Include kafka only applications in the 'services' tab, with RED signals

[leonjonesadaptive]

If I have a Kafka only backend, the traces are captured but nothing appears in the Services tab.

I'm using:

• Spring boot
• Sleuth (with otel autoconfigure)
• Otel collector

It would be good if I could have some notion of an application, without having an external API

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[pranay01]

thanks for creating the issue @leonjonesadaptive

Can you share more details on what do you mean by a Kafka only backend? I see you have SpringBoot application in the architecture. Do requests go to Kafka topics first and then are picked by Springboot application.

Would love to understand a bit more on your request flow