open-telemetry / open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp

Support the new W3C random flag.

Open
#3,765 2 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

bug Stale triage/accepted
Dominant language
C++
Stars
1.4k
Forks
632
Avg merge
1d 13h
Merged PRs (30d)
75

Description

Have SpanContext support the new W3C random flag.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

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

Start with the SpanContext implementation and the linked W3C trace randomness specification to understand the requested flag. Locate the existing SpanContext tests and determine how support is represented and verified. Done means SpanContext supports the new random flag with coverage for the relevant behavior.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

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

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.