open-telemetry / open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby
Support the new W3C random flag.
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- Ruby
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Description
Have SpanContext support the new W3C random flag.
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 reading SpanContext and the linked W3C trace-ID randomness specification, then inspect how existing trace flags are represented. Done means SpanContext supports the new random flag consistently with that specification.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- ruby
- Domain
- observability
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100