opentelemetry-instrumentation-boto3sqs
Boto3 SQS service tracing for OpenTelemetry
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes, if you are already using OpenTelemetry and Boto3 SQS in production. The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, and low install friction. It is in beta status, so verify compatibility with your specific SQS usage patterns and tracing backend before deploying to critical workloads.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Python 3.10 or later and an active OpenTelemetry SDK setup in your application.
- Low friction install with stable dependencies.
- Actively maintained as of 2026-08-14 with recent releases.
License · maintenance · safety
Apache-2.0 (permissive) — Apache-2.0 permissive license allows commercial and private use with minimal restrictions.
last release 2026-07-16 (29 days) · last repo commit 2026-08-14 · 1,086 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 5,230,414 downloads/mo, #2,133 on PyPI
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pip install opentelemetry-instrumentation-boto3sqs
from opentelemetry.instrumentation.boto3sqs import Boto3SQSInstrumentor
Boto3SQSInstrumentor().instrument()- Whether this instrumentation works with all Boto3 SQS operations or only a subset.
- Performance overhead of tracing on typical SQS workloads.
- Compatibility with existing OpenTelemetry exporters and collectors.
What it is and what it does
This package is an OpenTelemetry instrumentation plugin that automatically captures tracing data from Boto3 library calls to AWS SQS. It wraps SQS operations to emit spans with request and response details, enabling distributed tracing across your application and infrastructure.
The instrumentation integrates with the OpenTelemetry ecosystem, meaning traces can be exported to any compatible backend (Jaeger, Datadog, New Relic, etc.). It depends on opentelemetry-api, opentelemetry-instrumentation, opentelemetry-semantic-conventions, and wrapt to hook into Boto3 calls without modifying your application code directly.
Use it for
- Trace SQS message production and consumption across microservices to debug latency issues.
- Monitor SQS operations in a distributed system to correlate failures with other service traces.
- Export SQS request metadata to a tracing backend for performance analysis and alerting.
- Instrument existing Boto3 applications with minimal code changes for observability.
Worth the install?
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Yes, if you are already using OpenTelemetry and Boto3 SQS in production.
The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, and low install friction. It is in beta status, so verify compatibility with your specific SQS usage patterns and tracing backend before deploying to critical workloads.
Install
opentelemetry-instrumentation-boto3sqs on PyPI
Before you install
Low friction install with stable dependencies. Actively maintained as of 2026-08-14 with recent releases. Requires Python 3.10 or later.
Requires Python 3.10 or later and an active OpenTelemetry SDK setup in your application.
License in practice
Apache-2.0 permissive license allows commercial and private use with minimal restrictions.
Quickstart
pip install opentelemetry-instrumentation-boto3sqs
from opentelemetry.instrumentation.boto3sqs import Boto3SQSInstrumentor
Boto3SQSInstrumentor().instrument()Verify before relying
- Whether this instrumentation works with all Boto3 SQS operations or only a subset.
- Performance overhead of tracing on typical SQS workloads.
- Compatibility with existing OpenTelemetry exporters and collectors.
Package facts
| License | Apache-2.0 permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.10 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 4 packagesopentelemetry-apiopentelemetry-instrumentationopentelemetry-semantic-conventionswrapt |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 29 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 5,230,414 / month, #2,133 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 |
Evidence: opentelemetry_instrumentation_boto3sqs-0.65b0-py3-none-any.whl
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