opencensus-ext-azure
OpenCensus Azure Monitor Exporter
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
No. The package is abandoned and officially unsupported since September 2024. While it has low install friction and no known vulnerabilities, the maintainers explicitly recommend migrating to Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry exporters instead. Use this package only if you are maintaining legacy code already dependent on it; for new projects, adopt the OpenTelemetry-based solution.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires an Azure Monitor resource and instrumentation key or connection string, typically set via APPLICATIONINSIGHTS_CONNECTION_STRING environment variable.
- Low install friction with five stable runtime dependencies.
- However, the package is abandoned as of June 2025 and officially unsupported since September 2024—the maintainers recommend migrating to Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry exporters instead.
License · maintenance · safety
Apache-2.0 (permissive) — Licensed under Apache-2.0 (permissive), allowing commercial and private use with minimal restrictions.
last release 2025-06-03 (437 days) · last repo commit 2025-06-12 · 676 stars · archived
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 11,066,198 downloads/mo, #1,419 on PyPI
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pip install opencensus-ext-azure
import logging
from opencensus.ext.azure.log_exporter import AzureLogHandler
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
logger.addHandler(AzureLogHandler(connection_string='InstrumentationKey=<key>'))
logger.warning('Hello, World!')- Whether the package still functions reliably with current Azure Monitor API versions despite abandonment
- Compatibility with Python versions beyond 3.9, given the classifier list ends there
What it is and what it does
opencensus-ext-azure is an exporter that bridges Python applications instrumented with OpenCensus to Azure Monitor (Application Insights). It captures logs, metrics, traces, and performance counters and sends them to Azure Monitor for centralized observability. The package integrates with Python's standard logging module and OpenCensus's stats and tracing APIs, allowing developers to emit telemetry without rewriting application code.
The package depends on azure-core, azure-identity, opencensus, psutil, and requests. However, it is no longer maintained—the repository was archived and the package reached end-of-support in September 2024. The maintainers explicitly recommend migrating to the Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry exporters or the Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry Distro for new projects.
Use it for
- Send application logs to Azure Monitor for centralized log aggregation and search.
- Export custom metrics and performance counters to Azure Monitor for dashboarding and alerting.
- Correlate logs with distributed traces by enriching log records with trace and span IDs.
- Monitor application health and performance using Azure Monitor's built-in analytics on exported telemetry.
- Integrate legacy Python applications already using OpenCensus with Azure's observability platform.
Worth the install?
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No.
The package is abandoned and officially unsupported since September 2024. While it has low install friction and no known vulnerabilities, the maintainers explicitly recommend migrating to Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry exporters instead. Use this package only if you are maintaining legacy code already dependent on it; for new projects, adopt the OpenTelemetry-based solution.
Install
opencensus-ext-azure on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction with five stable runtime dependencies. However, the package is abandoned as of June 2025 and officially unsupported since September 2024—the maintainers recommend migrating to Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry exporters instead.
Requires an Azure Monitor resource and instrumentation key or connection string, typically set via APPLICATIONINSIGHTS_CONNECTION_STRING environment variable.
License in practice
Licensed under Apache-2.0 (permissive), allowing commercial and private use with minimal restrictions.
Quickstart
pip install opencensus-ext-azure
import logging
from opencensus.ext.azure.log_exporter import AzureLogHandler
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
logger.addHandler(AzureLogHandler(connection_string='InstrumentationKey=<key>'))
logger.warning('Hello, World!')Verify before relying
- Whether the package still functions reliably with current Azure Monitor API versions despite abandonment
- Compatibility with Python versions beyond 3.9, given the classifier list ends there
Package facts
| License | Apache-2.0 permissive |
| Python support | Not specified |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 5 packagesazure-coreazure-identityopencensuspsutilrequests |
| Maintenance | Abandoned 437 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | repository archived |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 11,066,198 / month, #1,419 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 5 - Production/StableIntended Audience :: End Users/DesktopLicense :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software LicenseProgramming Language :: PythonProgramming Language :: Python :: 2Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7Programming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9 |
Evidence: opencensus_ext_azure-1.1.15-py2.py3-none-any.whl
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