OpenTelemetry for GitHub Workflows, Jobs and Steps

March 10, 2026

Version updated for https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth to version v5.47.3.

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 integrates OpenTelemetry with shell scripts and GitHub workflows to automatically capture and propagate traces, metrics, and logs. It simplifies observability by automating tasks like context propagation, command instrumentation, logging from stderr and GitHub Actions, and spans creation for shell commands and HTTP requests. This tool is particularly useful for enhancing visibility and debugging in CI/CD pipelines and shell-based workflows.

Release notes

What’s Changed

Recompile Agentic Workflows by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3045
chore(deps): update plengauer/opentelemetry-github action to v5.47.1 by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3054
Deploy OpenTelemetry by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2996
chore(deps): update dependency traceloop-sdk to v0.53.0 by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3049
fix(deps): update opentelemetry-js-contrib monorepo by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3058
chore(deps): update gradle to v9.4.0 by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3051
chore(deps): update docker/setup-qemu-action action to v4 by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3050
chore(deps): update ghcr.io/plengauer/opentelemetry-github-workflow-instrumentation-runner docker tag to v5.47.1 by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3052
chore(deps): update actions/setup-node action to v6.3.0 by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3048
Update Demo injection_deep_java by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2992
Update Demo injection_docker_renovate by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2994
Add OpenTelemetry instrumentation deployment criteria by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3066
Drop leading linefeed in workflow deployment files by @Claude in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3077
Fix http.request.method attribute type by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3085
Update Demo injection_deep_gradle by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2993
Update Demo injection_inner_xargs_parallel by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3053
Update Demo observe_subprocesses by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2995
Deploy OpenTelemetry by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3072
Fix segfault in agentic workflow due to leaking LD_PRELOAD from curl and wget by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3087
chore(deps): update renovatebot/github-action action to v46.1.3 by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3039
chore(deps): update docker/setup-buildx-action action to v4 by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3064
chore(deps): update opentelemetry-python monorepo by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3056
chore(deps): lock file maintenance by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3038
Include coding agents for deferred export by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3082
Update Demo _complex_download_github_releases by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2991
chore(deps): update plengauer/opentelemetry-github action to v5.47.2 by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3101
chore(deps): update github/codeql-action action to v4.32.6 by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3073
Add workflow to re-request dismissed approvals by @Codex in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3095
fix(deps): update dependency @traceloop/node-server-sdk to v0.22.8 by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3057
chore(deps): update docker/build-push-action action to v7 by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3083
fix(deps): update opentelemetry-js monorepo by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3047
Add github resource attributes more consistently by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3090
Change Renovate cron schedule to daily at midnight by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3111
Fix source file resolver for bash compatibility by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3116
Fix release target of patch releases by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3107
Add missing HTTP metrics to gh instrumentation by @Copilot in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3092
Fix python venvs for AI instrumentations by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3099
Fix job-level caching by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3098
Default repository-level instrumentation to enabled in deploy action by @Copilot in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3121
chore(deps): update ghcr.io/plengauer/opentelemetry-github-workflow-instrumentation-runner docker tag to v5.47.2 by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3100
Rename triage_new_issues workflow to autotriage by @Copilot in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3124
Deploy: try direct push first, fall back to PR; trigger on all branches by @Copilot in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3123
Fix telemetry.sdk.version showing “shell” instead of version number on Alpine by @Copilot in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3122
Fix SSL certificate errors in Python and Node deep injection demos by @Copilot in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3120
chore(deps): update renovatebot/github-action action to v46.1.4 by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3130
Rename backport workflow to Autobackport by @Copilot in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3132
Automatically opt into new semconvs in github actions by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3133
Fix copilot injection by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3135
Update Demo injection_deep_gradle by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3104
Update Demo injection_docker_renovate by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3102
Update Demo _complex_download_github_releases by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3103
Fix exit trap overwriting our own instrumentation by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3088
chore(deps): update plengauer/opentelemetry-github action to v5.47.2 by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3108
chore(deps): update github artifact actions (major) by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/2986
Remove obsolete workflow by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3118
chore(deps): update actions/github-script action to v8 by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3110

New Contributors

@Claude made their first contribution in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3077
@Codex made their first contribution in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3095

Full Changelog: https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/compare/v5.47.1...v5.47.3