OpenTelemetry for GitHub Workflows, Jobs and Steps

February 24, 2026

Version updated for https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth to version v5.45.1.

This action is used across all versions by 14 repositories.

Action Type

This is a Composite action.

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Action Summary

This GitHub Action enables the collection of OpenTelemetry traces, metrics, and logs from shell scripts and GitHub workflows, providing automatic instrumentation, context propagation, and log collection for enhanced observability. It automates the monitoring of shell commands, child scripts, and workflow actions, offering insights into execution and network interactions without requiring manual instrumentation. By integrating seamlessly with various shells and GitHub CI/CD pipelines, it simplifies troubleshooting and performance analysis for developers.

Release notes

What’s Changed

Update plengauer/opentelemetry-github action to v5.43.1 by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2888
Update opentelemetry-js monorepo by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2891
Fix gcloud action injection by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2814
Update dependency @actions/cache to v6 by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2857
Add histogram metrics support by @Copilot in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2880
Update Demo _complex_download_github_releases by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2886
Update Demo injection_deep_java by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2887
Update Demo observe_subprocesses by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2890
Added deep node AI instrumentations by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2894
Add agentic workflow for auto-approving dependency PRs by @Copilot in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2906
Add OpenAI and GitHub Copilot API detection by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2920
Do not self-instrument repository-level instrumentation by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2921
Remove unnecessary blank lines in main.sh by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2923
Fix deploy conditions by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2912
Improve PR description in deploy by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2900
Improve copilot instructions by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2901
Fix function definition in busybox by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2899
Add copilot code review to observed workflows by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2902
Add auto-recompile workflow for agentic workflow markdown files by @Copilot in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2907
Remove reviewer resolution step from demo refresh workflow by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2909
Enhance OpenTelemetry instrumentation for AI requests by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2903
Fix renovate hang by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2911
Added deep python ai instrumentations by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2895
Add GitHub Agentic Workflow for automatic issue labeling by @Copilot in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2905
Fix random failures due to SIGPIPES in head implementations by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2926
Improve repository instrumentation with additional metrics by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2924
Update dependency io.opentelemetry.javaagent:opentelemetry-javaagent to v2.25.0 by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2896
Update Test Images by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2858
Update dependency net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy to v1.18.5 by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2908
Fix agentic workflow compile by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2936
Correct jammy status handling in Ubuntu updates by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2940
Fix security flaw that is treated as compile error by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2938
Update ghcr.io/plengauer/opentelemetry-github-workflow-instrumentation-runner Docker tag to v5.43.1 by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2885
Update dependency org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter to v6.0.3 by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2922
Simplify auto-approve workflow by removing condition by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2946
Refine triage process for new issues by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2947
Recompile Agentic Workflows by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2941
Recompile Agentic Workflows by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2949
Recompile Agentic Workflows by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2954
Update Demo injection_docker_renovate by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2838
Update Demo _complex_download_github_releases by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2931
Fix deploy runner by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2948
Update github/codeql-action action to v4.32.3 by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2898
Update opentelemetry-js-contrib monorepo by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2939
Update otel/opentelemetry-collector-contrib Docker tag to v0.146.1 by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2952
Update actions/checkout action to v6.0.2 by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2927
Automatic Version Bump by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2964
Update actions/download-artifact action to v7 by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2957
Optimize event types for autoapprove workflow by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2959
Update GitHub Action supply chain integrity instructions by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2961
fix: workflow-level instrumentation BOM stripping broken on Alpine by @Copilot in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2973
Apply rate limit to triage new issues workflow by @Copilot in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2972
Add workflow to auto-approve workflow runs on main branch by @Copilot in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2962
Fix traceloop-sdk compatibility with Python 3.9 by @Copilot in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2971
Improve dynamic workflow calculation by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2963
Update Demo injection_deep_gradle by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2889
Fix artifact upload which made trace context upload / download fail in case it was the first invocation by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2974
chore(deps): update github/codeql-action action to v4.32.4 by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2969
chore(deps): update renovatebot/github-action action to v46 by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2860
Recompile Agentic Workflows by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2975
Expand renovate integration test to run 10 times in parallel by @Copilot in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2970
Simplify workflow triggers by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2977
Add workflow dependency for OpenTelemetry by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2979
Fix python trigger compilation by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2982
Re-introduce nodejs traceloop instrumentations by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2981
chore(deps): lock file maintenance by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2925
chore(deps): update renovatebot/github-action action to v46.1.2 by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2984
Re-introduce python traceloop instrumentations by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2980
Automatic Version Bump by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2985
Fix publish and republish by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2988

Full Changelog: https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/compare/v5...v5.45.1