OpenTelemetry for GitHub Workflows, Jobs and Steps

August 15, 2026

Version updated for https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth to version v5.61.0.

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 automates the collection and instrumentation of OpenTelemetry traces, metrics, and logs from shell scripts and GitHub workflows. It automatically propagates context via HTTP requests, instruments all available commands, injects into child scripts and executables using shebangs, and integrates with GitHub actions for workflow-level and job-level monitoring. The action is installable via package managers and provides a comprehensive set of features to monitor applications and CI/CD pipelines efficiently.

What’s Changed

Add Xcode 27 preview macOS runner coverage in GitHub workflow tests by @plengauer with @Copilot in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3894
fix: use rm -f in otel_shutdown to handle missing FIFO gracefully by @plengauer with @Copilot in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3896
Keep gh-aw agent execution on the current job trace by @plengauer with @Copilot in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3897
Fall back to OTEL_KILL_SWITCH repository variable when kill switch input is unset by @plengauer with @Copilot in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3893
Fix autofix: inject triggering-workflow-run-id into agent prompt context by @plengauer with @Copilot in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3898
Expand descrption to improve code reviews by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3900
feat(job): async npm install + shell-based cache restore to remove npm from critical path by @plengauer with @Copilot in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3895
Update actions/setup-java action to v5.7.0 by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3890
Prevent quality job failures from invalid MegaLinter SARIF fixes payload by @plengauer with @Copilot in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3827
Analyze: always upload megalinter-reports artifact for SARIF-only linter triage by @plengauer with @Copilot in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3866
Update opentelemetry-js monorepo by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3822
Update github/codeql-action action to v3.37.6 by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3889
Update actions/attest-build-provenance action to v4.2.2 by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3916
Update renovatebot/github-action action to v46.2.1 by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3872
Update otel/opentelemetry-collector-contrib Docker tag to v0.158.0 by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3904
Update dependency opentelemetry-resourcedetector-gcp to v1.14.0 by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3811
Pin dependencies by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3819
Lock file maintenance by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3868
Update Gradle to v9.7.0 by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3917
feat: adopt $/ self-repository syntax for same-repo action references by @plengauer with @Copilot in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3899
Exclude workflow YAML from MegaLinter lychee URL checks by @plengauer with @Copilot in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3864
Format Python sources with Black + isort (MegaLinter valid finding) by @plengauer with @Copilot in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3859
Use bash loadable builtins for rm and mkfifo when available by @plengauer with @Copilot in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3912
chore: exclude generated/captured files from MegaLinter by @plengauer with @Copilot in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3863
Update Demo injection_shebang by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3924
Update Demo injection_deep_node by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3926
Update Demo context_propagation_http_wget by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3930
Update Demo _simple_hello_world by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3927
Update Demo injection_deep_python by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3932
Update Demo context_propagation_http_curl by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3925
Update Demo injection_inner_xargs_parallel by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3933
Update actions/upload-artifact action to v7 by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3938
Update dependency org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter to v6.1.3 by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3937
Fix deep docker injection deadlock caused by bash loadable mkfifo ignoring -m 666 by @plengauer with @Copilot in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3986
Update renovatebot/github-action action to v46.2.2 by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3978
Update oxsecurity/megalinter action to v10 by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3954
Update github/gh-aw-actions action to v0.86.1 by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3821
Update plengauer/opentelemetry-github action to v5.60.0 by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3961
Pin actions/upload-artifact action to v7.0.1 by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3936
Update github/codeql-action action to v4.37.6 by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3747
Update ghcr.io/plengauer/opentelemetry-github-workflow-instrumentation-runner Docker tag to v5.60.0 by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3957
Triple timeout for SuperLinter and MegaLinter CI jobs by @plengauer with @Copilot in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3982
Fix report workflow failure on ubuntu-slim by pinning gh repository context by @plengauer with @Copilot in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3984
Update Demo injection_deep_python by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3960
Update Demo context_propagation_http_wget by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3958
Update Demo observe_subprocesses by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3934
Update Demo injection_shebang by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3956
Update Demo context_propagation_http_netcat by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3923
Update Demo injection_child by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3931
Update Demo _complex_download_github_releases by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3929
Update Demo injection_docker_renovate by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3935
Update Demo _simple_hello_world by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3955
Update Demo injection_deep_java by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3928
Remove __kill_switch from copilot-setup-steps instrumentation by @plengauer with @Copilot in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3977
Update dependency traceloop-sdk to v0.62.3 by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3988
Update Demo injection_deep_node by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3963
Update Demo context_propagation_http_curl by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3962
Apply shfmt formatting and configure MegaLinter shfmt style by @plengauer with @Copilot in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3869
Preserve all archived Python deep-injection versions in Docker mode by @plengauer with @Copilot in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3983
Set executable mode on all shell scripts in src/usr/share/opentelemetry_shell by @plengauer with @Copilot in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3981
Add otel4sh executable wrapper via packaged injection script by @plengauer with @Copilot in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3980
Make job-level container skip opt-in and document the toggle by @plengauer with @Copilot in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3969
Fix Gradle deep-injection failure on newer Gradle daemons by @plengauer with @Copilot in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3966
Fix renovate-copilot-instrumentation job failing due to missing git context by @plengauer with @Copilot in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3965
Fix autofix reported incomplete result due to API access issue by @plengauer with @Codex in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3941
Apply autobackport.yml template update (580a975) by @plengauer with @Copilot in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3902
Allow MegaLinter zizmor audits to use GITHUB_TOKEN by @plengauer with @Copilot in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3854
Update Demo injection_inner_xargs_parallel by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3959
Fix autorerun pattern by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3992
Fix local redirect by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3993
Update github/gh-aw-actions action to v0.86.2 by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3990
Lock file maintenance by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3979
Update Demo observe_subprocesses by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3999
Update Demo injection_deep_python by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3997
Update Demo injection_deep_java by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3995
Update Demo injection_deep_node by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3998
Update Demo injection_docker_renovate by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/4000
Update Demo _complex_download_github_releases by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/3996
Fix caching in job-level instrumentation by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/4003
Automatic Version Bump by @plengauer in https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/pull/4001

Full Changelog: https://github.com/plengauer/Thoth/compare/v5.60.0...v5.61.0