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Python Observability Patterns

aiskillstore/python-observability-patterns

Observability patterns for Python applications. Triggers on: logging, metrics, tracing, opentelemetry, prometheus, observability, monitoring, structlog, correlation id.

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npx skills add https://github.com/aiskillstore/marketplace --skill python-observability-patterns

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assets/logging-config.py
references/metrics.md
references/structured-logging.md
references/tracing.md
skill-report.json

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9 sections, as written by the author

Python Observability Patterns

Logging, metrics, and tracing for production applications.

Structured Logging with structlog

import structlog

# Configure structlog
structlog.configure(
    processors=[
        structlog.contextvars.merge_contextvars,
        structlog.processors.add_log_level,
        structlog.processors.TimeStamper(fmt="iso"),
        structlog.processors.JSONRenderer(),
    ],
    wrapper_class=structlog.make_filtering_bound_logger(logging.INFO),
    context_class=dict,
    logger_factory=structlog.PrintLoggerFactory(),
)

logger = structlog.get_logger()

# Usage
logger.info("user_created", user_id=123, email="[email protected]")
# Output: {"event": "user_created", "user_id": 123, "email": "[email protected]", "level": "info", "timestamp": "2024-01-15T10:00:00Z"}

Request Context Propagation

import structlog
from contextvars import ContextVar
from uuid import uuid4

request_id_var: ContextVar[str] = ContextVar("request_id", default="")

def bind_request_context(request_id: str | None = None):
    """Bind request ID to logging context."""
    rid = request_id or str(uuid4())
    request_id_var.set(rid)
    structlog.contextvars.bind_contextvars(request_id=rid)
    return rid

# FastAPI middleware
@app.middleware("http")
async def request_context_middleware(request, call_next):
    request_id = request.headers.get("X-Request-ID") or str(uuid4())
    bind_request_context(request_id)
    response = await call_next(request)
    response.headers["X-Request-ID"] = request_id
    structlog.contextvars.clear_contextvars()
    return response

Prometheus Metrics

from prometheus_client import Counter, Histogram, Gauge, generate_latest
from fastapi import FastAPI, Response

# Define metrics
REQUEST_COUNT = Counter(
    "http_requests_total",
    "Total HTTP requests",
    ["method", "endpoint", "status"]
)

REQUEST_LATENCY = Histogram(
    "http_request_duration_seconds",
    "HTTP request latency",
    ["method", "endpoint"],
    buckets=[0.01, 0.05, 0.1, 0.5, 1.0, 5.0]
)

ACTIVE_CONNECTIONS = Gauge(
    "active_connections",
    "Number of active connections"
)

# Middleware to record metrics
@app.middleware("http")
async def metrics_middleware(request, call_next):
    ACTIVE_CONNECTIONS.inc()
    start = time.perf_counter()

    response = await call_next(request)

    duration = time.perf_counter() - start
    REQUEST_COUNT.labels(
        method=request.method,
        endpoint=request.url.path,
        status=response.status_code
    ).inc()
    REQUEST_LATENCY.labels(
        method=request.method,
        endpoint=request.url.path
    ).observe(duration)
    ACTIVE_CONNECTIONS.dec()

    return response

# Metrics endpoint
@app.get("/metrics")
async def metrics():
    return Response(
        content=generate_latest(),
        media_type="text/plain"
    )

OpenTelemetry Tracing

from opentelemetry import trace
from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import TracerProvider
from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import BatchSpanProcessor
from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc.trace_exporter import OTLPSpanExporter

# Setup
provider = TracerProvider()
processor = BatchSpanProcessor(OTLPSpanExporter(endpoint="localhost:4317"))
provider.add_span_processor(processor)
trace.set_tracer_provider(provider)

tracer = trace.get_tracer(__name__)

# Manual instrumentation
async def process_order(order_id: int):
    with tracer.start_as_current_span("process_order") as span:
        span.set_attribute("order_id", order_id)

        with tracer.start_as_current_span("validate_order"):
            await validate(order_id)

        with tracer.start_as_current_span("charge_payment"):
            await charge(order_id)

Quick Reference

| Library | Purpose |

|---------|---------|

| structlog | Structured logging |

| prometheus-client | Metrics collection |

| opentelemetry | Distributed tracing |

| Metric Type | Use Case |

|-------------|----------|

| Counter | Total requests, errors |

| Histogram | Latencies, sizes |

| Gauge | Current connections, queue size |

Additional Resources

  • ./references/structured-logging.md - structlog configuration, formatters
  • ./references/metrics.md - Prometheus patterns, custom metrics
  • ./references/tracing.md - OpenTelemetry, distributed tracing

Assets

  • ./assets/logging-config.py - Production logging configuration

See Also

Prerequisites:

  • python-async-patterns - Async context propagation

Related Skills:

  • python-fastapi-patterns - API middleware for metrics/tracing
  • python-cli-patterns - CLI logging patterns

Integration Skills:

  • python-database-patterns - Database query tracing

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