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commit 219554d7eda2f0bc7399ba5d3962ebd645f929ef
Author: Pasquale Congiusti <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Tue Mar 10 10:10:56 2026 +0100

    chore(components): deprecate camel-tracing components
    
    Closes CAMEL-22479
---
 components/camel-observation/pom.xml                        |  2 +-
 .../META-INF/services/org/apache/camel/other.properties     |  2 +-
 .../src/generated/resources/observation.json                |  2 +-
 components/camel-observation/src/main/docs/observation.adoc |  7 +++++--
 .../camel/observation/MicrometerObservationSpanAdapter.java |  1 +
 .../camel/observation/MicrometerObservationTracer.java      |  7 +++++++
 .../observation/CamelMicrometerObservationTestSupport.java  |  1 +
 .../java/org/apache/camel/observation/SpanTestData.java     |  1 -
 .../CamelPropagatingReceiverTracingObservationHandler.java  |  2 +-
 .../CamelPropagatingSenderTracingObservationHandler.java    |  2 +-
 components/camel-opentelemetry/pom.xml                      |  2 +-
 .../META-INF/services/org/apache/camel/other.properties     |  2 +-
 .../src/generated/resources/opentelemetry.json              |  2 +-
 .../camel-opentelemetry/src/main/docs/opentelemetry.adoc    | 13 ++++---------
 .../camel/opentelemetry/OpenTelemetrySpanAdapter.java       |  1 +
 .../org/apache/camel/opentelemetry/OpenTelemetryTracer.java |  3 +++
 .../camel/opentelemetry/OpenTelemetryTracingStrategy.java   |  1 +
 .../camel/opentelemetry/CamelOpenTelemetryTestSupport.java  |  1 +
 .../OpenTelemetryTracingStrategyPropagateContextTest.java   |  1 +
 .../opentelemetry/OpenTelemetryTracingStrategyTest.java     |  1 +
 components/camel-tracing/pom.xml                            |  2 +-
 .../META-INF/services/org/apache/camel/other.properties     |  2 +-
 .../camel-tracing/src/generated/resources/tracing.json      |  2 +-
 components/camel-tracing/src/main/docs/tracing.adoc         |  7 +++++--
 .../src/main/java/org/apache/camel/tracing/Tracer.java      |  3 +++
 .../org/apache/camel/tracing/ActiveSpanManagerTest.java     |  1 +
 26 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/components/camel-observation/pom.xml 
b/components/camel-observation/pom.xml
index 55de978083a9..83c21a453359 100644
--- a/components/camel-observation/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-observation/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
     <artifactId>camel-observation</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
-    <name>Camel :: Micrometer :: Observation</name>
+    <name>Camel :: Micrometer :: Observation (deprecated)</name>
     <description>Observability using Micrometer Observation</description>
 
     <properties>
diff --git 
a/components/camel-observation/src/generated/resources/META-INF/services/org/apache/camel/other.properties
 
b/components/camel-observation/src/generated/resources/META-INF/services/org/apache/camel/other.properties
index 39aab088d263..6eb1cec873f2 100644
--- 
a/components/camel-observation/src/generated/resources/META-INF/services/org/apache/camel/other.properties
+++ 
b/components/camel-observation/src/generated/resources/META-INF/services/org/apache/camel/other.properties
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ name=observation
 groupId=org.apache.camel
 artifactId=camel-observation
 version=4.19.0-SNAPSHOT
-projectName=Camel :: Micrometer :: Observation
+projectName=Camel :: Micrometer :: Observation (deprecated)
 projectDescription=Observability using Micrometer Observation
diff --git 
a/components/camel-observation/src/generated/resources/observation.json 
b/components/camel-observation/src/generated/resources/observation.json
index fb65728d9fcb..1054992c7648 100644
--- a/components/camel-observation/src/generated/resources/observation.json
+++ b/components/camel-observation/src/generated/resources/observation.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     "name": "observation",
     "title": "Micrometer Observability",
     "description": "Observability using Micrometer Observation",
-    "deprecated": false,
+    "deprecated": true,
     "firstVersion": "3.21.0",
     "label": "monitoring,microservice",
     "supportLevel": "Stable",
diff --git a/components/camel-observation/src/main/docs/observation.adoc 
b/components/camel-observation/src/main/docs/observation.adoc
index 84370ce04878..f67deeb341db 100644
--- a/components/camel-observation/src/main/docs/observation.adoc
+++ b/components/camel-observation/src/main/docs/observation.adoc
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-= Micrometer Observability Component
+= Micrometer Observability Component (deprecated)
 :doctitle: Micrometer Observability
 :shortname: observation
 :artifactid: camel-observation
 :description: Observability using Micrometer Observation
 :since: 3.21
-:supportlevel: Stable
+:supportlevel: Stable-deprecated
+:deprecated: *deprecated*
 :tabs-sync-option:
 //Manually maintained attributes
 :camel-spring-boot-name: observation
@@ -14,6 +15,8 @@
 The Micrometer Observation component is used for performing observability of 
incoming and
 outgoing Camel messages using 
https://micrometer.io/docs/observation[Micrometer Observation].
 
+NOTE: this component is deprecated since version 4.19.0. Please, use 
xref:micrometer-observability.adoc[`camel-micrometer-observability`] component 
instead.
+
 By configuring the `ObservationRegistry` you can add behaviour to your 
observations such as metrics (e.g., via `Micrometer`) or tracing (e.g., via 
`OpenTelemetry` or `Brave`) or any custom behaviour.
 
 Events are captured for incoming and outgoing messages being sent to/from 
Camel.
diff --git 
a/components/camel-observation/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/observation/MicrometerObservationSpanAdapter.java
 
b/components/camel-observation/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/observation/MicrometerObservationSpanAdapter.java
index 5cb87f3245b6..9a72fa8e082f 100644
--- 
a/components/camel-observation/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/observation/MicrometerObservationSpanAdapter.java
+++ 
b/components/camel-observation/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/observation/MicrometerObservationSpanAdapter.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import 
io.micrometer.tracing.handler.TracingObservationHandler.TracingContext;
 import org.apache.camel.tracing.SpanAdapter;
 import org.apache.camel.tracing.Tag;
 
+@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 public class MicrometerObservationSpanAdapter implements SpanAdapter {
     private static final String DEFAULT_EVENT_NAME = "log";
 
diff --git 
a/components/camel-observation/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/observation/MicrometerObservationTracer.java
 
b/components/camel-observation/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/observation/MicrometerObservationTracer.java
index 06690fb2f65f..7b7fbf3069a5 100644
--- 
a/components/camel-observation/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/observation/MicrometerObservationTracer.java
+++ 
b/components/camel-observation/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/observation/MicrometerObservationTracer.java
@@ -35,10 +35,15 @@ import org.apache.camel.tracing.SpanAdapter;
 import org.apache.camel.tracing.SpanDecorator;
 import org.apache.camel.tracing.SpanKind;
 import org.apache.camel.tracing.decorators.AbstractInternalSpanDecorator;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 @ManagedResource(description = "MicrometerObservationTracer")
+@Deprecated(since = "4.19.0")
 public class MicrometerObservationTracer extends 
org.apache.camel.tracing.Tracer {
 
+    private static final Logger LOG = 
LoggerFactory.getLogger(MicrometerObservationTracer.class);
+
     private static final String SPAN_DECORATOR_INTERNAL = 
"camel.micrometer.abstract-internal";
     private static final String CAMEL_CONTEXT_NAME = "camel.component";
 
@@ -113,6 +118,8 @@ public class MicrometerObservationTracer extends 
org.apache.camel.tracing.Tracer
 
     @Override
     protected void initTracer() {
+        LOG.warn("Camel micrometer observability is deprecated and may be 
removed in future versions. " +
+                 "Please, use camel-micrometer-observability components 
instead!");
         if (tracer == null) {
             tracer = CamelContextHelper.findSingleByType(getCamelContext(), 
Tracer.class);
         }
diff --git 
a/components/camel-observation/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/observation/CamelMicrometerObservationTestSupport.java
 
b/components/camel-observation/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/observation/CamelMicrometerObservationTestSupport.java
index 68340dfdfddc..52cea6b52c11 100644
--- 
a/components/camel-observation/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/observation/CamelMicrometerObservationTestSupport.java
+++ 
b/components/camel-observation/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/observation/CamelMicrometerObservationTestSupport.java
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
 
+@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 class CamelMicrometerObservationTestSupport extends CamelTestSupport {
 
     static final AttributeKey<String> CAMEL_URI_KEY = 
AttributeKey.stringKey("camel-uri");
diff --git 
a/components/camel-observation/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/observation/SpanTestData.java
 
b/components/camel-observation/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/observation/SpanTestData.java
index aff1d7ea7eed..58b615e8d998 100644
--- 
a/components/camel-observation/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/observation/SpanTestData.java
+++ 
b/components/camel-observation/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/observation/SpanTestData.java
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ public class SpanTestData {
     private List<String> logMessages = new ArrayList<>();
     private Map<String, String> tags = new HashMap<>();
     private ArrayList<SpanTestData> childs = new ArrayList<>();
-    private Map<String, String> baggage = new HashMap<>();
 
     public String getLabel() {
         return label;
diff --git 
a/components/camel-observation/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/observation/otel/CamelPropagatingReceiverTracingObservationHandler.java
 
b/components/camel-observation/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/observation/otel/CamelPropagatingReceiverTracingObservationHandler.java
index 85e3a9c236fd..816438c920b0 100644
--- 
a/components/camel-observation/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/observation/otel/CamelPropagatingReceiverTracingObservationHandler.java
+++ 
b/components/camel-observation/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/observation/otel/CamelPropagatingReceiverTracingObservationHandler.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import io.micrometer.tracing.Tracer;
 import 
io.micrometer.tracing.handler.PropagatingReceiverTracingObservationHandler;
 import io.micrometer.tracing.propagation.Propagator;
 
-public class CamelPropagatingReceiverTracingObservationHandler<T extends 
ReceiverContext>
+public class CamelPropagatingReceiverTracingObservationHandler<T extends 
ReceiverContext<?>>
         extends PropagatingReceiverTracingObservationHandler<T> {
 
     static final String SPAN_DECORATOR_INTERNAL = 
"camel.micrometer.abstract-internal";
diff --git 
a/components/camel-observation/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/observation/otel/CamelPropagatingSenderTracingObservationHandler.java
 
b/components/camel-observation/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/observation/otel/CamelPropagatingSenderTracingObservationHandler.java
index 43f6dfec9b19..0e90c3f03304 100644
--- 
a/components/camel-observation/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/observation/otel/CamelPropagatingSenderTracingObservationHandler.java
+++ 
b/components/camel-observation/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/observation/otel/CamelPropagatingSenderTracingObservationHandler.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import 
io.micrometer.tracing.handler.PropagatingReceiverTracingObservationHandle
 import 
io.micrometer.tracing.handler.PropagatingSenderTracingObservationHandler;
 import io.micrometer.tracing.propagation.Propagator;
 
-public class CamelPropagatingSenderTracingObservationHandler<T extends 
SenderContext>
+public class CamelPropagatingSenderTracingObservationHandler<T extends 
SenderContext<?>>
         extends PropagatingSenderTracingObservationHandler<T> {
 
     /**
diff --git a/components/camel-opentelemetry/pom.xml 
b/components/camel-opentelemetry/pom.xml
index 5ccc8a64e447..dd414dcfca8e 100644
--- a/components/camel-opentelemetry/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-opentelemetry/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
     <artifactId>camel-opentelemetry</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
-    <name>Camel :: OpenTelemetry</name>
+    <name>Camel :: OpenTelemetry (deprecated)</name>
     <description>Distributed tracing using OpenTelemetry</description>
 
     <properties>
diff --git 
a/components/camel-opentelemetry/src/generated/resources/META-INF/services/org/apache/camel/other.properties
 
b/components/camel-opentelemetry/src/generated/resources/META-INF/services/org/apache/camel/other.properties
index 1a57ff11a5b5..b03bcf1f1971 100644
--- 
a/components/camel-opentelemetry/src/generated/resources/META-INF/services/org/apache/camel/other.properties
+++ 
b/components/camel-opentelemetry/src/generated/resources/META-INF/services/org/apache/camel/other.properties
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ name=opentelemetry
 groupId=org.apache.camel
 artifactId=camel-opentelemetry
 version=4.19.0-SNAPSHOT
-projectName=Camel :: OpenTelemetry
+projectName=Camel :: OpenTelemetry (deprecated)
 projectDescription=Distributed tracing using OpenTelemetry
diff --git 
a/components/camel-opentelemetry/src/generated/resources/opentelemetry.json 
b/components/camel-opentelemetry/src/generated/resources/opentelemetry.json
index 4bf7729e3a32..c38b81c49eda 100644
--- a/components/camel-opentelemetry/src/generated/resources/opentelemetry.json
+++ b/components/camel-opentelemetry/src/generated/resources/opentelemetry.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     "name": "opentelemetry",
     "title": "OpenTelemetry",
     "description": "Distributed tracing using OpenTelemetry",
-    "deprecated": false,
+    "deprecated": true,
     "firstVersion": "3.5.0",
     "label": "monitoring,microservice",
     "supportLevel": "Stable",
diff --git a/components/camel-opentelemetry/src/main/docs/opentelemetry.adoc 
b/components/camel-opentelemetry/src/main/docs/opentelemetry.adoc
index d830b531266d..1d612348ed25 100644
--- a/components/camel-opentelemetry/src/main/docs/opentelemetry.adoc
+++ b/components/camel-opentelemetry/src/main/docs/opentelemetry.adoc
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-= OpenTelemetry Component
+= OpenTelemetry Component (deprecated)
 :doctitle: OpenTelemetry
 :shortname: opentelemetry
 :artifactid: camel-opentelemetry
 :description: Distributed tracing using OpenTelemetry
 :since: 3.5
-:supportlevel: Stable
+:supportlevel: Stable-deprecated
+:deprecated: *deprecated*
 :tabs-sync-option:
 //Manually maintained attributes
 :camel-spring-boot-name: opentelemetry
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ outgoing Camel messages using 
https://opentelemetry.io/[OpenTelemetry].
 Events (spans) are captured for incoming and outgoing messages being sent
 to/from Camel.
 
-NOTE: a new OpenTelemetry component `camel-opentelemetry2` is available. Learn 
more by looking the paragraph at the bottom of this document.
+NOTE: this component is deprecated since version 4.19.0. Please, use 
xref:opentelemetry2.adoc[`camel-opentelemetry2`] component instead.
 
 == Configuration
 
@@ -189,9 +190,3 @@ public class MySpanCustomizer implements SpanCustomizer {
     }
 }
 ----
-
-== Camel OpenTelemetry2 component
-
-In version 4.11 we have introduced a new OpenTelemetry component whose goal is 
to replace `camel-opentelemetry`. While we don't plan to drop the support for 
`camel-opentelemetry` in the short term, it is plausible that this component 
will be replaced with the new `camel-opentelemetry2` component when moving to 
the next major version (ie, Camel 5).
-
-The new component is based on a more consistent design. There may be slight 
differences on the traces produced and the available features. We suggest to 
adopt the new component as soon as possible to benefit the new design and to 
report any new requirement.
diff --git 
a/components/camel-opentelemetry/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/opentelemetry/OpenTelemetrySpanAdapter.java
 
b/components/camel-opentelemetry/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/opentelemetry/OpenTelemetrySpanAdapter.java
index d2961a96098b..78ee81dce954 100644
--- 
a/components/camel-opentelemetry/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/opentelemetry/OpenTelemetrySpanAdapter.java
+++ 
b/components/camel-opentelemetry/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/opentelemetry/OpenTelemetrySpanAdapter.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import org.apache.camel.tracing.SpanAdapter;
 import org.apache.camel.tracing.Tag;
 import org.apache.camel.tracing.TagConstants;
 
+@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 public class OpenTelemetrySpanAdapter implements SpanAdapter {
 
     private static final String DEFAULT_EVENT_NAME = "log";
diff --git 
a/components/camel-opentelemetry/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/opentelemetry/OpenTelemetryTracer.java
 
b/components/camel-opentelemetry/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/opentelemetry/OpenTelemetryTracer.java
index d05cabe2ac40..9ddec7b97530 100644
--- 
a/components/camel-opentelemetry/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/opentelemetry/OpenTelemetryTracer.java
+++ 
b/components/camel-opentelemetry/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/opentelemetry/OpenTelemetryTracer.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 @JdkService("opentelemetry-tracer")
 @Configurer
 @ManagedResource(description = "OpenTelemetryTracer")
+@Deprecated(since = "4.19.0")
 public class OpenTelemetryTracer extends org.apache.camel.tracing.Tracer {
 
     private static final Logger LOG = 
LoggerFactory.getLogger(OpenTelemetryTracer.class);
@@ -143,6 +144,8 @@ public class OpenTelemetryTracer extends 
org.apache.camel.tracing.Tracer {
 
     @Override
     protected void initContextPropagators() {
+        LOG.warn("Camel Opentelemetry component has been deprecated and may be 
removed in future versions. " +
+                 "Please, use camel-opentelemetry2 component instead!");
         if (contextPropagators == null) {
             contextPropagators = 
CamelContextHelper.findSingleByType(getCamelContext(), 
ContextPropagators.class);
         }
diff --git 
a/components/camel-opentelemetry/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/opentelemetry/OpenTelemetryTracingStrategy.java
 
b/components/camel-opentelemetry/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/opentelemetry/OpenTelemetryTracingStrategy.java
index 2d7f810e6e14..ecde52361ab3 100644
--- 
a/components/camel-opentelemetry/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/opentelemetry/OpenTelemetryTracingStrategy.java
+++ 
b/components/camel-opentelemetry/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/opentelemetry/OpenTelemetryTracingStrategy.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import 
org.apache.camel.support.processor.DelegateAsyncProcessor;
 import org.apache.camel.tracing.ActiveSpanManager;
 import org.apache.camel.tracing.SpanDecorator;
 
+@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 public class OpenTelemetryTracingStrategy implements InterceptStrategy {
 
     private static final String UNNAMED = "unnamed";
diff --git 
a/components/camel-opentelemetry/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/opentelemetry/CamelOpenTelemetryTestSupport.java
 
b/components/camel-opentelemetry/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/opentelemetry/CamelOpenTelemetryTestSupport.java
index 608c5effc0c8..1cde797bbaa1 100644
--- 
a/components/camel-opentelemetry/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/opentelemetry/CamelOpenTelemetryTestSupport.java
+++ 
b/components/camel-opentelemetry/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/opentelemetry/CamelOpenTelemetryTestSupport.java
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
 
 @Tags({ @Tag("not-parallel") })
 @SetSystemProperty(key = "io.opentelemetry.context.enableStrictContext", value 
= "true")
+@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 class CamelOpenTelemetryTestSupport extends CamelTestSupport {
     static final AttributeKey<String> CAMEL_URI_KEY = 
AttributeKey.stringKey("camel-uri");
     static final AttributeKey<String> COMPONENT_KEY = 
AttributeKey.stringKey("component");
diff --git 
a/components/camel-opentelemetry/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/opentelemetry/OpenTelemetryTracingStrategyPropagateContextTest.java
 
b/components/camel-opentelemetry/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/opentelemetry/OpenTelemetryTracingStrategyPropagateContextTest.java
index 03f70683fc65..7019f7e50b60 100644
--- 
a/components/camel-opentelemetry/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/opentelemetry/OpenTelemetryTracingStrategyPropagateContextTest.java
+++ 
b/components/camel-opentelemetry/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/opentelemetry/OpenTelemetryTracingStrategyPropagateContextTest.java
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ public class 
OpenTelemetryTracingStrategyPropagateContextTest extends CamelOpenT
     }
 
     @Override
+    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
     protected Function<OpenTelemetryTracer, InterceptStrategy> 
getTracingStrategy() {
         return (tracer) -> {
             OpenTelemetryTracingStrategy strategy = new 
OpenTelemetryTracingStrategy(tracer);
diff --git 
a/components/camel-opentelemetry/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/opentelemetry/OpenTelemetryTracingStrategyTest.java
 
b/components/camel-opentelemetry/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/opentelemetry/OpenTelemetryTracingStrategyTest.java
index aac8c4ab954f..0d1fa75ee72c 100644
--- 
a/components/camel-opentelemetry/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/opentelemetry/OpenTelemetryTracingStrategyTest.java
+++ 
b/components/camel-opentelemetry/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/opentelemetry/OpenTelemetryTracingStrategyTest.java
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ class OpenTelemetryTracingStrategyTest extends 
CamelOpenTelemetryTestSupport {
     }
 
     @Override
+    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
     protected Function<OpenTelemetryTracer, InterceptStrategy> 
getTracingStrategy() {
         return OpenTelemetryTracingStrategy::new;
     }
diff --git a/components/camel-tracing/pom.xml b/components/camel-tracing/pom.xml
index 9788c99b939c..3dbe480e5d2c 100644
--- a/components/camel-tracing/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-tracing/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
   <artifactId>camel-tracing</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <name>Camel :: Common Tracing</name>
+  <name>Camel :: Common Tracing (deprecated)</name>
   <description>Distributed tracing common interfaces</description>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git 
a/components/camel-tracing/src/generated/resources/META-INF/services/org/apache/camel/other.properties
 
b/components/camel-tracing/src/generated/resources/META-INF/services/org/apache/camel/other.properties
index cb34a1e2f6cb..273467747417 100644
--- 
a/components/camel-tracing/src/generated/resources/META-INF/services/org/apache/camel/other.properties
+++ 
b/components/camel-tracing/src/generated/resources/META-INF/services/org/apache/camel/other.properties
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ name=tracing
 groupId=org.apache.camel
 artifactId=camel-tracing
 version=4.19.0-SNAPSHOT
-projectName=Camel :: Common Tracing
+projectName=Camel :: Common Tracing (deprecated)
 projectDescription=Distributed tracing common interfaces
diff --git a/components/camel-tracing/src/generated/resources/tracing.json 
b/components/camel-tracing/src/generated/resources/tracing.json
index 725d30b61afb..22742aac116d 100644
--- a/components/camel-tracing/src/generated/resources/tracing.json
+++ b/components/camel-tracing/src/generated/resources/tracing.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     "name": "tracing",
     "title": "Tracing",
     "description": "Distributed tracing common interfaces",
-    "deprecated": false,
+    "deprecated": true,
     "firstVersion": "3.5.0",
     "label": "monitoring,microservice",
     "supportLevel": "Stable",
diff --git a/components/camel-tracing/src/main/docs/tracing.adoc 
b/components/camel-tracing/src/main/docs/tracing.adoc
index 2c57aa10930e..36a4bf6d25cd 100644
--- a/components/camel-tracing/src/main/docs/tracing.adoc
+++ b/components/camel-tracing/src/main/docs/tracing.adoc
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-= Tracing Component
+= Tracing Component (deprecated)
 :doctitle: Tracing
 :shortname: tracing
 :artifactid: camel-tracing
 :description: Distributed tracing common interfaces
 :since: 3.5
-:supportlevel: Stable
+:supportlevel: Stable-deprecated
+:deprecated: *deprecated*
 :tabs-sync-option:
 
 *Since Camel {since}*
@@ -14,6 +15,8 @@ This module is a common interface and API for distributed 
tracing. It is not int
 * xref:opentelemetry.adoc[`camel-opentelemetry`]
 * xref:observation.adoc[`camel-observation`]
 
+NOTE: this component and the related implementations are deprecated since 
version 4.19.0. Please, use xref:telemetry.adoc[`camel-telemetry`] components 
instead.
+
 Tracing an application in a distributed deployment is an important feature 
supported by Camel. As there are plenty of potential tracing implementation out 
there we have created an abstract component whose goal is to define the 
structure and lifecycle of a trace from Camel point of view. This component 
acts as a trace manager, making sure that regardless of the concrete technology 
used, the traces are consistently treated by Camel applications.
 
 Using any of the concrete implementations above will instrument your Camel 
application with the tooling required to generate and expose traces to be 
collected from an external system (typically a trace collector via an agent to 
be run when executing the application). However, this is hidden to the abstract 
implementation and must be delegated to the concrete implementation instead.
diff --git 
a/components/camel-tracing/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/tracing/Tracer.java 
b/components/camel-tracing/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/tracing/Tracer.java
index 855e3e8ac9aa..bb8041e41d9e 100644
--- 
a/components/camel-tracing/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/tracing/Tracer.java
+++ 
b/components/camel-tracing/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/tracing/Tracer.java
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ import org.apache.camel.util.StringHelper;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
+@Deprecated(since = "4.19.0")
 public abstract class Tracer extends ServiceSupport implements 
CamelTracingService, RoutePolicyFactory, StaticService {
     protected static final Map<String, SpanDecorator> DECORATORS = new 
HashMap<>();
     static final AutoCloseable NOOP_CLOSEABLE = () -> {
@@ -147,6 +148,8 @@ public abstract class Tracer extends ServiceSupport 
implements CamelTracingServi
      * Registers this {@link Tracer} on the {@link CamelContext} if not 
already registered.
      */
     public void init(CamelContext camelContext) {
+        LOG.warn("Camel tracing and related components have been deprecated 
and may be removed in future versions. " +
+                 "Please, use camel-telemetry components instead!");
         if (hasOtherTracerType(camelContext)) {
             LOG.warn("Could not add {} tracer type. Another tracer type, {}, 
was already registered. " +
                      "Make sure to include only one tracing dependency type.",
diff --git 
a/components/camel-tracing/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/tracing/ActiveSpanManagerTest.java
 
b/components/camel-tracing/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/tracing/ActiveSpanManagerTest.java
index 46781f6d0efe..ae1af1475ed1 100644
--- 
a/components/camel-tracing/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/tracing/ActiveSpanManagerTest.java
+++ 
b/components/camel-tracing/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/tracing/ActiveSpanManagerTest.java
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ class ActiveSpanManagerTest extends ExchangeTestSupport {
         ActiveSpanManager.activate(path2, parent);
     }
 
+    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
     @Test
     void testMDCSupport() {
         Exchange exchange = createExchange();

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