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The Telemetry Envelope: What Every Agent Step Must Emit
Agents fail in the gaps between steps. A telemetry envelope on every step shows which gap; more logs do not.
The problem isn't that your agent logs too little—it's that the logs aren't structured telemetry envelopes . Plain log lines tell you what happened; envelopes let you reconstruct, attribute, and page on it.
Published March 7, 2026. Reading time: 10 min read. Author: Morgan Wilson.