{"categories":[{"label":"Monitoring","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/system-monitoring/4"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Adds OpenTelemetry tracing to the Valkey Python client, capturing operations and performance metrics for observability.","skillfed_tags":["observability","distributed-tracing","valkey-instrumentation"],"use_cases":["Monitor Valkey operations in distributed systems to trace request flow and identify latency bottlenecks.","Export Valkey metrics to observability backends (Jaeger, Datadog, etc.) for centralized monitoring.","Debug application performance by correlating Valkey calls with other service spans in a trace.","Audit Valkey client behavior in production without modifying application code.","Validate Valkey performance during load testing by collecting operation-level metrics."],"what_it_does":"This package provides OpenTelemetry instrumentation for the Valkey Python client, a fork of the Redis Python client. It automatically captures Valkey operations and emits tracing data for observability, filling a gap until Valkey receives official support in the main opentelemetry-python-contrib project. The instrumentation works by wrapping Valkey client methods to generate spans and metrics compatible with OpenTelemetry standards.\n\nThe package is built as a fork of the Redis instrumentation with minimal changes\u2014primarily string replacements from Redis to Valkey\u2014ensuring feature parity with the established Redis instrumentation. It requires opentelemetry-api, opentelemetry-instrumentation, opentelemetry-semantic-conventions, and wrapt, and targets Python 3.10 or later.","worth_installing":"Yes, if you use Valkey and need OpenTelemetry tracing. The package has low install friction, active maintenance, no known vulnerabilities, and permissive licensing. However, note that it is a community-maintained external package pending official Valkey support in opentelemetry-python-contrib; verify compatibility with your Valkey version and observability stack before production deployment."},"id":"opentelemetry-python-contrib-external-valkey","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/opentelemetry-python-contrib-external-valkey","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/opentelemetry-python-contrib-external-valkey.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/opentelemetry-python-contrib-external-valkey/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2026-06-26","license_spdx":"Apache-2.0","license_treatment":"permissive","name":"opentelemetry-python-contrib-external-valkey","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"OpenTelemetry Valkey instrumentation"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":186057,"position":9995,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"0.64b0"}