# @opentelemetry/instrumentation-openai

> OpenTelemetry instrumentation for the `openai` OpenAI client library

Latest version **0.20.0** (published 2026-08-31) · Apache-2.0 license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install @opentelemetry/instrumentation-openai
pnpm add @opentelemetry/instrumentation-openai
yarn add @opentelemetry/instrumentation-openai
bun add @opentelemetry/instrumentation-openai
```

## Health

**Score 70/100 (B)** — status: active.

Positive: has types; no vulnerabilities; has provenance; recently updated; high maintenance score; high quality score.

Warnings: low downloads; no esm support; pre 1.0.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.20.0 |
| Published | 2026-08-31 |
| First published | 2025-08-21 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| TypeScript types | bundled |
| Module format | CommonJS |
| Node | ^18.19.0 \|\| >=20.6.0 |
| Dependencies | 3 |
| Unpacked size | 334 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| Provenance | attested (GitHub Actions) |
| GitHub stars | 930 |
| Author | OpenTelemetry Authors |
| Maintainers | dyladan, pichlermarc, overbalance, npmjs-account, trentm, martinkuba |
| Keywords | instrumentation, opentelemetry, observability, openai, llm, genai |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@opentelemetry/instrumentation-openai
- Repository: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js-contrib
- Homepage: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js-contrib/tree/main/packages/instrumentation-openai#readme
- Issues: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js-contrib/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/@opentelemetry/instrumentation-openai

## Dependencies (3)

- [@opentelemetry/api-logs](https://npm.io/package/@opentelemetry/api-logs.md) ^0.222.0
- [@opentelemetry/instrumentation](https://npm.io/package/@opentelemetry/instrumentation.md) ^0.222.0
- [@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions](https://npm.io/package/@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions.md) ^1.36.0

## Recent versions

- 0.20.0 (latest) — 2026-08-31
- 0.19.0 — 2026-07-23
- 0.18.0 — 2026-07-03
- 0.17.0 — 2026-06-11
- 0.16.0 — 2026-05-13
- 0.15.0 — 2026-05-06
- 0.14.0 — 2026-04-29
- 0.13.0 — 2026-04-17
- 0.12.0 — 2026-03-26
- 0.11.0 — 2026-03-04
- 0.10.0 — 2026-02-17
- 0.9.0 — 2026-01-22
- 0.8.0 — 2026-01-15
- 0.7.1 — 2025-12-17
- 0.7.0 — 2025-11-24
- … 9 more at https://npm.io/package/@opentelemetry/instrumentation-openai/versions

## README

# OpenTelemetry OpenAI module Instrumentation for Node.js

[![NPM Published Version][npm-img]][npm-url]
[![Apache License][license-image]][license-image]

This module provides automatic instrumentation for the [`openai`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/openai) module.

If total installation size is not constrained, it is recommended to use the [`@opentelemetry/auto-instrumentations-node`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@opentelemetry/auto-instrumentations-node) bundle with [@opentelemetry/sdk-node](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@opentelemetry/sdk-node) for the most seamless instrumentation experience.

Compatible with OpenTelemetry JS API and SDK `1.0+`.

## Installation

```bash
npm install --save @opentelemetry/instrumentation-openai
```

## Supported Versions

- [`openai`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/openai) versions `>=4.19.0 <7`

## Usage

```js
const { NodeSDK } = require('@opentelemetry/sdk-node');
const { OpenAIInstrumentation } = require('@opentelemetry/instrumentation-openai');

const sdk = new NodeSDK({
  instrumentations: [
    new OpenAIInstrumentation(),
  ],
});
sdk.start();
process.once('beforeExit', async () => { await sdk.shutdown(); });
```

## Semantic Conventions

This package implements Semantic Convention [Version 1.36.0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/blob/v1.36.0/docs/README.md) for Chat Completions, and Semantic Convention [Version 1.38.0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/blob/v1.38.0/docs/README.md) for Responses API.

## Useful links

- For more information on OpenTelemetry, visit: <https://opentelemetry.io/>
- For more about OpenTelemetry JavaScript: <https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js>
- For help or feedback on this project, join us in [GitHub Discussions][discussions-url]

## License

Apache 2.0 - See [LICENSE][license-url] for more information.

[discussions-url]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/discussions
[license-url]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js-contrib/blob/main/LICENSE
[license-image]: https://img.shields.io/badge/license-Apache_2.0-green.svg?style=flat
[npm-url]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@opentelemetry/instrumentation-openai
[npm-img]: https://badge.fury.io/js/%40opentelemetry%2Finstrumentation-openai.svg

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