Will Metrics ever become production ready?

[acromc]

Hi. I find it weird that metrics are still labeled alpha after 3 years of development for a language that is probably the de facto standard of modern microservices. Is there any hope for open telemetry, especially metrics, to ever become production ready for golang? Thanks.

[dmathieu]

Hi,

Implementation for the metrics API is done.
The SDK is in progress in the new_sdk/main branch, which you're welcome to track and contribute to.

[dmathieu]

That branch is a WIP. It's not meant for production use, and can break without notice.

[acromc]

Thank you @dmathieu . I was actually talking about the master branch itself. Is it safe to use in production for metrics today? I don't mind about slight changes in the API here and there in the future. I am just asking if it's robust enough to be used in production.

[dmathieu]

The main branch can be used in production today. But you should expect major breaking changes once the new sdk branch is merged.

[acromc]

I don't mind breaking changes as long as the current main branch is robust enough for production use. Thank you @dmathieu !

[Aneurysm9]

The metrics API is still pre-1.0, so we do not guarantee that there will not be breaking changes in the API, but we believe that it is unlikely to change significantly as it implements the stable API specification.