open-telemetry / open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib
[instrumentation-grpc] Restore metrics
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- Python
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Description
The grpc instrumentation used to produce metrics: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/blob/metrics/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/grpc/_client.py
This issue is to restore that functionality.
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
Compare the current gRPC instrumentation with the historical instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/grpc/_client.py linked in the issue. Trace how metrics were previously produced, then verify that the restored gRPC instrumentation emits the expected metrics.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- grpc, python
- Domain
- observability-sre
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100