{"categories":[{"label":"Monitoring","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/system-monitoring"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Exports OpenTelemetry logs to Google Cloud Logging, integrating application observability with GCP's native logging infrastructure.","skillfed_tags":["observability","deprecated","gcp-integration"],"use_cases":["Export application logs from Python services running on GKE, Cloud Run, or GCE to Cloud Logging with OpenTelemetry metadata.","Write structured JSON logs to stdout in GCP environments using SimpleLogRecordProcessor for agent-based ingestion.","Attach service name, instance ID, and trace context to logs for correlation with traces and metrics in Cloud Console.","Migrate legacy Python logging to OpenTelemetry while keeping logs in Cloud Logging during a transition period."],"what_it_does":"This package bridges OpenTelemetry's logging framework to Google Cloud Logging, allowing you to export application logs as structured records within GCP's observability stack. It wraps the google-cloud-logging client and integrates with OpenTelemetry's SDK to attach resource metadata, service identifiers, and trace context to each log entry.\n\nHowever, the package is explicitly deprecated. Google Cloud now recommends using standard OpenTelemetry Protocol (OTLP) exporters instead, which provide native ingestion for logs, traces, and metrics through a single unified API. If you are starting a new project on GCP, the migration guide in the repository should be your first stop; this exporter is primarily useful for maintaining existing applications that already depend on it.","worth_installing":"Yes, but with strong conditions: install only if you are maintaining an existing application already using this exporter or if you need to migrate legacy logging to OpenTelemetry while staying on Cloud Logging. For new projects on GCP, use native OTLP exporters instead per the official migration guide. The package is actively maintained and has no known vulnerabilities, but its deprecation status means it will not receive new features."},"id":"opentelemetry-exporter-gcp-logging","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-gcp-logging","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-gcp-logging.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/opentelemetry-exporter-gcp-logging/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2026-08-03","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"opentelemetry-exporter-gcp-logging","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"Google Cloud Logging exporter for OpenTelemetry"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":7726410,"position":1702,"tier":"top_5000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"1.14.0a0"}