open-telemetry / open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp

[Metrics API] Add support for histogram advice API

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Description

Experimental histogram advice API to enable instrumentation library suggest histogram buckets - https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/main/specification/metrics/api.md#instrument-advice

Contributor guide

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Read the linked OpenTelemetry metrics API specification and inspect the repository's existing Metrics API entry points. Done means the experimental histogram advice API is supported according to that specification and validated by relevant tests.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
api, observability-sre
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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