PowerShell / PowerShell/DSC

Should the DSC engine prepend the resource name to traces?

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Area-OpenTelemetry Issue-Enhancement
Dominant language
Rust
Stars
523
Forks
75
Avg merge
3d 16h
Merged PRs (30d)
24

Description

Summary of the new feature / enhancement

As a user, I want to know which resource emitted the trace.
See https://github.com/PowerShell/DSC/pull/1394 for an example.

Proposed technical implementation details (optional)

The engine prepends the resource name to the trace.

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reviewing pull request #1394 and tracing the DSC engine code it changes. Identify where engine traces are emitted and how resource names are available there. Done means traces consistently include the resource name, with tests covering the updated output.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
observability
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
42/100

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