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Support for async exporters

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Description

Originally from https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/issues/62

Currently exporter interfaces for all signals only expose a regular blocking export function. It would be nice to have async variants.

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reviewing the exporter interfaces for all signals and the original issue at opentelemetry-python/issues/62. Determine the intended async API scope and compatibility requirements; the work is done when async variants are defined for the relevant exporter interfaces and their expected behavior is specified.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
api, backend, distributed-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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