Tracing support for thrift

Description

Contributor guide

Tech stack

go

Domain

backend

Issue type

feature

DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.

3

Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.

1-2 days

Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.

stale

ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.

unclear

Prerequisites

Go programmingTracing conceptsThrift protocol

Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.

20

Research direction

The issue is a feature request for adding tracing support for Thrift in go kit. Currently, go kit provides tracing middleware for HTTP and gRPC. To implement this, one would need to study the existing tracing implementations in the repository, particularly in the 'tracing' package. The Thrift library for Go (github.com/apache/thrift) should be examined for integration points. Additionally, maintainers could clarify the desired scope and whether existing OpenTracing or OpenTelemetry APIs should be used. No linked PRs or detailed comments are available to guide implementation.