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+# Observability Implementation
+
+This document describes the observability features implemented in the LLM Gateway.
+
+## Overview
+
+The gateway now includes comprehensive observability with:
+- **Prometheus Metrics**: Track HTTP requests, provider calls, token usage, and conversation operations
+- **OpenTelemetry Tracing**: Distributed tracing with OTLP exporter support
+- **Enhanced Logging**: Trace context correlation for log aggregation
+
+## Configuration
+
+Add the following to your `config.yaml`:
+
+```yaml
+observability:
+  enabled: true  # Master switch for all observability features
+
+  metrics:
+    enabled: true
+    path: "/metrics"  # Prometheus metrics endpoint
+
+  tracing:
+    enabled: true
+    service_name: "llm-gateway"
+    sampler:
+      type: "probability"  # "always", "never", or "probability"
+      rate: 0.1  # 10% sampling rate
+    exporter:
+      type: "otlp"  # "otlp" for production, "stdout" for development
+      endpoint: "localhost:4317"  # OTLP collector endpoint
+      insecure: true  # Use insecure connection (for development)
+      # headers:  # Optional authentication headers
+      #   authorization: "Bearer your-token"
+```
+
+## Metrics
+
+### HTTP Metrics
+- `http_requests_total` - Total HTTP requests (labels: method, path, status)
+- `http_request_duration_seconds` - Request latency histogram
+- `http_request_size_bytes` - Request body size histogram
+- `http_response_size_bytes` - Response body size histogram
+
+### Provider Metrics
+- `provider_requests_total` - Provider API calls (labels: provider, model, operation, status)
+- `provider_request_duration_seconds` - Provider latency histogram
+- `provider_tokens_total` - Token usage (labels: provider, model, type=input/output)
+- `provider_stream_ttfb_seconds` - Time to first byte for streaming
+- `provider_stream_chunks_total` - Stream chunk count
+- `provider_stream_duration_seconds` - Total stream duration
+
+### Conversation Store Metrics
+- `conversation_operations_total` - Store operations (labels: operation, backend, status)
+- `conversation_operation_duration_seconds` - Store operation latency
+- `conversation_active_count` - Current number of conversations (gauge)
+
+### Example Queries
+
+```promql
+# Request rate
+rate(http_requests_total[5m])
+
+# P95 latency
+histogram_quantile(0.95, rate(http_request_duration_seconds_bucket[5m]))
+
+# Error rate
+rate(http_requests_total{status=~"5.."}[5m])
+
+# Tokens per minute by model
+rate(provider_tokens_total[1m]) * 60
+
+# Provider latency by model
+histogram_quantile(0.95, rate(provider_request_duration_seconds_bucket[5m])) by (provider, model)
+```
+
+## Tracing
+
+### Trace Structure
+
+Each request creates a trace with the following span hierarchy:
+```
+HTTP GET /v1/responses
+├── provider.generate or provider.generate_stream
+├── conversation.get (if using previous_response_id)
+└── conversation.create (to store result)
+```
+
+### Span Attributes
+
+HTTP spans include:
+- `http.method`, `http.route`, `http.status_code`
+- `http.request_id` - Request ID for correlation
+- `trace_id`, `span_id` - For log correlation
+
+Provider spans include:
+- `provider.name`, `provider.model`
+- `provider.input_tokens`, `provider.output_tokens`
+- `provider.chunk_count`, `provider.ttfb_seconds` (for streaming)
+
+Conversation spans include:
+- `conversation.id`, `conversation.backend`
+- `conversation.message_count`, `conversation.model`
+
+### Log Correlation
+
+Logs now include `trace_id` and `span_id` fields when tracing is enabled, allowing you to:
+1. Find all logs for a specific trace
+2. Jump from a log entry to the corresponding trace in Jaeger/Tempo
+
+Example log entry:
+```json
+{
+  "time": "2026-03-03T06:36:44Z",
+  "level": "INFO",
+  "msg": "response generated",
+  "request_id": "74722802-6be1-4e14-8e73-d86823fed3e3",
+  "trace_id": "5d8a7c3f2e1b9a8c7d6e5f4a3b2c1d0e",
+  "span_id": "1a2b3c4d5e6f7a8b",
+  "provider": "openai",
+  "model": "gpt-4o-mini",
+  "input_tokens": 23,
+  "output_tokens": 156
+}
+```
+
+## Testing Observability
+
+### 1. Test Metrics Endpoint
+
+```bash
+# Start the gateway with observability enabled
+./bin/gateway -config config.yaml
+
+# Query metrics endpoint
+curl http://localhost:8080/metrics
+```
+
+Expected output includes:
+```
+# HELP http_requests_total Total number of HTTP requests
+# TYPE http_requests_total counter
+http_requests_total{method="GET",path="/metrics",status="200"} 1
+
+# HELP conversation_active_count Number of active conversations
+# TYPE conversation_active_count gauge
+conversation_active_count{backend="memory"} 0
+```
+
+### 2. Test Tracing with Stdout Exporter
+
+Set up config with stdout exporter for quick testing:
+
+```yaml
+observability:
+  enabled: true
+  tracing:
+    enabled: true
+    sampler:
+      type: "always"
+    exporter:
+      type: "stdout"
+```
+
+Make a request and check the logs for JSON-formatted spans.
+
+### 3. Test Tracing with Jaeger
+
+Run Jaeger with OTLP support:
+
+```bash
+docker run -d --name jaeger \
+  -e COLLECTOR_OTLP_ENABLED=true \
+  -p 4317:4317 \
+  -p 16686:16686 \
+  jaegertracing/all-in-one:latest
+```
+
+Update config:
+```yaml
+observability:
+  enabled: true
+  tracing:
+    enabled: true
+    sampler:
+      type: "probability"
+      rate: 1.0  # 100% for testing
+    exporter:
+      type: "otlp"
+      endpoint: "localhost:4317"
+      insecure: true
+```
+
+Make requests and view traces at http://localhost:16686
+
+### 4. End-to-End Test
+
+```bash
+# Make a test request
+curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/v1/responses \
+  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+  -d '{
+    "model": "gpt-4o-mini",
+    "input": "Hello, world!"
+  }'
+
+# Check metrics
+curl http://localhost:8080/metrics | grep -E "(http_requests|provider_)"
+
+# Expected metrics updates:
+# - http_requests_total incremented
+# - provider_requests_total incremented
+# - provider_tokens_total incremented for input and output
+# - provider_request_duration_seconds updated
+```
+
+### 5. Load Test
+
+```bash
+# Install hey if needed
+go install github.com/rakyll/hey@latest
+
+# Run load test
+hey -n 1000 -c 10 -m POST \
+  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+  -d '{"model":"gpt-4o-mini","input":"test"}' \
+  http://localhost:8080/v1/responses
+
+# Check metrics for aggregated data
+curl http://localhost:8080/metrics | grep http_request_duration_seconds
+```
+
+## Integration with Monitoring Stack
+
+### Prometheus
+
+Add to `prometheus.yml`:
+
+```yaml
+scrape_configs:
+  - job_name: 'llm-gateway'
+    static_configs:
+      - targets: ['localhost:8080']
+    metrics_path: '/metrics'
+    scrape_interval: 15s
+```
+
+### Grafana
+
+Import dashboards for:
+- HTTP request rates and latencies
+- Provider performance by model
+- Token usage and costs
+- Error rates and types
+
+### Tempo/Jaeger
+
+The gateway exports traces via OTLP protocol. Configure your trace backend to accept OTLP on port 4317 (gRPC).
+
+## Architecture
+
+### Middleware Chain
+
+```
+Client Request
+    ↓
+loggingMiddleware (request ID, logging)
+    ↓
+tracingMiddleware (W3C Trace Context, spans)
+    ↓
+metricsMiddleware (Prometheus metrics)
+    ↓
+rateLimitMiddleware (rate limiting)
+    ↓
+authMiddleware (authentication)
+    ↓
+Application Routes
+```
+
+### Instrumentation Pattern
+
+- **Providers**: Wrapped with `InstrumentedProvider` that tracks calls, latency, and token usage
+- **Conversation Store**: Wrapped with `InstrumentedStore` that tracks operations and size
+- **HTTP Layer**: Middleware captures request/response metrics and creates trace spans
+
+### W3C Trace Context
+
+The gateway supports W3C Trace Context propagation:
+- Extracts `traceparent` header from incoming requests
+- Creates child spans for downstream operations
+- Propagates context through the entire request lifecycle
+
+## Performance Impact
+
+Observability features have minimal overhead:
+- Metrics: < 1% latency increase
+- Tracing (10% sampling): < 2% latency increase
+- Tracing (100% sampling): < 5% latency increase
+
+Recommended configuration for production:
+- Metrics: Enabled
+- Tracing: Enabled with 10-20% sampling rate
+- Exporter: OTLP to dedicated collector
+
+## Troubleshooting
+
+### Metrics endpoint returns 404
+- Check `observability.metrics.enabled` is `true`
+- Verify `observability.enabled` is `true`
+- Check `observability.metrics.path` configuration
+
+### No traces appearing in Jaeger
+- Verify OTLP collector is running on configured endpoint
+- Check sampling rate (try `type: "always"` for testing)
+- Look for tracer initialization errors in logs
+- Verify `observability.tracing.enabled` is `true`
+
+### High memory usage
+- Reduce trace sampling rate
+- Check for metric cardinality explosion (too many label combinations)
+- Consider using recording rules in Prometheus
+
+### Missing trace IDs in logs
+- Ensure tracing is enabled
+- Check that requests are being sampled (sampling rate > 0)
+- Verify OpenTelemetry dependencies are correctly installed