microsoft-opentelemetry 0.1.0b2

Minimal template for the Microsoft OpenTelemetry distro for Python

microsoft-opentelemetry

Python package for a Microsoft OpenTelemetry distribution that provides a single onboarding experience for observability across Azure Monitor, OTLP-compatible backends, and Microsoft Agent 365 style integrations.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Python 3.10 or later — Install Python
• Azure subscription (optional, for Azure Monitor) — Create a free account
• Application Insights resource (optional) — How to use Application Insights

Install the package

Install the Microsoft OpenTelemetry Distro with pip:

pip install microsoft-opentelemetry

Usage

Use use_microsoft_opentelemetry to set up instrumentation for your application. All passed-in parameters take priority over any related environment variables.

from microsoft.opentelemetry import use_microsoft_opentelemetry

use_microsoft_opentelemetry(
    enable_azure_monitor=True,
    azure_monitor_connection_string="InstrumentationKey=...;IngestionEndpoint=...",
)

Configuration Options

Keyword argument	Type	Default	Description
enable_azure_monitor	bool	False	Enable Azure Monitor export.
azure_monitor_connection_string	str	None	Connection string for Application Insights. Also read from APPLICATIONINSIGHTS_CONNECTION_STRING env var.
azure_monitor_exporter_credential	TokenCredential	None	Azure AD token credential for authentication.
azure_monitor_enable_live_metrics	bool	True	Enable live metrics collection.
azure_monitor_enable_performance_counters	bool	True	Enable performance counter collection.
azure_monitor_exporter_disable_offline_storage	bool	False	Disable offline retry storage for failed telemetry.
azure_monitor_exporter_storage_directory	str	None	Custom directory for offline telemetry storage.
azure_monitor_browser_sdk_loader_config	dict	None	Browser SDK loader configuration.
disable_logging	bool	False	Disable the logging pipeline.
disable_tracing	bool	False	Disable the tracing pipeline.
disable_metrics	bool	False	Disable the metrics pipeline.
resource	Resource	auto	OpenTelemetry Resource.
span_processors	list	[]	Additional span processors.
log_record_processors	list	[]	Additional log record processors.
metric_readers	list	[]	Additional metric readers.
views	list	[]	Metric views.
logger_name	str	None	Logger name for log collection.
logging_formatter	Formatter	None	Formatter for collected logs.
instrumentation_options	dict	None	Per-library instrumentation enable/disable options.
enable_trace_based_sampling_for_logs	bool	False	Enable trace-based sampling for logs.
enable_a365	bool	False	Enable Agent365 telemetry export.
a365_token_resolver	Callable	None	(agent_id, tenant_id) -> token callable for A365 auth. If omitted, defaults to FIC/DefaultAzureCredential.
a365_cluster_category	str	"prod"	Cluster category for endpoint discovery. Falls back to A365_CLUSTER_CATEGORY env var.
a365_use_s2s_endpoint	bool	False	Use the S2S endpoint. Falls back to A365_USE_S2S_ENDPOINT env var.
a365_suppress_invoke_agent_input	bool	False	Strip input messages from InvokeAgent spans. Falls back to A365_SUPPRESS_INVOKE_AGENT_INPUT env var.
enable_console	bool	False	Enable console exporter for traces, metrics, and logs (development only). Auto-enables when no other exporter is active. Mirrors ExportTarget.Console from the .NET distro.

A365 also reads additional environment variables for FIC (Federated Identity Credential) authentication. Kwargs take precedence when provided.

FIC Authentication Environment Variables

These are used automatically when no a365_token_resolver kwarg is provided and the hosting environment supplies them:

Environment variable	Description
CONNECTIONS__SERVICE_CONNECTION__SETTINGS__CLIENTID	Service principal client ID for the FIC flow.
CONNECTIONS__SERVICE_CONNECTION__SETTINGS__CLIENTSECRET	Service principal client secret.
CONNECTIONS__SERVICE_CONNECTION__SETTINGS__TENANTID	AAD tenant ID for the FIC authority.
A365_AGENT_APP_INSTANCE_ID	Agent application instance ID for the FIC grant.
A365_AGENTIC_USER_ID	Agentic user ID for the FIC user-assertion step.

When FIC variables are not available, DefaultAzureCredential from azure-identity is used as a fallback.

Sampling Configuration

Sampling is configured via standard OpenTelemetry environment variables:

Environment variable	Description
OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER	Sampler type to use (see supported values below).
OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER_ARG	Argument for the sampler (e.g. sample ratio or traces per second).

Supported sampler values for OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER:

Value	Description
always_on	Sample every trace.
always_off	Drop every trace.
trace_id_ratio	Sample a fixed percentage based on trace ID. Set ratio with OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER_ARG (0–1).
parentbased_always_on	Parent-based, defaults to always on.
parentbased_always_off	Parent-based, defaults to always off.
parentbased_trace_id_ratio	Parent-based with trace ID ratio fallback.
microsoft.fixed_percentage	Azure Monitor fixed-percentage sampler. Set ratio with OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER_ARG (0–1).
microsoft.rate_limited	Azure Monitor rate-limited sampler. Set target with OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER_ARG (traces per second, default 5).

Example:

export OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER=trace_id_ratio
export OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER_ARG=0.1

Agent365 (A365) Configuration

When enable_a365=True, the distro adds A365 span processors to the tracing pipeline. A365 exporter behavior is configured via environment variables:

Environment variable	Default	Description
ENABLE_A365_OBSERVABILITY_EXPORTER	false	Enable the A365 HTTP exporter. Must be true (along with enable_a365=True) for telemetry to be exported to the A365 endpoint. Note: span enrichment attributes (e.g. gen_ai.agent.id, microsoft.tenant.id, user.name) are propagated from baggage to spans for all configured exporters.
A365_CLUSTER_CATEGORY	prod	Cluster category for endpoint discovery (prod, gov, dod, mooncake).
A365_USE_S2S_ENDPOINT	false	Use the S2S endpoint instead of the standard endpoint.
A365_SUPPRESS_INVOKE_AGENT_INPUT	false	Strip input messages from InvokeAgent spans before export.
ENABLE_OBSERVABILITY	false	Master switch for A365 scope telemetry. Must be true for scope classes to emit spans.

Example:

export ENABLE_OBSERVABILITY=true
export ENABLE_A365_OBSERVABILITY_EXPORTER=true

OTLP Export Configuration

OTLP export is automatically enabled when any of the standard OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_* endpoint environment variables are set. No kwargs are needed.

Environment variable	Description
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT	Base endpoint URL for all signals (e.g. http://localhost:4318).
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_ENDPOINT	Per-signal override for traces.
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_ENDPOINT	Per-signal override for metrics.
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_LOGS_ENDPOINT	Per-signal override for logs.
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS	Comma-separated key=value pairs sent as headers.
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TIMEOUT	Max time in milliseconds per export request.
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_COMPRESSION	gzip or none.

Per-signal overrides follow the pattern OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_{TRACES,METRICS,LOGS}_{ENDPOINT,HEADERS,TIMEOUT,COMPRESSION}.

Example:

export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT=http://localhost:4318
python my_app.py

Console Exporter (Development)

The console exporter writes traces, metrics, and logs to stdout for local development and debugging. This mirrors the ExportTarget.Console behaviour from the .NET distro.

Console export auto-enables when no other exporter is active (Azure Monitor off, OTLP off, A365 off). You can also enable it explicitly alongside other exporters.

Example:

use_microsoft_opentelemetry(
    enable_console=True,
)

Auto-Instrumented Libraries

The distro automatically instruments the following libraries when they are installed:

Library	Category
django	Web framework
fastapi	Web framework
flask	Web framework
psycopg2	Database
requests	HTTP client
urllib	HTTP client
urllib3	HTTP client
openai	GenAI
openai_agents	GenAI
langchain	GenAI
semantic_kernel	GenAI
agent_framework	GenAI
azure_sdk	Azure (enabled when Azure Monitor is active)

Individual instrumentations can be toggled via the instrumentation_options kwarg:

use_microsoft_opentelemetry(
    instrumentation_options={
        "flask": {"enabled": False},      # disable Flask instrumentation
        "openai": {"enabled": True},      # explicitly enable (default)
    },
)

Default Instrumentations When enable_a365=True

The distro automatically disables the following instrumentations by default when enable_a365=True:

Library	Default with A365
django	disabled
fastapi	disabled
flask	disabled
psycopg2	disabled
requests	disabled
urllib	disabled
urllib3	disabled
azure_sdk	disabled
openai	enabled

Note: When both enable_a365=True and enable_azure_monitor=True are set, the original (non-A365) defaults are used and the disabled libraries above remain enabled so Azure Monitor continues to receive web/HTTP telemetry. | openai_agents | enabled | | langchain | enabled | | semantic_kernel | enabled | | agent_framework | enabled |

You can re-enable any of these explicitly via instrumentation_options:

use_microsoft_opentelemetry(
    enable_a365=True,
    instrumentation_options={
        "fastapi": {"enabled": True},     # opt back in to FastAPI
    },
)

When enable_a365=False (the default), all supported instrumentations remain enabled by default.

Troubleshooting

Enable SDK-level logging to diagnose issues:

import logging
logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)

The Azure Monitor exporter raises exceptions defined in Azure Core.

Next Steps

• Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry documentation
• OpenTelemetry Python documentation
• Samples

Contributing

This project welcomes contributions and suggestions. Most contributions require you to agree to a Contributor License Agreement (CLA) declaring that you have the right to, and actually do, grant us the rights to use your contribution. For details, visit https://cla.microsoft.com.

When you submit a pull request, a CLA-bot will automatically determine whether you need to provide a CLA and decorate the PR appropriately (e.g., label, comment). Simply follow the instructions provided by the bot. You will only need to do this once across all repos using our CLA.

This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. For more information see the Code of Conduct FAQ or contact [e-mail] with any additional questions or comments.

Read our contributing guide to learn about our development process, how to propose bugfixes and improvements, and how to build and test your changes to this distribution.

This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. For more information see the Code of Conduct FAQ or contact [e-mail] with any additional questions or comments.

Data Collection

As this SDK is designed to enable applications to perform data collection which is sent to the Microsoft collection endpoints the following is required to identify our privacy statement.

The software may collect information about you and your use of the software and send it to Microsoft. Microsoft may use this information to provide services and improve our products and services. You may turn off the telemetry as described in the repository. There are also some features in the software that may enable you and Microsoft to collect data from users of your applications. If you use these features, you must comply with applicable law, including providing appropriate notices to users of your applications together with a copy of Microsoft’s privacy statement. Our privacy statement is located at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=824704. You can learn more about data collection and use in the help documentation and our privacy statement. Your use of the software operates as your consent to these practices.

Internal Telemetry

SDK self-telemetry (Statsbeat) can be disabled by setting the environment variable APPLICATIONINSIGHTS_STATSBEAT_DISABLED_ALL to true.

Trademarks

This project may contain trademarks or logos for projects, products, or services. Authorized use of Microsoft trademarks or logos is subject to and must follow Microsoft’s Trademark & Brand Guidelines. Use of Microsoft trademarks or logos in modified versions of this project must not cause confusion or imply Microsoft sponsorship. Any use of third-party trademarks or logos are subject to those third-party’s policies.

Reporting Security Issues

See SECURITY.md for information on reporting vulnerabilities.

License

MIT