# Ensuring reliable OpenTelemetry ingestion at scale

DevFeed: [Ensuring reliable OpenTelemetry ingestion at scale](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/ensuring-reliable-opentelemetry-ingestion-at-scale-5547.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://clickhouse.com/blog/reliable-opentelemetry-ingestion-at-scale>)

Author: Tommy Li

Published: 2026-08-24T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [ClickHouse Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/clickhouse-blog.md>)

Topics: [telemetry](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/telemetry.md>), [Amazon S3](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/amazon-s3.md>)

Tags: [agent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agent.md>), [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [clickhouse](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/clickhouse.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [events](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/events.md>), [kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kubernetes.md>), [logs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/logs.md>), [metrics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/metrics.md>), [observability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/observability.md>), [opentelemetry](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/opentelemetry.md>), [s3](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/s3.md>), [scale](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scale.md>), [telemetry](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/telemetry.md>), [traces](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/traces.md>)

## AI overview

ClickHouse Cloud describes its OpenTelemetry ingestion pipeline, which collects logs, metrics, and traces at 50 million events per second. The article outlines an agent-to-gateway architecture and explains why in-memory gateway queues could not absorb database backpressure at this scale.

## Source excerpt

How ClickHouse Cloud collects 50m events per second through OpenTelemetry