open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby

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OpenTelemetry Ruby API & SDK, and related gems

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Forks: 301
Open beginner issues: 4
Indexed issues: 102
Avg merge: 3d 19h
Merged PRs (30d): 42

Dominant language: Ruby
License: Apache-2.0
Last GitHub push: Sep 17, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
Contributing guide: Contributing guide
Code of conduct: Code of conduct
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102 open issues indexed

Remove the legacy global provider compatibility shims Open

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby#2414 · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 18, 2026
Release sequencing for instrumentation-only metrics and logs Open

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby#2413 · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 18, 2026
Release PR #2405 failed with errors Open

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

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby#2410 · Opened Sep 16, 2026
Release PR #2405 failed with errors Open

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

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby#2409 · Opened Sep 16, 2026
Release PR #2405 failed with errors Open

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby#2407 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 15, 2026
Release PR #2405 failed with errors Open

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

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby#2406 · Opened Sep 15, 2026
Release automation creates public tags/releases before RubyGems publication succeeds Open

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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby#2399 · Opened Sep 13, 2026
Continue gem inheritance Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby#2391 · Opened Sep 10, 2026
Remove deprecated Jaeger gem Open

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

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby#2385 · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Add schema_url to Resources Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby#2382 · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Add schema_url to InstrumentationScope Open

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

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby#2381 · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Add schema_url Open

logs metrics spec-compliance spec:stable

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby#2380 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Use the spec-recommended 10000ms default interval for the stdout exporter Open

bug good first issue metrics spec-compliance spec:stable

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

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby#2373 · 2 comments · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Read `OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_DEFAULT_HISTOGRAM_AGGREGATION` Open

enhancement good first issue metrics spec-compliance spec:stable

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 76/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby#2372 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Follow HTTP redirects in the OTLP Metrics exporter Open

bug metrics spec-compliance spec:stable

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

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby#2371 · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Fix per-timeseries async cumulative start-timestamp distinction Open

bug metrics spec-compliance spec:development

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby#2370 · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Implement `maxExportBatchSize` on the periodic reader Open

enhancement metrics spec-compliance spec:development

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

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby#2369 · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Add NaN/Infinity handling policy across aggregations Open

bug metrics spec-compliance spec:stable

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby#2368 · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Make `ExemplarReservoir` implementations internally thread-safe Open

bug metrics spec-compliance spec:stable

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby#2367 · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Fix exponential-histogram exemplar-reservoir default sizing Open

bug metrics spec-compliance spec:stable

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

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby#2366 · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Guard against registering one `MetricReader` on two `MeterProvider`s Open

bug metrics spec-compliance spec:stable

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 76/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby#2365 · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Have `MetricReader#Collect` report a status instead of raw data Open

bug metrics spec-compliance spec:stable

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby#2364 · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Stop over-validating instrument `unit`/`description`; coerce `nil` to `''` Open

bug metrics spec-compliance spec:stable

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

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby#2363 · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Fix duplicate instrument registration warning to only fire on real conflicts, and add smarter remediation Open

bug metrics spec-compliance spec:stable

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby#2362 · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Make `add_view` apply retroactively to existing instruments Open

bug metrics spec-compliance spec:stable

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 76/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby#2361 · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Add missing View selection/stream-config fields (`meter_schema_url`, `description`, `exemplar_reservoir`) and a conflicting-identity warning Open

enhancement metrics spec-compliance spec:stable

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby#2360 · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Fix View `attribute_keys` to behave as an allowlist (with exclude list) Open

bug metrics spec-compliance spec:stable

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 74/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby#2359 · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Block `Collect`/`Export` after `Shutdown` Open

bug metrics spec-compliance spec:stable

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

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby#2358 · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Make instrument name conflict detection case-insensitive Open

bug good first issue metrics spec-compliance spec:stable

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

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby#2357 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Add a `MetricProducer` interface Open

enhancement metrics spec-compliance spec:stable

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby#2356 · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Handle `partial_success` in OTLP Logs export responses Open

bug logs spec-compliance spec:stable

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 76/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby#2355 · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Harden OTLP `AnyValue`/`TraceFlags` encoding for unsupported/ambiguous types Open

bug logs spec-compliance spec:stable

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

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby#2354 · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Document/add concurrency-safety to Console and OTLP exporters' `ForceFlush`/`Shutdown` Open

bug logs spec-compliance spec:stable

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

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby#2353 · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Implement the event-to-span-event bridge processor Open

enhancement logs spec-compliance spec:development

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

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby#2352 · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Log attribute-discard messages at most once per `LogRecord` (both truncation paths) Open

bug logs spec-compliance spec:stable

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

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby#2351 · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Restrict `Logger` construction to `LoggerProvider` only Open

enhancement logs spec-compliance spec:stable

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 64/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby#2350 · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Support an `exception:` param on `Logger#on_emit with semconv attribute bridging Open

enhancement logs spec-compliance spec:stable

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

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby#2349 · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Implement `Logger#enabled?` Open

enhancement logs spec-compliance spec:stable

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 65/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby#2348 · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Add an ergonomic/event-focused convenience API for Logs Open

enhancement logs spec-compliance spec:development

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

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby#2347 · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Add `attributes` support to LoggerProvider#logger Open

enhancement logs spec-compliance spec:stable

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

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby#2346 · Opened Sep 9, 2026
`PeriodicMetricReader#shutdown` should include effects of `force_flush` Open

bug metrics spec-compliance

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby#2345 · 2 comments · Opened Sep 8, 2026
Add a small http hook to OpenTelemetry::Exporter::OTLP::Metrics::MetricsExporter Open

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

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby#2343 · Opened Sep 8, 2026
Declarative Configuration updates Open

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

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby#2334 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 4, 2026
ExponentialBucketHistogram downscales far past what the data requires Open

bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby#2300 · 6 comments · Opened Aug 20, 2026
Asynchronous instruments produce incorrect cumulative and delta output Open

bug stale

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

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby#2293 · 5 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Aug 11, 2026
LogRecord#attributes= setter does not update @total_recorded_attributes Open

bug

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 74/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby#2194 · 9 comments · Opened Jun 12, 2026
Consolidating proto/ and common functions into opentelemetry-common/ Open

enhancement

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

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby#2170 · 7 comments · Opened Jun 3, 2026
[Feature Request] Add Official Metrics Support to OTLP Exporters Open

metrics stale

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 42/100

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby#2162 · 4 comments · Opened May 26, 2026
Define registry api in api gem Open

keep

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

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby#2154 · 2 comments · Opened May 19, 2026
Document interaction between View attribute filtering and Exemplars Open

keep metrics

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

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby#2129 · 2 comments · Opened May 11, 2026

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