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+:title: Tracing
+
+.. _tracing:
+
+Tracing
+=======
+
+Zuul includes support for `distributed tracing`_ as described by the
+OpenTelemetry project. This allows operators (and potentially users)
+to visualize the progress of events and queue items through the
+various Zuul components as an aid to debugging.
+
+OpenTelemetry defines several observability signals such as traces,
+metrics, and logs. Zuul uses other systems for metrics and logs; only
+traces are exported via OpenTelemetry.
+
+Zuul supports the OpenTelemetry Protocol (OTLP) for exporting traces.
+Many observability systems support receiving traces via OTLP
+(including Jaeger tracing).
+
+Configuration
+-------------
+
+Related configuration is in the :attr:`tracing` section of ``zuul.conf``.
+
+Tutorial
+--------
+
+Here is a tutorial that shows how to enable tracing with Zuul and Jaeger.
+
+.. toctree::
+ :maxdepth: 1
+
+ tutorials/tracing
+
+_`distributed tracing`: https://opentelemetry.io/docs/concepts/observability-primer/#distributed-traces