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Disable server part of netty integration

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
30/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
java

Research direction

The issue names the Netty integration and the Datadog Java compatibility documentation, but no source file or test. Start by tracing the Netty server/client configuration for dd-java-agent 1.52.0 alongside Ktor 3.2.3 and OTel Ktor 2.16.0-alpha; done means server traces can be disabled while client instrumentation remains enabled, with behavior documented and tested.

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Description

inst: netty type: feature request
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Describe the feature you'd like

Hi, due to how the dd-java-agent works with Ktor 3, I decided to try using the io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-ktor-3.0 library directly and realized that the library tends to better propagate the OTel context. I now would like to disable the netty.request traces that are automatically created, but based on https://docs.datadoghq.com/tracing/trace_collection/compatibility/java, disabling the netty integration disables both the server and the client instrumentation, which is not my intention. Is there any way to selectively disable only the server part of Netty?

Is your feature request related to a problem?

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Additional context

Libraries and their version:

  • ktor-bom: 3.2.3
  • dd-java-agent: 1.52.0
  • opentelemetry-bom: 1.52.0
  • opentelemetry-ktor-3.0: 2.16.0-alpha
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