{"categories":[{"label":"Monitoring","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/system-monitoring/2"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Propagates trace context in Google Cloud's X-Cloud-Trace-Context format for OpenTelemetry, enabling distributed tracing integration with Google Cloud services.","skillfed_tags":["observability","distributed-tracing","gcp"],"use_cases":["Instrument Python services on Google Cloud to propagate trace context in the native X-Cloud-Trace-Context format","Integrate OpenTelemetry tracing with Google Cloud Trace for centralized observability","Combine multiple propagators using CompositePropagator to support both standard and Google Cloud trace formats","Enable distributed tracing across microservices deployed on Google Cloud Platform"],"what_it_does":"This package provides OpenTelemetry propagators that handle Google Cloud's X-Cloud-Trace-Context trace header format. It acts as a bridge between OpenTelemetry's standard tracing infrastructure and Google Cloud's native trace propagation, allowing trace context to flow correctly across service boundaries in Google Cloud deployments.\n\nThe package offers two propagators: CloudTraceOneWayPropagator (reads only, intended for use with CompositePropagator) and CloudTraceFormatPropagator (reads and writes X-Cloud-Trace-Context headers). It depends only on opentelemetry-api and supports Python 3.9 through 3.13, making it a lightweight addition to existing OpenTelemetry instrumentation.","worth_installing":"Yes, if you are instrumenting Python services on Google Cloud Platform with OpenTelemetry. The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, carries a permissive license, and adds minimal install friction. It is essential for correct trace propagation in Google Cloud environments."},"id":"opentelemetry-propagator-gcp","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/opentelemetry-propagator-gcp","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/opentelemetry-propagator-gcp.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/opentelemetry-propagator-gcp/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2026-08-03","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"opentelemetry-propagator-gcp","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"Google Cloud propagator for OpenTelemetry"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":1648128,"position":3687,"tier":"top_5000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"1.14.0"}