kestrel.tls_handshake.duration
- kestrel.upgraded_connections
- mcp.client.operation.duration
- mcp.client.session.duration
- messaging.client.consumed.messages
- messaging.client.operation.duration
- messaging.client.published.messages
- messaging.client.sent.messages
- messaging.process.duration
- messaging.process.messages
- messaging.publish.duration
- messaging.publish.messages
- and 21 more
* required on that signal.
History
No longer referenced by
attributes.messaging.trace.minimal,messaging.attributesand 9 others.Now referenced by
messaging.attributes.network,messaging.create.producerand 7 others (recommended).No longer referenced by
rpc.server.Now referenced by
attributes.gen_ai.invoke_agent.client,gen_ai.client.operation.time_per_output_chunkand 1 other (recommended).- v1.40.0usage
Now referenced by
span.anthropic.inference.client,span.gen_ai.retrieval.clientand 2 others (recommended). - v1.40.0strength
On
span.rpc.connect_rpc.call.clientandspan.rpc.grpc.call.client: recommended to required. No longer referenced by
rpc_service,rpc_service.serverand 8 others.On
attributes.metrics.rpc.client,rpc.client.durationand 6 others: required to recommended.- v1.39.0usage
Now referenced by
common.rpc.attributes,mcp.client.operation.durationand 12 others (conditionally required). No longer referenced by
attributes.metrics.rpc.- v1.38.0usage
Now referenced by
attributes.metrics.rpc.client,attributes.metrics.rpc.serverand 19 others (required). No longer referenced by
span.gen_ai.azure.ai.inference.clientandspan.gen_ai.openai.inference.client.Now referenced by
gen_ai.client.inference.operation.details,span.azure.ai.inference.clientand 1 other (recommended).No longer referenced by
span.gen_ai.az.ai.inference.client.Now referenced by
span.dotnet.http.connection_setup.internal,span.dotnet.tls.handshake.internaland 1 other (recommended).Now referenced by
messaging.aws.sns,messaging.aws.sqsand 1 other (recommended).No longer referenced by
attributes.gen_ai.openai_based,otel.sdk.exporter.span.exported.countand 5 others.Now referenced by
attributes.gen_ai.common.client,attributes.gen_ai.inference.clientand 12 others (recommended).Now referenced by
otel.sdk.exporter.log.exportedandotel.sdk.exporter.log.inflight(recommended).No longer referenced by
span.messaging,span.rpc.connect_rpcand 3 others.Now referenced by
attributes.gen_ai.openai_based,messaging.attributesand 4 others (recommended).Already present at v1.30.0, the oldest release tracked here (stable).