Using the AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry Go SDK

Manual instrumentation with OpenTelemetry Go is covered by the X-Ray migration guide and upstream docs. The X-Ray ID generator and an ADOT Collector are no longer required; traces can be sent to the CloudWatch OTLP endpoint over HTTP.

Use these resources instead

• Migrate to OpenTelemetry Go (X-Ray Developer Guide)
• OpenTelemetry Go getting started
• Sending OpenTelemetry data to CloudWatch OTLP endpoints
• CloudWatch OTLP endpoints reference