opensearch-project / opensearch-project/data-prepper

Update Java Bindings for the OpenTelemetry Protocol

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Description

The currently used OTLP protocol implementation is outdated (1.0.1-alpha). Although it is still marked as alpha it would be great if a more recent OTLP protobuf implementation would be used since some OTEL features (metrics ExponentialHistogram, etc) have changed since and consequently could be supported by Data Prepper.

Note: the OTLP proto implementation got new Maven coordinates. See the release notes of v1.9.0 for more details.

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First steps

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by locating the current OTLP 1.0.1-alpha dependency and its usage in the Java project, then compare it with the Maven coordinates described in the OpenTelemetry v1.9.0 release notes. Update the dependency and verify that the Java build and tests pass with the newer OTLP protobuf implementation and its newer feature definitions.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
observability-sre
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
65/100

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