Status: Release Candidate
This document defines semantic conventions for source code.
Warning
Existing code instrumentations that are using v1.29.0 of
code
conventions (or prior):
- SHOULD NOT change the version of the
code
conventions that they emit by default until thecode
semantic conventions are marked stable.
Attribute | Type | Description | Examples | Requirement Level | Stability |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
code.column.number |
int | The column number in code.file.path best representing the operation. It SHOULD point within the code unit named in code.function.name . |
16 |
Recommended |
|
code.file.path |
string | The source code file name that identifies the code unit as uniquely as possible (preferably an absolute file path). | /usr/local/MyApplication/content_root/app/index.php |
Recommended |
|
code.function.name |
string | The method or function fully-qualified name without arguments. The value should fit the natural representation of the language runtime, which is also likely the same used within code.stacktrace attribute value. [1] |
com.example.MyHttpService.serveRequest ; GuzzleHttp\Client::transfer ; fopen |
Recommended |
|
code.line.number |
int | The line number in code.file.path best representing the operation. It SHOULD point within the code unit named in code.function.name . |
42 |
Recommended |
|
code.stacktrace |
string | A stacktrace as a string in the natural representation for the language runtime. The representation is identical to exception.stacktrace . |
at com.example.GenerateTrace.methodB(GenerateTrace.java:13)\n at com.example.GenerateTrace.methodA(GenerateTrace.java:9)\n at com.example.GenerateTrace.main(GenerateTrace.java:5) |
Opt-In |
[1] code.function.name
: Values and format depends on each language runtime, thus it is impossible to provide an exhaustive list of examples.
The values are usually the same (or prefixes of) the ones found in native stack trace representation stored in
code.stacktrace
without information on arguments.
Examples:
- Java method:
com.example.MyHttpService.serveRequest
- Java anonymous class method:
com.mycompany.Main$1.myMethod
- Java lambda method:
com.mycompany.Main$$Lambda/0x0000748ae4149c00.myMethod
- PHP function:
GuzzleHttp\Client::transfer
- Go function:
github.com/my/repo/pkg.foo.func5
- Elixir:
OpenTelemetry.Ctx.new
- Erlang:
opentelemetry_ctx:new
- Rust:
playground::my_module::my_cool_func
- C function:
fopen