OTel

• OTel Attributes
• OTel Scope Attributes
• Deprecated OTel Library Attributes

OTel Attributes

Attributes reserved for OpenTelemetry

Attribute	Type	Description	Examples	Stability
otel.status_code	string	Name of the code, either “OK” or “ERROR”. MUST NOT be set if the status code is UNSET.	OK; ERROR
otel.status_description	string	Description of the Status if it has a value, otherwise not set.	resource not found

otel.status_code has the following list of well-known values. If one of them applies, then the respective value MUST be used; otherwise, a custom value MAY be used.

Value	Description	Stability
ERROR	The operation contains an error.
OK	The operation has been validated by an Application developer or Operator to have completed successfully.

OTel Scope Attributes

Attributes used by non-OTLP exporters to represent OpenTelemetry Scope’s concepts.

Attribute	Type	Description	Examples	Stability
otel.scope.name	string	The name of the instrumentation scope - (InstrumentationScope.Name in OTLP).	io.opentelemetry.contrib.mongodb
otel.scope.version	string	The version of the instrumentation scope - (InstrumentationScope.Version in OTLP).	1.0.0

Deprecated OTel Library Attributes

Describes deprecated otel.library attributes.

Attribute	Type	Description	Examples	Stability
otel.library.name	string	Deprecated. Use the otel.scope.name attribute	io.opentelemetry.contrib.mongodb	Use the otel.scope.name attribute.
otel.library.version	string	Deprecated. Use the otel.scope.version attribute.	1.0.0	Use the otel.scope.version attribute.