Agent Observability is generally available (GA)

Agent Observability is generally available (GA)

This release provides visibility into the performance, behavior, and health of deployed agents and Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers directly within the agent management workflow.

Key updates in this release include:

• Default-On Tracing: OpenTelemetry tracing is now enabled by default for newly deployed Agent Development Kit (ADK) agents on Agent Engine, simplifying the observability setup process without requiring manual configuration. • Storage Prioritization: Google Cloud Storage (GCS) is the default storage choice in the Google Cloud Console, instead of Cloud Logging. We recommend that you store your multimodal prompt and response payloads in a Cloud Storage (GCS) bucket. This solution provides robust support for large payloads and it enables fine-grained lifecycle management. • Enhanced Tracing: Inspect step-by-step session execution and view directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) of trace spans.

For more information, see the following:

• Observability overview • View agent traces • Set up tracing