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Respect X-Amzn-Trace-Id header from AWS Application Load Balancer
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Description
Hey!
I can't seem to get the WSGI instrumentation to respect the X-Amzn-Trace-Id header.
I'm aware there are possibly similar issues such as:
- https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/aws-load-balancer-controller/issues/2842
- https://github.com/aws-observability/aws-otel-collector/issues/738
I'm not sure where the best place for this issue is? If someone could point me in the right direction I might be able to create a PR.
Thanks
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Research direction
Start at the WSGI instrumentation entry point and trace how request headers are extracted. Determine the expected handling for X-Amzn-Trace-Id and identify coverage for AWS Application Load Balancer trace context; done means the header is respected and the behavior is verified.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- aws, python
- Domain
- backend, observability-sre
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100