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title: "Instrumenting an application with OpenTelemetry"
description: "How can you add spans and metrics without changing business outcomes?"
status: "coming-soon"
language: "en"
canonical: "https://bulnik.dev/en/articles/topics/T26.06/"
topicId: "T26.06"
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> Coming soon — this article is being prepared. Below are its question, intended outcome, and place in the story.

## The question

How can you add spans and metrics without changing business outcomes?

## What we will work through

Add spans and metrics without changing business outcomes.

## Before you begin

Previously covered: Counters, gauges, and histograms; Request IDs, correlation IDs, and trace IDs.

- [Counters, gauges, and histograms](/en/articles/topics/T26.01/)
- [Request IDs, correlation IDs, and trace IDs](/en/articles/topics/T23.03/)