Intrumentation for Next.js Server side apps

docs/instrument/apps/auto-instrumentation/express.md

@@ -2046,7 +2046,7 @@ calls in real time.
   trace context into an Express API
 - [NestJS Instrumentation](./nestjs.md) - Structured framework that runs on top
   of Express
-- [Next.js Instrumentation](./nextjs.md) - Full-stack React framework on Node.js
+- [Next.js Instrumentation](./nextjs-scout.md) - Full-stack React framework on Node.js
 - [Fastify Instrumentation](./fastify.md) - High-performance Node.js web
   framework
 - [Hono Instrumentation](./hono.md) - Lightweight, edge-first Node.js framework

docs/instrument/apps/auto-instrumentation/index.md

@@ -63,8 +63,9 @@ your collector is working first, try the
 | Elysia (Bun)      | [Elysia](./elysia)               | HTTP requests, middleware, structured logging     |
 | tRPC              | [tRPC](./trpc)                   | Procedures, Prisma queries, PostgreSQL            |
 | NestJS            | [NestJS](./nestjs)               | Controllers, services, guards, interceptors       |
-| Next.js           | [Next.js](./nextjs)              | SSR, API routes, middleware, React components     |
+| Next.js           | [Next.js](./nextjs-scout)        | SSR, route handlers, outbound fetch — direct OTLP to Scout, no collector |
 | Next.js (full-stack) | [Next.js Full-Stack](./nextjs-fullstack) | Browser + server traces, error boundaries, Web Vitals, OTLP proxy route |
+| Next.js (collector) | [Next.js Collector](./nextjs)  | SSR, API routes, middleware, React components — exports to your collector |
 | Node.js (generic) | [Node.js](./nodejs)              | HTTP, filesystem, child processes                 |
 | Vercel AI SDK     | [Vercel AI SDK](./vercel-ai-sdk) | LLM calls, AI pipelines, token/cost tracking      |
 

docs/instrument/apps/auto-instrumentation/nestjs.md

@@ -1450,7 +1450,7 @@ Complete working example:
 
 - [Express Instrumentation](./express.md) - The HTTP layer NestJS runs on by
   default
-- [Next.js Instrumentation](./nextjs.md) - Full-stack React framework on Node.js
+- [Next.js Instrumentation](./nextjs-scout.md) - Full-stack React framework on Node.js
 - [Fastify Instrumentation](./fastify.md) - Alternate NestJS HTTP adapter
 - [Hono Instrumentation](./hono.md) - Lightweight Node.js web framework
 - [BullMQ Instrumentation](./bullmq.md) - Trace the background jobs NestJS

docs/instrument/apps/auto-instrumentation/nextjs-fullstack.md

@@ -44,6 +44,15 @@ Storing and querying this data at production volume is what base14 Scout does.
 
 :::
 
+:::info Server side only?
+
+This guide covers browser and server together, exporting to a collector. If you
+only need the server side, or you have nowhere to run a collector, start with
+[Next.js](./nextjs-scout.md) — direct OTLP to Scout with OIDC client
+credentials — and add the browser tier from here on top.
+
+:::
+
 ## Introduction
 
 Instrument a Next.js App Router application with OpenTelemetry on both sides of