open-telemetry / open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python
Add support for OTEL_LOG_LEVEL env variable
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logging
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Description
The spec describes environment variables that should be supported to configure the log level, this feature request is to add support in the current implementation.
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
Read the linked OpenTelemetry environment-variable specification, then trace the current implementation's log-level configuration entry point. Add support for OTEL_LOG_LEVEL and verify that the configured value controls logging consistently with the specification.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- observability
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100