# @instana/opentelemetry-sampler

> OpenTelemetry Instana sampler

Latest version **6.10.0** (published 2026-10-22) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install @instana/opentelemetry-sampler
pnpm add @instana/opentelemetry-sampler
yarn add @instana/opentelemetry-sampler
bun add @instana/opentelemetry-sampler
```

## Health

**Score 55/100 (C)** — status: active.

Positive: no vulnerabilities; recently updated; high maintenance score.

Warnings: low downloads; no types; no esm support.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 6.10.0 |
| Published | 2026-10-22 |
| First published | 2022-08-17 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | none |
| Module format | CommonJS |
| Node | >=18.19.0 |
| Dependencies | 1 |
| Unpacked size | 33.9 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 74 |
| Author | katharina.irrgang@ibm.com |
| Maintainers | kirrg001, instana_tracers, aryamohanan, abhilash.sivan |
| Keywords | opentelemetry, sampler, nodejs, tracing |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@instana/opentelemetry-sampler
- Repository: https://github.com/instana/nodejs
- Homepage: https://github.com/instana/nodejs/blob/main/packages/opentelemetry-sampler/README.md
- Issues: https://github.com/instana/nodejs/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/@instana/opentelemetry-sampler

## Dependencies (1)

- [@opentelemetry/api](https://npm.io/package/@opentelemetry/api.md) 1.9.1

## Recent versions

- 6.10.0 (latest) — 2026-10-22
- 5.5.0 (v5-latest) — 2026-05-14
- 5.4.1 (fedramp) — 2026-03-25
- 4.31.0 (v4-latest) — 2025-12-08
- 3.21.1 (v3) — 2025-03-17
- 2.36.3 (v2-latest) — 2025-03-17
- 6.9.0 — 2026-10-06
- 6.8.0 — 2026-09-28
- 6.7.0 — 2026-09-15
- 6.6.1 — 2026-08-04
- 6.6.0 — 2026-08-03
- 6.5.0 — 2026-07-27
- 6.4.0 — 2026-07-16
- 6.3.0 — 2026-07-13
- 6.2.2 — 2026-07-06
- … 165 more at https://npm.io/package/@instana/opentelemetry-sampler/versions

## README

# @instana/opentelemetry-sampler

The Opentelemetry Instana sampler decides if the app will record and sample based
on the [Instana headers](https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/instana-observability/current?topic=monitoring-traces#tracing-headers).

Follow our [documentation](https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/instana-observability/current?topic=nodejs-opentelemetry-integration#serverless-opentelemetry-exporter__title__1) for more information.

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