US Patent 12107743 Constraint-based event-driven telemetry

A network device includes one or more ports that are interfaces configured to communicate with other network devices in a network; and circuitry configured to obtain a plurality of data elements, based on operation of the network device, check a predicate with any of the plurality of data elements, and perform any of, responsive to the predicate, i) stream a first set of one or more of the plurality of data elements to a management system, ii) cease a stream of a second set of one or more of the plurality of data elements, and iii) a combination thereof.