Reno Seo developed runtime metrics support for Application Signals, focusing on enhancing observability in Kubernetes and EKS environments. Working across the aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent and aws-observability/helm-charts repositories, Reno unified metrics collection and processing between agent and deployment configurations. The implementation enabled consistent labeling and transformation of runtime metrics for Java and Python applications, improving deployment-time telemetry. Using Go, YAML, and OpenTelemetry, Reno’s work allowed for comprehensive monitoring by integrating runtime metrics into both agent and operator configurations. The depth of the solution addressed both data collection and configuration management, resulting in a more cohesive and maintainable observability stack for cloud deployments.