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Understand pull request retry patterns with OpenTelemetry

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Buildkite·Sep 18, 2026, 06:14 AMFeatureAI-assisted summary

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Added server‑side OpenTelemetry tracing for Buildkite PR metadata and job retry details, enabling analysis of manual vs automatic retries.
Introduced new resource attributes (buildkite.build.pull_request.number/url) and job span attributes (retry_source.retry_type, retries_count, etc.) available on Enterprise plans.
Provided query guidance to calculate manual retry percentages; agent‑native spans remain unchanged.

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