open-telemetry / open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib

Question: how to report internal instrumentation errors for troubleshooting purposes

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Description

Some OTel SDKs (Java, .NET) provide internal diagnostics for troubleshooting. Are there any recommendation or examples for Python on how to report errors that happened in the instrumentations?

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Research direction

Review the linked Java and .NET README troubleshooting sections, then search the Python contrib repository for existing guidance on reporting instrumentation errors. Done means documenting a clear Python recommendation or examples for reporting internal instrumentation failures; the issue names no Python file or test.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
observability-sre
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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