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+title: Backstage Telemetry Service
+status: implementable
+authors:
+  - '@kurtaking'
+owners:
+  - '@kurtaking'
+project-areas:
+  - backend
+  - framework
+creation-date: 2025-06-23
+---
+
+<!--
+**Note:** When your BEP is complete, all these pre-existing comments should be removed
+-->
+
+# BEP: Backstage Telemetry Service
+
+- [Summary](#summary)
+- [Motivation](#motivation)
+  - [Goals](#goals)
+  - [Non-Goals](#non-goals)
+- [Proposal](#proposal)
+- [Design Details](#design-details)
+- [Release Plan](#release-plan)
+- [Dependencies](#dependencies)
+- [Alternatives](#alternatives)
+
+## Summary
+
+Add a core telemetry service to Backstage's backend system that provides a unified interface for metrics, tracing, and logging instrumentation. The service would offer OpenTelemetry-based telemetry capabilities with zero configuration defaults while allowing extensibility through plugin modules.
+
+## Motivation
+
+While individual plugins may implement their own metrics or tracing, there's no unified service that provides a standardized approach for telemetry and observability. This gap makes it difficult for operators to monitor Backstage deployments effectively and for plugin developers to add observability to their plugins consistently.
+
+### Goals
+
+- Consistent telemetry patterns across all plugins
+- Zero-configuration defaults that work out of the box
+- Extensible architecture for custom telemetry backends
+- OpenTelemetry integration following industry standards
+- Performance monitoring capabilities built into the platform
+
+### Non-Goals
+
+## Proposal
+
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+## Design Details
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+## Release Plan
+
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+## Dependencies
+
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+
+## Alternatives
+
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