opentelemetry-propagator-aws-xray
AWS X-Ray Propagator for OpenTelemetry
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Yes. This is a production-stable, actively maintained library with no known vulnerabilities, low install friction, and a permissive license. Install it if you are using OpenTelemetry in an AWS environment and need X-Ray trace propagation. Note the documentation caveat: ensure X-Amzn-Trace-Id headers include Sampled=1 to enable child span sampling.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires opentelemetry-api to be installed; Python 3.8 or later.
- Low friction installation with a single runtime dependency (opentelemetry-api).
- Actively maintained with recent commits and production-stable status.
License · maintenance · safety
permissive license (permissive) — Licensed under Apache Software License (permissive), allowing commercial and private use without restriction.
last release 2024-08-05 (739 days) · last repo commit 2026-08-14 · 1,086 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 11,953,783 downloads/mo, #1,351 on PyPI
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pip install opentelemetry-propagator-aws-xray
from opentelemetry.propagate import set_global_textmap
from opentelemetry.propagators.aws import AwsXRayPropagator
set_global_textmap(AwsXRayPropagator())- Whether X-Amzn-Trace-Id headers are automatically set to Sampled=1 or require manual configuration in all deployment scenarios.
- Performance impact when propagating traces across high-volume AWS service calls.
What it is and what it does
This package provides an OpenTelemetry propagator that handles the AWS X-Ray trace context format, specifically the X-Amzn-Trace-Id header. It allows traces initiated in one AWS service to be correctly linked to downstream services by injecting and extracting tracing context in the format X-Ray expects.
The propagator integrates with OpenTelemetry's global propagation system, either via environment variable (OTEL_PROPAGATORS=xray) or by explicitly setting it in code. It is a thin adapter layer between OpenTelemetry's span context model and AWS X-Ray's header format, with no external dependencies beyond opentelemetry-api itself.
Use it for
- Trace requests flowing through multiple AWS Lambda functions, ECS tasks, or EC2 instances using OpenTelemetry.
- Correlate logs and metrics with X-Ray traces when using AWS CloudWatch and X-Ray together.
- Export OpenTelemetry spans to AWS X-Ray for visualization and analysis of distributed request flows.
- Integrate on-premises or third-party services into an AWS X-Ray tracing pipeline via OpenTelemetry.
Worth the install?
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Yes.
This is a production-stable, actively maintained library with no known vulnerabilities, low install friction, and a permissive license. Install it if you are using OpenTelemetry in an AWS environment and need X-Ray trace propagation. Note the documentation caveat: ensure X-Amzn-Trace-Id headers include Sampled=1 to enable child span sampling.
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opentelemetry-propagator-aws-xray on PyPI
Before you install
Low friction installation with a single runtime dependency (opentelemetry-api). Actively maintained with recent commits and production-stable status.
Requires opentelemetry-api to be installed; Python 3.8 or later.
License in practice
Licensed under Apache Software License (permissive), allowing commercial and private use without restriction.
Quickstart
pip install opentelemetry-propagator-aws-xray
from opentelemetry.propagate import set_global_textmap
from opentelemetry.propagators.aws import AwsXRayPropagator
set_global_textmap(AwsXRayPropagator())Verify before relying
- Whether X-Amzn-Trace-Id headers are automatically set to Sampled=1 or require manual configuration in all deployment scenarios.
- Performance impact when propagating traces across high-volume AWS service calls.
Package facts
| License | permissive license permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.8 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 1 packageopentelemetry-api |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 739 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 11,953,783 / month, #1,351 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 :: 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 :: 3.8Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9 |
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