Explore the power of OpenTelemetry (OTel) distributed tracing for achieving real-time observability in cloud-native environments. Dive into the challenges of tracing, understand trace paths and aggregation techniques, and learn about deployment architecture. Discover how to leverage service maps, use Jaeger for trace detection, navigate trace map views, and identify tracing errors. Gain insights into the importance of tags and examine a case study on the Solar Breach. Master the essential concepts and tools for implementing effective distributed tracing in your cloud-native applications.