OpenTelemetry C++ v1.8.3

v1.8.3 release

Release of core packages

• opentelemetry-api
• opentelemetry-sdk

and exporter packages:

• opentelemetry-exporter-otlp (gRPC + HTTP/JSON)
• opentelemetry-exporter-etw

API

• No API change

SDK

• Provide version major/minor/patch macros #2014
• Rename the global SDK version variables to avoid naming clash #2011
• Add attributes for InstrumentationScope #2004
• [SDK] Fix missing ObservedTimestamp #1985

Exporter

• Fix Prometheus test iterator iterator increment #2006
• [ETW] Support serialize span/log attributes into JSON #1991
• [ETW] Do not overwrite ParentId when setting attribute on Span #1989
• Fix Prometheus server crash on listening to already used port #1986
• Boolean environment variables not parsed per the spec #1982
• Opentracing shim #1909

Build

• Add OPENTELEMETRY_INSTALL to allow user to skip install targets #2022
• Fix typo in CMakeLists.txt #2010
• Build OpenTelemetry SDK and exporters into DLL #1932
• Fix typo GENENV -> GETENV #1972

Metrics

• Performance improvement in measurement processing #1993
• Add benchmark tests for Sum Aggregation. #1948
• Fix variable names #1987

Sementic Convention

• Upgrade to version 1.18.0 #1974

Documentation

• Add alpine packages to INSTALL.md #1957

Examples

• Add example for logs ostream exporter #1992

New Contributors

• @svrnm made their first contribution in #1957
• @sproberts92 made their first contribution in #1972
• @MrSparc made their first contribution in #1992
• @abhinab-yb made their first contribution in #2010
• @chusitoo made their first contribution in #1909
• @tyler92 made their first contribution in #2025

Full Changelog: v1.8.2...v1.8.3

Notes:

Important changes:

• [BUILD] Build OpenTelemetry SDK and exporters into DLL #1932
  See this doc for details.
• [EXPORTER] OpenTracing shim #1909
  Implemented OpenTracing shim.