open-telemetry / open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python
Support Otlp Profiling
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Description
Is your feature request related to a problem?
Otlp-Profiling is now in alpha, and we'd like to see SDKs implement support for it, especially for things that the opentelemetry-ebpf-profiler cannot profile or only with very high overhead, such as heap profiling data.
Bonus for supporting process context and thread context (we've looked into this one a little, and 3.14's PyContext_AddWatcher combined with thread-context-sharing should be viable) when they're ready.
The profiling working group would welcome questions or input, and feel free to join the fortnightly call. All information about the call is at the top of our running meeting notes.
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Research direction
No files, tests, or entry points are identified. Start by reviewing the OTLP Profiling proposal and the linked process-context and thread-context specification work, then consult the profiling working group for scope and implementation guidance. Done means the Python SDK has an agreed, tested support plan for profiling data and the relevant context features.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- observability
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100