Create a prototype using OTel approach

[travishathaway]

Checklist

• I added a descriptive title
• I searched open requests and couldn't find a duplicate

What is the idea?

Eventually, we wish to have this plugin exclusively using OTel as its metric submission method, but before we do that, we should prototype at least one possible way to do this. This issue will be both an enhancement New feature or request and a spike Research for future issues or projects because the resulting work may not be what we actually end up using. It will heavily influence our eventual design though.

Why is this needed?

There are many limitations with the current approach of piggy backing on top of existing network requests (see #92 for more details). Using OTel will give us more capabilities and flexibility.

What should happen?

• Develop a prototype that uses OTel as a submission system but that also retains our previous approach
• Make sure that the OTel system can be toggled on/off via configuration values (later perhaps by using feature flags which can be controlled remotely)
• Create a demo video and attach it to this issue

[travishathaway]

I created this screencast today to briefly discuss the work I've done. Enjoy! 😎

2025-01-21.12-46-55.mp4

Below is the pull request with this work:

• OTel Prototype #97

[travishathaway]

Still working on the piece for toggling this on and off.