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OpenTelemetry Python API and SDK

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Merged PRs (30d): 19

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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332 open issues indexed

Run OTel scenarios without Docker Open

feature-request

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#3872 · Opened Apr 23, 2024
Configure dependabot to ignore certain files that specify dependencies Open

build & infra

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#3861 · Opened Apr 18, 2024
Unexpected behaviour observed after integrating with Otel Open

bug

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#3860 · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 18, 2024
Setting OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER_ARG=always_off results in no spans being exported Open

bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#3851 · 4 comments · Opened Apr 15, 2024
OLTP Span Exporter isn't compatible with HTTP 2 OLTP endpoints Open

bug

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#3833 · 15 comments · Opened Apr 4, 2024
Configurable number of export attempts Open

feature-request

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#3815 · 1 comment · 5 reactions · Opened Mar 28, 2024
Exception while exporting Span batch. Open

bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#3808 · 2 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Mar 22, 2024
Clarification: Implementation of custom LogRecordProcessor's Open

feature-request logging sdk

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#3806 · 2 comments · Opened Mar 22, 2024
starting celery in a systemd .service using "multi" results in no otel tracing Open

bug help wanted

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#3786 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 17, 2024
baggage and context are ignored. setting values is ignored. Open

bug

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#3783 · 3 comments · Opened Mar 15, 2024
problems with generated exponential histogram Open

bug

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#3767 · 5 comments · Opened Mar 8, 2024
Metric attributes does not accept all types of sequences Open

bug

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#3750 · 8 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 5, 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
`opentelemetry` + `streamlit` = `Overriding of current TracerProvider is not allowed messages` and `Attempting to instrument while already instrumented` Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#3743 · 6 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Mar 1, 2024
MyPy Complains About "TracerProvider" has no attribute "add_span_processor" Open

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#3713 · 4 comments · 4 reactions · Opened Feb 28, 2024
Traces not being sent with auto instrumentation Open

bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#3711 · 3 comments · Opened Feb 28, 2024
Application freezes up after X amount of transactions when running two TracerProviders Open

bug help wanted

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#3706 · Opened Feb 23, 2024
Help on how to add labels to metrics sent to Prometheus from automatic instrumentation Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#3690 · 1 comment · Opened Feb 17, 2024
Expose max_export_batch_size as environment variable Open

feature-request

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#3687 · 1 comment · Opened Feb 15, 2024
Resource Detectors produce blank Exception() after 5 seconds Open

bug

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#3644 · 4 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Jan 22, 2024
why meet the opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus error when installing langchain-serve Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#3638 · 1 comment · Opened Jan 19, 2024
Add declarative configuration prototype Open

config feature-request

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#3631 · 2 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Jan 12, 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
Is there a way to make loguru automatically print the trace_id in logs like logging does? Open

feature-request logging

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#3615 · 5 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Jan 5, 2024
upgrade opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin-proto-http protobuf dependency Open

feature-request

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 48/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#3612 · 6 comments · 9 reactions · Opened Jan 2, 2024
Little confused about B3MultiFormat key name spell Open

feature-request

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#3598 · 1 comment · Opened Dec 21, 2023
Use customized aggregation Open

feature-request metrics

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#3569 · 3 comments · Opened Dec 4, 2023
Opentelemetry prometheus exported datadog parser error Open

bug

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#3568 · Opened Dec 4, 2023
Multiple `metric_readers` causes deadlock Open

bug

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#3697 · 2 comments · Opened Nov 30, 2023
Document baggage propagation Open

doc

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#3561 · 2 comments · Opened Nov 29, 2023
Fix the cyclic imports Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#3537 · Opened Nov 21, 2023
console exporter should configure a simple span processor Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#3526 · 1 reaction · Opened Nov 14, 2023
Phantom Metrics being emitted Open

bug

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#3518 · 3 comments · Opened Nov 8, 2023
File and fallback exporters Open

feature-request

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#3515 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Nov 7, 2023
Virtual memory usage is high when imported with threads Open

bug

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#3512 · 2 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Nov 6, 2023
Auto instrumentation is not working Open

auto-instrumentation bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#3482 · 19 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Oct 25, 2023
Add type data to semconv Open

feature-request help wanted

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#3481 · 2 comments · Opened Oct 25, 2023
TraceId, SpanId 0 in logs from exception handler for Exception class - FastAPI app Open

bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#3477 · 9 comments · 12 reactions · Opened Oct 16, 2023
When add the pythontracing, the pressure test shows the CPU usage increased from 13% to 30% Open

bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 28/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#3474 · 8 comments · Opened Oct 12, 2023
Logging AutoInstrumentation does not support capturing INFO logs Open

bug logging

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#3473 · 13 comments · 11 reactions · Opened Oct 11, 2023
Prometheus exporter: omit empty otel_scope_info and otel_target_info metrics Open

feature-request

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#3455 · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 2, 2023
Service name not changing automatic instrumentation django Open

bug

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#3409 · 4 comments · Opened Aug 22, 2023
Forking with PeriodicExportingMetricReader results in ValueError Open

bug

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#3402 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 11, 2023
Move synchronous gauge to stability Open

api feature-request metrics sdk

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#3363 · 4 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Jun 29, 2023
Stabilize Logs Open

feature-request logging

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#3361 · 11 comments · 7 reactions · Opened Jun 27, 2023
Explicit context passed to trace.start_as_current_span does not become current Open

api bug sdk tracing

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#3350 · 3 comments · 6 reactions · Opened Jun 15, 2023
Update postfork example Open

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#3339 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 7, 2023
Support propagating span, trace ids via environment variable Open

feature-request

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#3313 · 2 comments · Opened May 22, 2023
Clarify support for forking process models Open

feature-request

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#3307 · 21 comments · 6 reactions · Opened May 10, 2023
Common JSON encoding Open

feature-request

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python#3283 · 2 comments · Opened Apr 26, 2023

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