open-telemetry / open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp
[REMOVAL] Remove opentelemetry::plugin - On hold 2026-10-01
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Description
Remove opentelemetry::plugin.
Planned for October 1st, 2026.
See deprecation announcement:
- #4021
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading the deprecation announcement in issue #4021 and locating the opentelemetry::plugin API in the repository. Done means the plugin is removed as planned on October 1, 2026, with the affected build and test references updated accordingly.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- observability-sre
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100