opentelemetry-instrumentation-tortoiseorm
OpenTelemetry Instrumentation for Tortoise ORM
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Yes, if you use Tortoise ORM and have an OpenTelemetry observability setup. The package has low install friction, active maintenance, permissive licensing, and no security issues. The beta status is not a blocker for most use cases, though you should verify compatibility with your specific Tortoise ORM version and test in a staging environment first.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Python 3.10 or later; Tortoise ORM must be installed and configured separately.
- Low friction install with three lightweight OpenTelemetry dependencies.
- Actively maintained with recent releases; repository is current and well-established within the OpenTelemetry project.
License · maintenance · safety
Apache-2.0 (permissive) — Apache-2.0 permissive license allows commercial use, modification, and redistribution with minimal restrictions—suitable for most projects.
last release 2026-07-16 (29 days) · last repo commit 2026-08-14 · 1,086 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 4,229,328 downloads/mo, #2,357 on PyPI
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pip install opentelemetry-instrumentation-tortoiseorm
from opentelemetry.instrumentation.tortoiseorm import TortoiseORMInstrumentor
TortoiseORMInstrumentor().instrument()- Specific span attributes and query context captured by the instrumentation
- Performance overhead of instrumentation on typical query workloads
- Compatibility with Tortoise ORM versions beyond the instrumentation's release date
What it is and what it does
This package integrates Tortoise ORM with OpenTelemetry's distributed tracing framework, automatically capturing database queries as spans. It works with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQLite backends, allowing you to observe query execution within your broader observability pipeline. The instrumentation is part of the OpenTelemetry Python contrib ecosystem and requires the core opentelemetry-api, opentelemetry-instrumentation, and opentelemetry-semantic-conventions libraries.
When installed and initialized, it hooks into Tortoise ORM's query execution layer to emit trace spans. This is useful for debugging slow queries, correlating database activity with application logs and metrics, and understanding request flow in microservices. The package is in beta status (version 0.65b0) but actively maintained, with recent releases and no known security vulnerabilities.
Use it for
- Trace Tortoise ORM queries in a microservices architecture to correlate database calls with upstream requests.
- Debug slow database operations by examining query spans in your OpenTelemetry backend (Jaeger, Datadog, etc.).
- Monitor query patterns and performance across MySQL, PostgreSQL, or SQLite in production systems.
- Integrate Tortoise ORM observability into an existing OpenTelemetry instrumentation strategy.
Worth the install?
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Yes, if you use Tortoise ORM and have an OpenTelemetry observability setup.
The package has low install friction, active maintenance, permissive licensing, and no security issues. The beta status is not a blocker for most use cases, though you should verify compatibility with your specific Tortoise ORM version and test in a staging environment first.
Install
opentelemetry-instrumentation-tortoiseorm on PyPI
Before you install
Low friction install with three lightweight OpenTelemetry dependencies. Actively maintained with recent releases; repository is current and well-established within the OpenTelemetry project.
Requires Python 3.10 or later; Tortoise ORM must be installed and configured separately.
License in practice
Apache-2.0 permissive license allows commercial use, modification, and redistribution with minimal restrictions—suitable for most projects.
Quickstart
pip install opentelemetry-instrumentation-tortoiseorm
from opentelemetry.instrumentation.tortoiseorm import TortoiseORMInstrumentor
TortoiseORMInstrumentor().instrument()Verify before relying
- Specific span attributes and query context captured by the instrumentation
- Performance overhead of instrumentation on typical query workloads
- Compatibility with Tortoise ORM versions beyond the instrumentation's release date
Package facts
| License | Apache-2.0 permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.10 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 3 packagesopentelemetry-apiopentelemetry-instrumentationopentelemetry-semantic-conventions |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 29 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 4,229,328 / month, #2,357 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 :: 3.14 |
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