Export AI Gateway traces with Vercel Drains
AI Gateway now produces OpenTelemetry traces for every request and Pro/Enterprise teams can export them via Vercel Drains to any OTLP/HTTP-compatible endpoint, with native integrations for Braintrust, Dash0, Kubiks, Sentry, and Statsig. Traces include full request lifecycle details like model routing, fallback attempts, token usage, latency, and attribution metadata, with sampling controls and per-trace pricing of $0.05 per 1,000 traces.
AI Gateway now produces an OpenTelemetry trace for every request. Pro and Enterprise teams can send these traces through Vercel Drains to any OTLP/HTTP-compatible endpoint, including native integrations for Braintrust, Dash0, Kubiks, Sentry, and Statsig.
Each trace shows the full request lifecycle, including:
Trace Drains do not include prompt or completion content. Sampling controls let you choose how much traffic to export to each drain.
AI Gateway traces cost $0.05 per 1,000 traces delivered to each drain, plus the standard Drains rate of $0.50 per GB of data transferred. A request counts once per successful drain delivery, even when AI Gateway makes multiple provider attempts. Failed deliveries do not incur a trace charge.
Set up a Trace Drain from your team's or learn more in the AI Gateway .Drains settingsdocumentation
Model and provider routing
Fallback and retry attempts
Token usage and cost
Time to first token, request duration, and response status
Project, deployment, API key, environment, and custom tag attribution
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