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go.opentelemetry.io/otel.Tracer

third-party

The 1984th most-called third-party function by production calls. Called 416 times across 52 modules; 320 of those run outside tests and generated code.

5% in production calls vs 2026-W39 (304 → 320)

All of go.opentelemetry.io/otel → Docs on pkg.go.dev ↗

prod calls
320
non-test, non-generated
all calls
416
total callsites
modules
52
distinct callers
in loop
2%
of prod calls
in tests
23%
96 calls
resolved
100%
to a known target

resolution mix

How each call resolves

How each call was attributed. Only resolved kinds, where the target function is known, count toward the ranking. Interface dispatch and unresolved receivers are reported separately and never guessed. Read the taxonomy →

  • Package function60%A direct call to an exported package function, resolved by type.
  • Package function (by syntax)40%A package function in a module outside the crawl, keyed by import path.

who calls this

Notable callers

Production calls into Tracer from notable Go projects. Open one on the map to see what else it hammers.

where it's called

Callsites in the wild

12 representative callsites of 416, prioritizing in-loop and non-test usage. We link to source, never display it.

Tracer · 12 of 416 callsites

top callers

The modules that reach for it

The modules that call Tracer most in this snapshot.

  • github.com/docker/docker8320%
  • github.com/moby/moby8320%
  • github.com/grafana/loki/v3369%
  • github.com/FerretDB/FerretDB276%
  • github.com/prometheus/prometheus246%

siblings

More from go.opentelemetry.io/otel

The other most-called functions in this package. See all →