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Out of the box support for uWSGI

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Description

Setting up OpenTelemetry needs additional manual steps when working with uWSGI as documented here: https://opentelemetry-python.readthedocs.io/en/latest/examples/fork-process-model/README.html#uwsgi-postfork-decorator

This should not be required if a user is invokes the opentelemetry-instrument command to auto-instrument their uWSGI based service.

Hint: pre instrumentation hook might be helpful to implement this.

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction

Start with the linked fork-process-model documentation, especially the uWSGI postfork decorator, then trace how the opentelemetry-instrument command discovers and initializes instrumentation. Confirm the expected pre-instrumentation hook behavior and test that a uWSGI-based service no longer needs the documented manual setup.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
backend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
48/100

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