opentelemetry-exporter-gcp-trace
Google Cloud Trace exporter for OpenTelemetry
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes, with conditions. The package is actively maintained and low-friction to install, but it is explicitly deprecated in favor of native OTLP exporters. Install it if you are already committed to this exporter or migrating gradually; for new projects, consider using standard OTLP exporters instead per the migration guide. No known security vulnerabilities.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires a GCP project ID and appropriate Google Cloud credentials configured in your environment.
- Low friction install with active maintenance—released 11 days ago and last commit on 2026-08-12.
- Depends on google-cloud-trace, opentelemetry-api, opentelemetry-sdk, opentelemetry-resourcedetector-gcp, and typing-extensions.
License · maintenance · safety
Apache-2.0 (permissive) — Apache-2.0 permissive license allows use in most commercial and open-source projects without significant restrictions.
last release 2026-08-03 (11 days) · last repo commit 2026-08-12 · 83 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 11,854,941 downloads/mo, #1,357 on PyPI
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pip install opentelemetry-exporter-gcp-trace
from opentelemetry import trace
from opentelemetry.exporter.cloud_trace import CloudTraceSpanExporter
from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import TracerProvider
from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import SimpleSpanProcessor
trace.set_tracer_provider(TracerProvider())
cloud_trace_exporter = CloudTraceSpanExporter(project_id='my-gcloud-project')
trace.get_tracer_provider().add_span_processor(SimpleSpanProcessor(cloud_trace_exporter))
tracer = trace.get_tracer(__name__)
with tracer.start_as_current_span('foo'):
print('Hello world!')- Whether the deprecation warning affects long-term support or if the package will continue receiving maintenance updates.
- Performance characteristics and overhead when exporting high-volume traces to Cloud Trace.
What it is and what it does
This package provides an OpenTelemetry exporter that sends trace spans to Google Cloud Trace, enabling distributed tracing and observability for applications running on or integrated with Google Cloud Platform. It acts as a bridge between OpenTelemetry's instrumentation framework and GCP's native tracing backend, allowing you to collect, visualize, and analyze request flows across microservices.
The package is marked as deprecated in favor of native OTLP (OpenTelemetry Protocol) ingestion, which Google Cloud now supports directly. However, it remains actively maintained and functional. It depends on google-cloud-trace for the underlying GCP integration, opentelemetry-api and opentelemetry-sdk for the tracing framework, opentelemetry-resourcedetector-gcp for GCP resource detection, and typing-extensions for type hints. Python 3.9 or later is required.
Use it for
- Send distributed traces from a Python microservice to Google Cloud Trace for centralized observability.
- Instrument a multi-service application running on GCP and correlate requests across service boundaries.
- Export OpenTelemetry spans collected from your application to Cloud Trace for performance analysis and debugging.
- Integrate existing OpenTelemetry instrumentation with GCP's native tracing backend without rewriting instrumentation code.
- Monitor latency and errors in cloud-native applications by exporting detailed trace data to Cloud Trace.
Worth the install?
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Yes, with conditions.
The package is actively maintained and low-friction to install, but it is explicitly deprecated in favor of native OTLP exporters. Install it if you are already committed to this exporter or migrating gradually; for new projects, consider using standard OTLP exporters instead per the migration guide. No known security vulnerabilities.
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opentelemetry-exporter-gcp-trace on PyPI
Before you install
Low friction install with active maintenance—released 11 days ago and last commit on 2026-08-12. Depends on google-cloud-trace, opentelemetry-api, opentelemetry-sdk, opentelemetry-resourcedetector-gcp, and typing-extensions.
Requires a GCP project ID and appropriate Google Cloud credentials configured in your environment.
License in practice
Apache-2.0 permissive license allows use in most commercial and open-source projects without significant restrictions.
Quickstart
pip install opentelemetry-exporter-gcp-trace
from opentelemetry import trace
from opentelemetry.exporter.cloud_trace import CloudTraceSpanExporter
from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import TracerProvider
from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import SimpleSpanProcessor
trace.set_tracer_provider(TracerProvider())
cloud_trace_exporter = CloudTraceSpanExporter(project_id='my-gcloud-project')
trace.get_tracer_provider().add_span_processor(SimpleSpanProcessor(cloud_trace_exporter))
tracer = trace.get_tracer(__name__)
with tracer.start_as_current_span('foo'):
print('Hello world!')Verify before relying
- Whether the deprecation warning affects long-term support or if the package will continue receiving maintenance updates.
- Performance characteristics and overhead when exporting high-volume traces to Cloud Trace.
Package facts
| License | Apache-2.0 permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.9 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 5 packagesgoogle-cloud-traceopentelemetry-apiopentelemetry-sdkopentelemetry-resourcedetector-gcptyping-extensions |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 11 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 11,854,941 / month, #1,357 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 4 - BetaIntended Audience :: DevelopersLicense :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software LicenseProgramming Language :: PythonProgramming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9 |
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