open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby-contrib

Drop support for `rest-client`

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#1,780 opened on Nov 6, 2025

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Description

The gem is unmaintained and no longer receiving updates: https://github.com/rest-client/rest-client/issues/830

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Research direction
Find all references to rest client in the codebase, remove them, update Gemfile and gemspec, and run the test suite to ensure everything passes.
Tech stack
ruby
Domain
backend
Issue type
Chore
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2
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1-3 hours
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Active
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Clear
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RubyGit
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80