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agentic-dev/docs/library-decisions/2026-05-14-@opentelemetry/api-logs.md
Danijel Martinek 9ff861667a chore(deps): backfill library traces for ADR-017 cluster
Adds approved trace files dated 2026-05-14 for all 13 OpenTelemetry
packages in packages/core-shared and packages/core-audit:

  @opentelemetry/api, api-logs, context-async-hooks,
  instrumentation, instrumentation-http, instrumentation-pg,
  instrumentation-undici, resources, sdk-logs, sdk-metrics,
  sdk-node, sdk-trace-base, semantic-conventions

All files pass validateTrace() from schema.mjs. The @sentry/opentelemetry
bridge was already covered in the ADR-014 cluster commit.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-14 10:01:30 +00:00

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---
package: "@opentelemetry/api-logs"
version: "^0.55.0"
tier: core
decision: approved
date: 2026-05-14
deciders: [Danijel Martinek]
adr: adr-017
filter-results:
license: Apache-2.0
types: native
maintenance: active
boundary-fit: pass
shadow-check: pass
eu-residency: n/a
cve-scan: clean
named-consumer: pass
verification-commands:
- npm view @opentelemetry/api-logs license
- npm view @opentelemetry/api-logs version
- pnpm audit --audit-level=moderate
accepted-cves: []
---
## Filter: license
<!-- Result: Apache-2.0 -->
`npm view @opentelemetry/api-logs license` returns `Apache-2.0`. Apache-2.0 is on the allowlist.
## Filter: types
<!-- Result: native -->
`@opentelemetry/api-logs` is authored in TypeScript and ships its own `.d.ts` declaration files. No separate `@types/` package is needed.
## Filter: maintenance
<!-- Result: active -->
Actively maintained by the OpenTelemetry community under the CNCF as part of the unified OTel JS repository. Versioned alongside the SDK packages; the 0.55.x line is current and aligns with the SDK release cycle.
## Filter: boundary-fit
<!-- Result: pass -->
ADR-017 §4 designates `@opentelemetry/api-logs` as the Logs API for `OtelLogger` in `core-shared/instrumentation/`. Feature packages interact with logging only via the `ILogger` interface (ADR-014 R34); they do not import this package directly.
## Filter: shadow-check
<!-- Result: pass -->
`@opentelemetry/api-logs` is the only OTel Logs API in the workspace. It complements `@opentelemetry/api` (traces) and `@opentelemetry/sdk-metrics` (metrics) to form the complete three-signal OTel pipeline. No competing logging API is present.
## Filter: eu-residency
<!-- Result: n/a -->
`@opentelemetry/api-logs` is a pure API package with no network communication or data transmission. EU residency does not apply.
## Filter: cve-scan
<!-- Result: clean -->
`pnpm audit --audit-level=moderate` reports no advisories against `@opentelemetry/api-logs` at the time of this trace.
## Filter: named-consumer
<!-- Result: pass -->
`packages/core-shared/src/instrumentation/otel/otel-logger.ts` implements `ILogger` using `@opentelemetry/api-logs` to emit log records via the OTel Logs API (ADR-017 §4). `packages/core-audit` also depends on it for structured audit log emission.
## Prompt: replaces
`OtelLogger` replaces the former `SentryLogger` which called Sentry SDK methods directly. `@opentelemetry/api-logs` provides the vendor-neutral log emission surface so that the downstream exporter (Sentry via `@sentry/opentelemetry`) can be swapped without touching logger code.
## Prompt: migration-cost-out
Hard. `@opentelemetry/api-logs` is called in every `OtelLogger` log-emission path in `core-shared`. Moving to a different logs API (e.g., a custom abstraction) would require rewriting both the logger implementation and the OTel SDK initialization. The `ILogger` interface boundary (ADR-014) limits blast radius to `core-shared`.
## Prompt: alternatives-considered
1. **Winston / Pino as the log API** — Considered before ADR-017. Rejected because a separate log library alongside OTel would create a split-pipeline problem: traces and logs would travel through different channels, losing correlation.
2. **Sentry SDK breadcrumb API directly** — Rejected in ADR-017: direct Sentry coupling prevents vendor swap without code changes.
See ADR-017 for the full decision rationale.