open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib

OpenTelemetry instrumentation for Python modules

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Indexed issues: 549
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Merged PRs (30d): 16

Dominant language: Python
License: Apache-2.0
Last GitHub push: Sep 18, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
Contributing guide: Contributing guide
Code of conduct: Code of conduct
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549 open issues indexed

Logging: don't include injected trace context attributes in emitted records Open

feature-request

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#5071 · Opened Sep 18, 2026
`LoggingInstrumentor` `log_hook` only runs when there is an active span Open

bug

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#5069 · Opened Sep 17, 2026
[grpc] AIO server spans record uncaught exceptions twice Open

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#5068 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 16, 2026
[boto3sqs] delete_message_batch returns inside its loop, so it handles the first entry only Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 88/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#5061 · Opened Sep 14, 2026
sqlalchemy: modernize`db.client.connection.count` metric Open

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#5060 · 3 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 14, 2026
Instrumentation request: IBM MQ (ibmmq and pymqi clients) Open

feature-request

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#5059 · 1 reaction · Opened Sep 13, 2026
grpc: invoke callable hooks that do not expose __name__ Open

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#5054 · Opened Sep 12, 2026
opamp: do not enable heartbeats after the initial connection job fails Open

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#5053 · Opened Sep 12, 2026
sqlalchemy: db.operation.name carries the database name as well as the operation Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 74/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#5042 · Opened Sep 10, 2026
gRPC: disable_next_message_compression() raises AttributeError with server instrumentation Open

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#5034 · Opened Sep 8, 2026
There is no policy regarding which instrumentations to accept Open

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#5028 · 2 comments · Opened Sep 3, 2026
opentelemetry-instrumentation: read declarative configuration from ConfigProvider in BaseInstrumentor Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#5027 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 3, 2026
Flaky celery test Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#5009 · Opened Aug 28, 2026
starlette / fastapi: handle co-existence with native telemetry Open

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#5000 · 3 comments · Opened Aug 26, 2026
Deprecate `bedrock` instrumentation package once new instrumentation in `opentelemetry-python-genai` is ready Open

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#4999 · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 26, 2026
Bedrock embedding calls are tagged with `chat` instead of `embeddings` Open

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#4996 · Opened Aug 25, 2026
Quart apps are not autoinstrumented Open

bug

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#4994 · Opened Aug 25, 2026
Possible memory leak in aiohttp-client instrumentation Open

bug

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#4991 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 24, 2026
requests instrumentation: document request_hook mutation and propagation ordering Open

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#4990 · Opened Aug 24, 2026
redis: db.namespace is not shown for Redis database index in stable semconv mode Open

bug

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 78/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#4986 · 3 comments · Opened Aug 22, 2026
traced_execution_async` in `opentelemetry-instrumentation-dbapi` ignores instrumentation suppression Open

bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 72/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#4981 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 21, 2026
Update db instrumentations documentation around OTEL_SEMCONV_STABILITY_OPT_IN Open

documentation good first issue

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#4980 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 20, 2026
http server instrumentations: make it possible to sample according to captured headers Open

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#4975 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 19, 2026
exceptions: review reported semantic conventions Open

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#4972 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 18, 2026
pika: add opt-in `messaging.rabbitmq.cluster.name` / `messaging.rabbitmq.vhost.name` span attributes Open

feature-request

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#4963 · Opened Aug 16, 2026
Pull Request Dashboard Open

dashboard

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#4959 · Opened Aug 14, 2026
`openai` 3.x: `server.address` / `server.port` are never recorded (`isinstance` check misses `httpx2.URL`) Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 78/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#4953 · 3 comments · Opened Aug 12, 2026
LoggingInstrumentor: uninstrument() leaves the basicConfig format string asking for otel fields, so every later record fails to format Open

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#4949 · Opened Aug 12, 2026
why do traceresponsepropagators not extract? Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#4946 · 3 reactions · Opened Aug 11, 2026
Invalid wheel metadata in opentelemetry-resource-detector-azure 0.1.5 (Metadata-Version 2.3 with PEP 639 fields) Open

bug

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#4945 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 11, 2026
Bare lower-bound constraints on pre-1.0 (0.x) target libraries are not meaningful compatibility constraints Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#4931 · Opened Aug 6, 2026
opentelemetry-instrumentation-celery: spans lost when worker_max_tasks_per_child recycles the pool child Open

bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#4916 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 2, 2026
Remove `packaging` as a runtime dependency of `opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy` Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#4887 · Opened Jul 28, 2026
Remove `packaging` as a runtime dependency of `opentelemetry-instrumentation-pika` Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 72/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#4886 · Opened Jul 28, 2026
Remove `packaging` as a runtime dependency of `opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask` Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 72/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#4885 · Opened Jul 28, 2026
Remove `packaging` as a runtime dependency of `opentelemetry-instrumentation-falcon` Open

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#4884 · Opened Jul 28, 2026
Remove `packaging` as a runtime dependency of `opentelemetry-instrumentation` Open

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#4882 · Opened Jul 28, 2026
kafka-python instrumentation: span lifetime does not fully encompass the instrumented operation, making synchronous failures invisible Open

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#4871 · Opened Jul 25, 2026
Flaky sqlalchemy tests on Pypy Open

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#4817 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 15, 2026
Update bootstrap_gen to detect GenAI libraries with instrumentations Open

feature-request gen-ai

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#4816 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 14, 2026
Flaky aiohttp-server test Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 66/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#4811 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 13, 2026
feat(kafka): add messaging.kafka.cluster.id to Kafka producer/consumer spans Open

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#4809 · Opened Jul 13, 2026
Triage: open issues recommended for closure Open

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#4808 · 2 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Jul 13, 2026
`opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy`: capture `db.query.parameter.<key>` Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#4797 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 13, 2026
`opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiopg`: capture `db.query.parameter.<key>` Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 58/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#4796 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 13, 2026
`opentelemetry-instrumentation-tortoiseorm`: capture `db.query.parameter.<key>` Open

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#4795 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 13, 2026
`opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncpg`: capture `db.query.parameter.<key>` Open

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#4794 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 13, 2026
`opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlite3`: expose `capture_parameters` Open

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#4793 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 13, 2026
`opentelemetry-instrumentation-pymssql`: expose `capture_parameters` Open

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#4792 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 13, 2026
`opentelemetry-instrumentation-pymysql`: expose `capture_parameters` Open

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#4791 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 13, 2026

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