# cSpell:ignore tailsamplingprocessor
title: Tail Sampling Processor
registryType: processor
language: collector
tags:
  - go
  - processor
  - collector
license: Apache 2.0
description:
  The Tail Sampling Processor for the OpenTelemetry Collector samples traces
  based on a set of defined policies.
authors:
  - name: OpenTelemetry Authors
urls:
  repo: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/processor/tailsamplingprocessor
createdAt: 2021-02-24
package:
  registry: go-collector
  name: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/processor/tailsamplingprocessor
  version: v0.103.0
