open-feature / open-feature/flagd

[FEATURE] Implement a possibility to track changeEvents throughout the whole software lifecycle

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Description

Requirements

The 'in-process' providers work great; tracking information spread from flag to the contrib-sdks is hard. It would be a nice addition if we generate and populate a trace ID from flagd to its consumers so we can easily connect logs from all services together.

Goal

Provide an otel trace ID when emitting change events and initial connection with flagd. So we can also utilize them among the providers.

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction

Start by locating the code that emits change events and handles the initial connection with flagd, then trace how providers and contrib-SDK consumers receive those events. Define how an OpenTelemetry trace ID is generated and propagated across the full lifecycle; done means change events and the initial connection expose a usable ID to consumers.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go
Domain
distributed-systems, observability-sre
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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