gsoc: Integrate Kubeflow SDK with OpenTelemetry as gsoc 2026 project proposal

[dhanishaphadate]

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Integrate Kubeflow SDK with OpenTelemetry as gsoc 2026 project proposal

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kubeflow/sdk#164

Closes: #164

Related: #1164

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[andreyvelich]

Thanks for proposing this @dhanishaphadate!
We talked about it during our latest Kubeflow SDK call.

@kramaranya and @astefanutti shared that some folks in Red Hat are working to integrate OpenTelemetry with Kubeflow SDK: https://youtu.be/zwPVfB8tTuY?t=1012

Can we update the scope of this project to ensure student will integrate other clients with OpenTelemetry.

[dhanishaphadate]

@kramaranya and @astefanutti Could you please let me know which parts of the SDK are already being worked on, so I can adjust the scope of this project accordingly?

kubeflow/
├── trainer/       # TrainerClient - distributed training & fine-tuning
├── optimizer/     # OptimizerClient - Katib AutoML & hyperparameter tuning  
├── hub/           # ModelRegistryClient - model artifact management
└── common/        # Shared utilities across clients

SDK Client	Component
TrainerClient	Kubeflow Trainer
OptimizerClient	Kubeflow Katib
ModelRegistryClient	Model Registry
PipelinesClient	Kubeflow Pipelines
SparkClient	Spark Operator