go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute.Key.String
third-partyThe 187th most-called third-party method by production calls. Called 27,178 times across 27 modules; 5,502 of those run outside tests and generated code.
4232% in production calls vs 2026-W39 (127 → 5,502)
All of go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute → Docs on pkg.go.dev ↗
- prod calls
- 5,502
- non-test, non-generated
- all calls
- 27,178
- total callsites
- modules
- 27
- distinct callers
- in loop
- <1%
- of prod calls
- in tests
- <1%
- 107 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 →
- Concrete method100%A method on a value whose type is known exactly.
who calls this
Notable callers
Production calls into Key.String from notable Go projects. Open one on the map to see what else it hammers.
- Kyverno 5,202 95%
- OpenTelemetry 122 2%
- KEDA 63 1%
- Jaeger 14 <1%
- Docker 8 <1%
where it's called
Callsites in the wild
12 representative callsites of 27,178, prioritizing in-loop and non-test usage. We link to source, never display it.
- in loop
- in loop
- in loop
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ipfs/kubo @v0.43.1
in loop - in loop
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go.temporal.io/server @v1.32.0
common/telemetry/grpc.go:182
in loop - in loop
- in loop
- in loop
- in loop
- in loop
- in loop
top callers
The modules that reach for it
The modules that call Key.String most in this snapshot.
- go.opentelemetry.io/otel21,18478%
- github.com/kyverno/kyverno5,20419%
- go.temporal.io/server2791%
- github.com/temporalio/temporal2771%
- github.com/kedacore/keda/v263<1%
siblings
More from go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute
The other most-called members in this package. See all →