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[opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc] Support for metrics
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feature-request
- Dominant language
- Python
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Description
What problem do you want to solve?
Currently there are traces but no metrics. Having OTEL metrics for gRPC servers and clients is an incredibly useful feature.
Describe the solution you'd like
Metrics should be generated based on the OTEL specs similar to the go libraries that support it.
Additional Context
https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/semconv/rpc/rpc-metrics/
Would you like to implement a fix?
Yes
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 with the OpenTelemetry RPC metrics specification linked in the issue and inspect the existing gRPC instrumentation entry points. Done means producing OTEL-compliant metrics for both gRPC servers and clients, covering the relevant specification requirements.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- observability-sre
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100