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@adp2201 adp2201 commented Mar 11, 2026

Summary

Blog post announcing deprecation of OpenTracing compatibility requirements in the OpenTelemetry specification.

This version is updated to match the merged specification change in
open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification#4938.

Content

This post communicates:

  • what changed in spec scope,
  • why the project is making this change now,
  • the merged timeline language from the specification, and
  • what users should do if they still depend on OpenTracing shims.

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  • content/en/blog/2026/deprecating-opentracing-compatibility.md

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This PR is ready for sponsor review from the specification side and docs review from open-telemetry/docs-maintainers.

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  • npm run check:markdown -- content/en/blog/2026/deprecating-opentracing-compatibility.md
  • npm run check:spelling -- content/en/blog/2026/deprecating-opentracing-compatibility.md
  • npm run check:text -- content/en/blog/2026/deprecating-opentracing-compatibility.md

PREVIEW: https://deploy-preview-9386--opentelemetry.netlify.app/blog/2026/deprecating-opentracing-compatibility/

Fixes #9385

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svrnm commented Mar 16, 2026

See my comment on this issue, this depends on the PR being merged over in the spec repo

@adp2201 adp2201 changed the title Draft: blog post for OpenTracing compatibility deprecation Blog post for OpenTracing compatibility deprecation Apr 8, 2026
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adp2201 commented Apr 8, 2026

Updated this PR to be review-ready:

@open-telemetry/specs-approvers, could someone please sponsor/review this from the specification side? After that, docs approval can follow.

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LGTM! I've set the publication date to Tuesday, April 14.

@pellared, PTAL. Thanks!

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/fix

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otelbot-docs Bot commented Apr 9, 2026

fix applied successfully in run 24205181993.

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@pellared, we'll need your approval before we can publish tomorrow. Thanks!

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adp2201 commented Apr 16, 2026

Addressed the requested blog content changes, updated the publication date to 2026-04-23, and merged current main to resolve the static/refcache.json conflict. The review threads are resolved. @pellared PTAL.

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/fix:refcache

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adp2201 commented Apr 20, 2026

/fix:refcache

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chalin commented Apr 20, 2026

/fix:refcache

@adp2201 et all: that won't do it because there are conflicts. I'm working on resolving this now.

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chalin commented Apr 20, 2026

@tiffany76 @adp2201 - conflicts resolved.

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