github open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification v1.6.0
Release v1.6.0

latest releases: v1.44.0, v1.43.0, v1.42.0...
3 years ago

v1.6.0 (2021-08-06)

Users SHOULD NOT use this release anymore, but refer to the 1.6.1 release, which contains a semantic conventions bug fix.

Context

  • No changes.

Traces

  • Add generalized attribute count and attribute value length limits and relevant
    environment variables.
    (#1130)
  • Adding environment variables for event and link attribute limits. (#1751)
  • Adding SDK configuration for Jaeger remote sampler (#1791)

Metrics

  • Metrics API specification Feature-freeze.
    (#1833)
  • Remove MetricProcessor from the SDK spec (for now)
    (#1840)

Logs

  • No changes.

Resource

  • No changes.

Semantic Conventions

  • Add mobile-related network state: net.host.connection.type, net.host.connection.subtype & net.host.carrier.* #1647
  • Adding alibaba cloud as a cloud provider.
    (#1831)

Compatibility

  • No changes.

OpenTelemetry Protocol

  • Allow for OTLP/gRPC exporters to handle endpoint configuration without a scheme while still requiring them to support an endpoint configuration that includes a scheme of http or https. Reintroduce the insecure configuration option for OTLP/gRPC exporters. (#1729)
  • Adding requirement to implement at least one of two transports: grpc or http/protobuf.
    (#1790)

SDK Configuration

  • No changes.

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