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Protect auto instrumentation against unintended usage
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feature-request
- Dominant language
- Python
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Description
This line from #2046 shows that auto instrumentation may be used in an unintended way, Protect auto instrumentation against this unintended usage.
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 referenced line from pull request #2046 and inspect the surrounding auto-instrumentation usage. Determine what unintended usage must be prevented and where that behavior is controlled; done means the identified misuse is protected against and the resulting behavior is verified.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- observability
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100