opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncclick
Async Click instrumentation for OpenTelemetry
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes, if you are already using OpenTelemetry in your infrastructure and need to trace asyncclick CLI applications. The low install friction, active maintenance, and permissive license make it a straightforward addition. The beta status is not a blocker for production use if your tracing requirements are clear, but verify that the instrumentation covers the asyncclick features you depend on.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Python 3.10 or later.
- Requires an initialized OpenTelemetry SDK in your application to emit traces.
- Low friction install with five stable runtime dependencies.
License · maintenance · safety
Apache-2.0 (permissive) — Apache-2.0 permissive license allows use in most commercial and open-source projects without significant restriction.
last release 2026-07-16 (29 days) · last repo commit 2026-08-14 · 1,086 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 309,678 downloads/mo, #7,752 on PyPI
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pip install opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncclick
import opentelemetry.instrumentation.asyncclick
from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import TracerProvider
from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import SimpleSpanProcessor
# Initialize tracing, then asyncclick calls will be instrumented- Whether tracing overhead is acceptable for high-frequency CLI invocations
- Compatibility with asyncclick versions beyond what the instrumentation was tested against
- Whether the package instruments all asyncclick features or only a subset
What it is and what it does
This package is an OpenTelemetry instrumentation plugin that automatically captures tracing data from asyncclick CLI applications. It integrates with the asyncclick fork of the click library to emit spans representing command execution, argument parsing, and callback invocation, allowing you to observe CLI behavior within a distributed tracing system.
The instrumentation works by wrapping asyncclick's internal functions to emit OpenTelemetry events. It depends on opentelemetry-api, opentelemetry-instrumentation, opentelemetry-semantic-conventions, typing-extensions, and wrapt. Installation is straightforward and requires Python 3.10 or later. Once installed, it automatically instruments asyncclick calls when the OpenTelemetry SDK is initialized in your application.
Use it for
- Monitor CLI tool execution in containerized environments where distributed tracing is already deployed
- Debug asyncclick command flows by examining trace spans in an OpenTelemetry backend
- Correlate CLI invocations with upstream service requests in a microservices architecture
- Measure CLI performance and identify bottlenecks in command argument processing
Worth the install?
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Yes, if you are already using OpenTelemetry in your infrastructure and need to trace asyncclick CLI applications.
The low install friction, active maintenance, and permissive license make it a straightforward addition. The beta status is not a blocker for production use if your tracing requirements are clear, but verify that the instrumentation covers the asyncclick features you depend on.
Install
opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncclick on PyPI
Before you install
Low friction install with five stable runtime dependencies. Active maintenance—last commit 2026-08-14, released 29 days ago. Beta status (0.65b0) signals ongoing development but the repository is not archived and receives regular updates.
Requires Python 3.10 or later. Requires an initialized OpenTelemetry SDK in your application to emit traces.
License in practice
Apache-2.0 permissive license allows use in most commercial and open-source projects without significant restriction.
Quickstart
pip install opentelemetry-instrumentation-asyncclick
import opentelemetry.instrumentation.asyncclick
from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import TracerProvider
from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import SimpleSpanProcessor
# Initialize tracing, then asyncclick calls will be instrumentedVerify before relying
- Whether tracing overhead is acceptable for high-frequency CLI invocations
- Compatibility with asyncclick versions beyond what the instrumentation was tested against
- Whether the package instruments all asyncclick features or only a subset
Package facts
| License | Apache-2.0 permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.10 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 5 packagesopentelemetry-apiopentelemetry-instrumentationopentelemetry-semantic-conventionstyping-extensionswrapt |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 29 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 309,678 / month, #7,752 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 :: 3.14 |
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