open-telemetry / open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python
Refactor baggage management in OT Shim
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Description
Make baggage be passed to child spans.
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 by locating the OT Shim's baggage-management code and the point where child spans are created. Trace how baggage is currently handled, then verify that child spans receive the intended baggage and that existing behavior remains intact.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- observability-sre
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100