open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python

OpenTelemetry Python API and SDK

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Dominant language: Python
License: Apache-2.0
Last GitHub push: Sep 18, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
Contributing guide: Contributing guide
Code of conduct: Code of conduct
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13 beginner-friendly issues open

[bug] View initialization fails to detect character pattern wildcards ('[', ']') in instrument_name when name is set Open

bug

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 90/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#5664 · 4 comments · Opened Sep 16, 2026
Flaky BatchProcessor shutdown test fails on Windows/PyPy Open

bug tests

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 88/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#5663 · Opened Sep 16, 2026
Span.set_status: a bare Status(ERROR) replaces an existing Status(ERROR, description) and drops the description Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 85/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#5661 · Opened Sep 14, 2026
Tests in test_metric_reader_storage.py assert on process-global mock state instead of on the storage under test Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 88/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#5638 · Opened Sep 8, 2026
`SpanProcessor.on_end` exceptions escape cleanup and replace application exceptions Open

bug

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 84/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#5624 · Opened Sep 4, 2026
PeriodicExportingMetricReader discards its shutdown timeout Open

bug

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 78/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#5574 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 23, 2026
W3C Baggage propagator uses form encoding instead of percent encoding Open

bug

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 78/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#5566 · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 23, 2026
BoundedAttributes: _clean_extended_attribute returns None for both invalid input and valid AnyValue(None), causing invalid attributes to be written instead of dropped Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 72/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#5432 · 3 comments · Opened Jul 18, 2026
Update Logging API/SDK end use documentation Open

doc feature-request

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 65/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#4738 · 3 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Sep 8, 2025
Improve error logging for OTLP gRPC exporter Open

feature-request

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 68/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#4393 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 22, 2025
CORE/CONTRIB_REPO_SHA should point to an actual SHA instead of main Open

build & infra enhancement

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 84/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#4305 · 3 comments · Opened Nov 22, 2024
Prometheus exporter does not work with multiprocessing Open

bug doc help wanted

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 65/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#3747 · 3 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Mar 2, 2024
Add Warning for Endpoint Mismatch in OTLP GRPC Exporter Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 68/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#3619 · 1 comment · Opened Jan 6, 2024

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