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Pull request overview
This pull request aligns the Logs API and SDK with the shared go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute value model by removing log-specific structured value types and using attribute.Value / attribute.KeyValue for log bodies and attributes across the API, SDK, test helpers, and OTLP/stdout exporters.
Changes:
- Replace log-specific
Kind/Value/KeyValuewithattribute.Value/attribute.KeyValuethroughout log API, SDK, logtest helpers, and exporters. - Refactor
attrdeduphelpers (SDK + templates) to return(value, changed)and update call sites accordingly. - Update docs, examples, and changelog entries to reflect the new attribute-backed logging model.
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| sdk/trace/span.go | Adapt attrdedup call signature |
| sdk/trace/provider.go | Adapt attrdedup.Set signature |
| sdk/resource/resource.go | Adapt attrdedup.KeyValues signature |
| sdk/metric/provider.go | Adapt attrdedup.Set signature |
| sdk/metric/internal/attrdedup/dedup.go | Return “changed” from helpers |
| sdk/metric/internal/attrdedup/dedup_test.go | Test “changed” results |
| sdk/metric/instrument.go | Adapt attrdedup signatures |
| sdk/log/ring_test.go | Use attribute.Value body type |
| sdk/log/record.go | Use attribute.Value/KeyValue + normalization |
| sdk/log/provider.go | Adapt attrdedup.Set signature |
| sdk/log/logtest/factory.go | Factory uses attribute types |
| sdk/log/logtest/factory_test.go | Update tests to attribute types |
| sdk/log/logtest/example_test.go | Update example to attribute.Value |
| sdk/log/logger.go | Switch exception attrs to attribute.Key |
| sdk/log/logger_test.go | Update tests to attribute values |
| sdk/log/logger_bench_test.go | Update benches to attribute values |
| sdk/log/internal/attrdedup/dedup.go | Return “changed” from helpers |
| sdk/log/internal/attrdedup/dedup_test.go | Test “changed” results |
| sdk/log/exporter_test.go | Update record bodies to attribute.Value |
| sdk/log/example_test.go | Update processors to attribute types |
| sdk/log/DESIGN.md | Document attribute-backed SDK record model |
| sdk/log/bench_test.go | Update benchmarks to attribute types |
| sdk/log/batch_test.go | Update tests/bench to attribute.Value |
| sdk/internal/attrdedup/dedup.go | Return “changed” from helpers |
| sdk/internal/attrdedup/dedup_test.go | Test “changed” results |
| sdk/internal/attrdedup/dedup_benchmark_test.go | Adapt benchmark call signature |
| log/record.go | API record uses attribute.Value/KeyValue |
| log/record_test.go | Update tests to attribute types |
| log/record_bench_test.go | Update benches to attribute types |
| log/logtest/recorder.go | Recorder stores attribute types |
| log/logtest/recorder_test.go | Update tests to attribute types |
| log/logtest/go.sum | Module dependency updates |
| log/logtest/go.mod | Module dependency updates |
| log/logtest/example_test.go | Update example to attribute types |
| log/logtest/assert.go | Compare attribute.Value in assertions |
| log/logtest/assert_test.go | Update assertion tests to attribute types |
| log/kind_string.go | Removed (obsolete log.Kind) |
| log/keyvalue.go | Removed (obsolete log.Value/KeyValue) |
| log/keyvalue_test.go | Removed (obsolete log.Value/KeyValue tests) |
| log/keyvalue_bench_test.go | Removed (obsolete log.Value/KeyValue benches) |
| log/DESIGN.md | Update design doc to attribute types |
| internal/shared/otlp/otlplog/transform/log.go.tmpl | Use Attr/AttrValue for logs |
| internal/shared/otlp/otlplog/transform/log_test.go.tmpl | Update templates to attribute types |
| internal/shared/otlp/otlplog/transform/log_attr_test.go.tmpl | Update attr tests to attribute types |
| internal/shared/attrdedup/dedup.go.tmpl | Template: return “changed” |
| internal/shared/attrdedup/dedup_test.go.tmpl | Template tests for “changed” |
| exporters/stdout/stdoutlog/record.go | Marshal attribute.Value directly |
| exporters/stdout/stdoutlog/exporter_test.go | Update stdoutlog tests for attribute |
| exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/internal/transform/log.go | Use Attr/AttrValue for logs |
| exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/internal/transform/log_test.go | Update tests to attribute types |
| exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/internal/transform/log_attr_test.go | Update attr tests to attribute types |
| exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploggrpc/internal/transform/log.go | Use Attr/AttrValue for logs |
| exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploggrpc/internal/transform/log_test.go | Update tests to attribute types |
| exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploggrpc/internal/transform/log_attr_test.go | Update attr tests to attribute types |
| exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploggrpc/exporter_test.go | Update exporter tests to attribute |
| CHANGELOG.md | Document breaking removals/changes |
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ADK v2.3.0 ships native context compaction (session/compaction: sliding window, tail retention, LLM summarizer) and the runner hook that applies it. The OpenTelemetry exporters and contrib instrumentation move to the matching v1.45.0 / v0.21.0 / v0.70.0 set, which the new ADK version already requires for otel/log. otel/log v0.21.0 hands log bodies and attributes as attribute.Value and attribute.KeyValue and drops its own Value type (open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go#8490); the telemetry test builds its record body with attribute.StringValue accordingly. Signed-off-by: Timo Derstappen <teemow@gmail.com>
ADK v2.3.0 ships native context compaction (session/compaction: sliding window, tail retention, LLM summarizer) and the runner hook that applies it. The OpenTelemetry exporters and contrib instrumentation move to the matching v1.45.0 / v0.21.0 / v0.70.0 set, which the new ADK version already requires for otel/log. otel/log v0.21.0 hands log bodies and attributes as attribute.Value and attribute.KeyValue and drops its own Value type (open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go#8490); the telemetry test builds its record body with attribute.StringValue accordingly. Signed-off-by: Timo Derstappen <teemow@gmail.com>
ADK v2.3.0 ships native context compaction (session/compaction: sliding window, tail retention, LLM summarizer) and the runner hook that applies it. The OpenTelemetry exporters and contrib instrumentation move to the matching v1.45.0 / v0.21.0 / v0.70.0 set, which the new ADK version already requires for otel/log. otel/log v0.21.0 hands log bodies and attributes as attribute.Value and attribute.KeyValue and drops its own Value type (open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go#8490); the telemetry test builds its record body with attribute.StringValue accordingly. Signed-off-by: Timo Derstappen <teemow@gmail.com>
CVE-2026-81871 (otlploggrpc v0.19.0, MEDIUM) and CVE-2026-81870 (otlptrace, otlptracegrpc, otel/sdk, LOW) were failing trivy-gate on every PR. Bumps the whole otel release train together -- v1.45.0 for the stable line, v0.21.0 for the log line -- rather than only the four flagged modules, because the two lines are released in lockstep. otel/log v0.21.0 drops its own Value/KeyValue types in favour of the shared go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute ones (upstream open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go#8490), so the audit-log call sites move to attribute.String/StringValue/KeyValue. Same keys, same values, same OTLP output -- no behaviour change. A narrower bump is not possible: otlploggrpc v0.21.0 requires otel/log v0.21.0, so module resolution pulls the new API in regardless. stdHandler.go also picks up a gofmt pass: it was already unformatted on development, and the pre-commit hook checks any file the commit touches. Whitespace only, no logic in those lines.
ADK v2.3.0 ships native context compaction (session/compaction: sliding window, tail retention, LLM summarizer) and the runner hook that applies it. The OpenTelemetry exporters and contrib instrumentation move to the matching v1.45.0 / v0.21.0 / v0.70.0 set, which the new ADK version already requires for otel/log. otel/log v0.21.0 hands log bodies and attributes as attribute.Value and attribute.KeyValue and drops its own Value type (open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go#8490); the telemetry test builds its record body with attribute.StringValue accordingly. Signed-off-by: Timo Derstappen <teemow@gmail.com>
…-1hn5n) otel/log v0.21.0 removed log.Value, log.KeyValue and their constructors (open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go#8490), so the pinned otelslog bridge v0.19.0 no longer compiles against it. otelslog v0.20.0 is the release built for otel/log v0.21.0 and otel v1.45.0, which is exactly the set this Dependabot bump moves to. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_0118hH166dW23tXjqiu2Kb8v
otel/log v0.21.0 removes Kind, Value and KeyValue in favour of attribute.Value (open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go#8490), so every module that consumes that API has to move in the same commit. Bumping otlploggrpc on its own (#172) pulled otel/log to v0.21.0 through MVS while leaving otlploghttp, stdoutlog and the otelzap bridge on the removed API, which broke the build of cmd/otel-collector. Moved as one set: otel/log v0.20.0 -> v0.21.0 otel/sdk/log v0.20.0 -> v0.21.0 otlplog/otlploggrpc v0.20.0 -> v0.21.0 otlplog/otlploghttp v0.20.0 -> v0.21.0 stdout/stdoutlog v0.20.0 -> v0.21.0 contrib/bridges/otelzap v0.19.0 -> v0.20.0 otelzap v0.20.0 is the release that requires otel/log v0.21.0; v0.19.0 caps at v0.20.0 and v0.20.1 already requires v0.22.0. Staying on the v0.21.0 set keeps the otel core at v1.45.0, so this change touches the log family only.
…able deps Upgrade OpenTelemetry to v1.46.0 (logs v0.22.0) and pick up security fixes in grpc v1.84.0, x/crypto v0.57.0, x/net v0.59.0, x/text v0.42.0 and klauspost/compress v1.20.0. otel/log v0.21.0 removed log.KeyValue/log.Value in favor of attribute.KeyValue/attribute.Value (open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go#8490), so the Log interface and LogAttribute now use attribute.KeyValue. BREAKING CHANGE: Log.Debug/Info/Warning/Error/Fatal take ...attribute.KeyValue and LogAttribute returns attribute.KeyValue. See MIGRATION.md.
…able deps (#4) Upgrade OpenTelemetry to v1.46.0 (logs v0.22.0) and pick up security fixes in grpc v1.84.0, x/crypto v0.57.0, x/net v0.59.0, x/text v0.42.0 and klauspost/compress v1.20.0. otel/log v0.21.0 removed log.KeyValue/log.Value in favor of attribute.KeyValue/attribute.Value (open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go#8490), so the Log interface and LogAttribute now use attribute.KeyValue. BREAKING CHANGE: Log.Debug/Info/Warning/Error/Fatal take ...attribute.KeyValue and LogAttribute returns attribute.KeyValue. See MIGRATION.md.
CVE-2026-81871 (otlploggrpc v0.19.0, MEDIUM) and CVE-2026-81870 (otlptrace, otlptracegrpc, otel/sdk, LOW) were failing trivy-gate on every PR. Bumps the whole otel release train together -- v1.45.0 for the stable line, v0.21.0 for the log line -- rather than only the four flagged modules, because the two lines are released in lockstep. otel/log v0.21.0 drops its own Value/KeyValue types in favour of the shared go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute ones (upstream open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go#8490), so the audit-log call sites move to attribute.String/StringValue/KeyValue. Same keys, same values, same OTLP output -- no behaviour change. A narrower bump is not possible: otlploggrpc v0.21.0 requires otel/log v0.21.0, so module resolution pulls the new API in regardless. stdHandler.go also picks up a gofmt pass: it was already unformatted on development, and the pre-commit hook checks any file the commit touches. Whitespace only, no logic in those lines.
go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/log below v0.21.0 is affected by CVE-2026-81872 (Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling). Consumers such as cloudv2 cannot upgrade past it while this module pins otel/log v0.19.0, because v0.21.0 does not compile against the current log transform. otel v1.45.0 replaced log.Value/log.KeyValue with attribute.Value and attribute.KeyValue for log bodies and attributes (open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go#8490). Log attributes now go through attributeValueToProto, which gains the EMPTY, BYTESLICE, SLICE and MAP cases the log-specific converter used to handle. Spans, resources and metrics get the same encoding for those attribute types, which are new in otel v1.45.0. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
… advisories Fixes open Dependabot alerts on go.mod: - google.golang.org/grpc 1.80.0 -> 1.83.2 (GHSA-hrxh-6v49-42gf, GHSA-vp52-pcj8-j9qc, GHSA-2v4p-qf9q-27wj, GHSA-qc2q-p7wx-3px3; 1.83.2 also clears GO-2026-6443) - github.com/apache/thrift 0.23.0 -> 0.24.0 (GHSA-8wv5-x4w7-5gww) - github.com/moby/go-archive 0.2.0 -> 0.3.0 (GHSA-hfg8-hc9c-6c3h) - go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk 1.43.0 -> 1.45.0 (GHSA-8wmf-6v46-5gfg) - go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/log 0.19.0 -> 0.21.0 (GHSA-hjf4-fphr-2h65) The rest of the OTel family moves with it (1.45.0 / 0.21.0) so the modules stay in lockstep. golang.org/x/net goes to 0.60.0 to clear GO-2026-6603/6610/6611/6612/6617, which govulncheck reports as reachable from cmd/gt. otel/log 0.21.0 removed its own KeyValue/Value types in favor of go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute (open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go#8490), so internal/telemetry now builds log attributes with attribute.String, attribute.Int64 and friends. Behavior is unchanged. gofmt also realigns a var block in recorder.go that was already misformatted on main. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Fixes #7034.
Kind,Value,KeyValue, value constructors, and attribute conversion helpers fromgo.opentelemetry.io/otel/log.attribute.Valueandattribute.KeyValuefor log bodies and attributes acrossgo.opentelemetry.io/otel/log,go.opentelemetry.io/otel/log/logtest,go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/log, andgo.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/log/logtest.attribute.Valuedirectly.WithAllowKeyDuplication, nested-map deduplication, recursive attribute value truncation, and zero-body semantics.attrdeduphelpers to return whether normalization changed the input instead of adding parallel*Changedhelper functions.Benchmarks
Logs API benchmarks
Allocation counts were unchanged.
The large
Record/Bodypercentage is an artifact of comparing against a sub-nanosecond baseline: the benchmark increased from 0.4146 ns/op to 2.5160 ns/op, so the absolute change is about 2.1 ns/op. This path only stores and reads anattribute.BoolValue(true); it does not normalize, allocate, or walk nested values. The extra time comes from usingattribute.Valueas the record body. On amd64 it is wider than the removed log-specificValue, sovar r log.Record,SetBody, andBodymove/zero more bytes even for a simple boolean body. TheB/opandallocs/optables stay at zero for this benchmark.SDK log benchmarks use selected body and attribute normalization paths with a short benchmark window to keep the repeated comparison stable in this environment:
Normalization here means recursively applying the SDK's canonical log-record rules to attribute values before export: duplicate keys inside
attribute.MAPvalues are removed with last-value-wins semantics, nestedMAP/SLICEvalues are normalized the same way, and attribute value length limits are applied to string-like values inside attributes.The duplicate-key and nested-map SDK paths are slower because normalization now walks generic
attribute.ValueMAP/SLICEtrees and rebuilds changed subtrees withattribute.MapValue/attribute.SliceValue. The no-op andWithAllowKeyDuplicationpaths still avoid allocations, but duplicate or nested changes require new value/key-value slices.