feat: add gh-aw.agent.execute OpenTelemetry span around agentic engine execution

cmd/gh-aw/main.go

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/github/gh-aw/pkg/console"
 	"github.com/github/gh-aw/pkg/constants"
 	"github.com/github/gh-aw/pkg/parser"
+	"github.com/github/gh-aw/pkg/telemetry"
 	"github.com/github/gh-aw/pkg/workflow"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
@@ -390,6 +391,15 @@ Examples:
 		dryRun, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool("dry-run")
 		jsonOutput, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool("json")
 
+		ctx := cmd.Context()
+
+		shutdown, err := telemetry.InitTracerProvider(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, console.FormatWarningMessage("Failed to initialize telemetry: "+err.Error()))
+		} else {
+			defer shutdown(ctx) //nolint:errcheck
+		}
+
 		if err := validateEngine(engineOverride); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -412,10 +422,10 @@ Examples:
 				return errors.New("workflow inputs cannot be specified in interactive mode (they will be collected interactively)")
 			}
 
-			return cli.RunWorkflowInteractively(cmd.Context(), verboseFlag, repoOverride, refOverride, autoMergePRs, push, engineOverride, dryRun)
+			return cli.RunWorkflowInteractively(ctx, verboseFlag, repoOverride, refOverride, autoMergePRs, push, engineOverride, dryRun)
 		}
 
-		return cli.RunWorkflowsOnGitHub(cmd.Context(), args, cli.RunOptions{
+		return cli.RunWorkflowsOnGitHub(ctx, args, cli.RunOptions{
 			RepeatCount:    repeatCount,
 			Enable:         enable,
 			EngineOverride: engineOverride,

go.mod

@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ require (
 	github.com/sourcegraph/conc v0.3.0
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.10.2
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.40.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp v1.40.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.40.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.40.0
 	go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.49.0
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.34.0
@@ -38,6 +42,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/bmatcuk/doublestar/v4 v4.10.0 // indirect
 	github.com/catppuccin/go v0.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/ccojocar/zxcvbn-go v1.0.4 // indirect
+	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v5 v5.0.3 // indirect
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/charmbracelet/colorprofile v0.4.2 // indirect
 	github.com/charmbracelet/harmonica v0.2.0 // indirect
@@ -67,6 +72,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.15.0 // indirect
 	github.com/gookit/color v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.3 // indirect
+	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2 v2.27.7 // indirect
 	github.com/henvic/httpretty v0.1.4 // indirect
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/lucasb-eyer/go-colorful v1.3.0 // indirect
@@ -93,9 +99,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/yosida95/uritemplate/v3 v3.0.2 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.2.1 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.61.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.39.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.39.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.39.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace v1.40.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.40.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.9.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
 	go.yaml.in/yaml/v4 v4.0.0-rc.4 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240909161429-701f63a606c0 // indirect
@@ -109,7 +115,8 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/tools/go/expect v0.1.1-deprecated // indirect
 	golang.org/x/tools/go/packages/packagestest v0.1.1-deprecated // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genai v1.50.0 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20251202230838-ff82c1b0f217 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20260128011058-8636f8732409 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20260128011058-8636f8732409 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.79.3 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.11 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect

go.sum

@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ github.com/catppuccin/go v0.3.0 h1:d+0/YicIq+hSTo5oPuRi5kOpqkVA5tAsU6dNhvRu+aY=
 github.com/catppuccin/go v0.3.0/go.mod h1:8IHJuMGaUUjQM82qBrGNBv7LFq6JI3NnQCF6MOlZjpc=
 github.com/ccojocar/zxcvbn-go v1.0.4 h1:FWnCIRMXPj43ukfX000kvBZvV6raSxakYr1nzyNrUcc=
 github.com/ccojocar/zxcvbn-go v1.0.4/go.mod h1:3GxGX+rHmueTUMvm5ium7irpyjmm7ikxYFOSJB21Das=
+github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v5 v5.0.3 h1:ZN+IMa753KfX5hd8vVaMixjnqRZ3y8CuJKRKj1xcsSM=
+github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v5 v5.0.3/go.mod h1:rkhZdG3JZukswDf7f0cwqPNk4K0sa+F97BxZthm/crw=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 h1:UL815xU9SqsFlibzuggzjXhog7bL6oX9BbNZnL2UFvs=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XLFGgcrjCOs=
 github.com/charmbracelet/colorprofile v0.4.2 h1:BdSNuMjRbotnxHSfxy+PCSa4xAmz7szw70ktAtWRYrY=
@@ -126,6 +128,8 @@ github.com/gookit/color v1.6.0 h1:JjJXBTk1ETNyqyilJhkTXJYYigHG24TM9Xa2M1xAhRA=
 github.com/gookit/color v1.6.0/go.mod h1:9ACFc7/1IpHGBW8RwuDm/0YEnhg3dwwXpoMsmtyHfjs=
 github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.3 h1:saDtZ6Pbx/0u+bgYQ3q96pZgCzfhKXGPqt7kZ72aNNg=
 github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.3/go.mod h1:YR8l580nyteQvAITg2hZ9XVh4b55+EU/adAjf1fMHhE=
+github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2 v2.27.7 h1:X+2YciYSxvMQK0UZ7sg45ZVabVZBeBuvMkmuI2V3Fak=
+github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2 v2.27.7/go.mod h1:lW34nIZuQ8UDPdkon5fmfp2l3+ZkQ2me/+oecHYLOII=
 github.com/h2non/parth v0.0.0-20190131123155-b4df798d6542 h1:2VTzZjLZBgl62/EtslCrtky5vbi9dd7HrQPQIx6wqiw=
 github.com/h2non/parth v0.0.0-20190131123155-b4df798d6542/go.mod h1:Ow0tF8D4Kplbc8s8sSb3V2oUCygFHVp8gC3Dn6U4MNI=
 github.com/henvic/httpretty v0.1.4 h1:Jo7uwIRWVFxkqOnErcoYfH90o3ddQyVrSANeS4cxYmU=
@@ -212,16 +216,24 @@ go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.2.1 h1:jXsnJ4Lmnqd11kwkBV2LgLoFMZKizbCi5fNZ/ipaZ
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.2.1/go.mod h1:KRTj+aOaElaLi+wW1kO/DZRXwkF4C5xPbEe3ZiIhN7Y=
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.61.0 h1:F7Jx+6hwnZ41NSFTO5q4LYDtJRXBf2PD0rNBkeB/lus=
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.61.0/go.mod h1:UHB22Z8QsdRDrnAtX4PntOl36ajSxcdUMt1sF7Y6E7Q=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.39.0 h1:8yPrr/S0ND9QEfTfdP9V+SiwT4E0G7Y5MO7p85nis48=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.39.0/go.mod h1:kLlFTywNWrFyEdH0oj2xK0bFYZtHRYUdv1NklR/tgc8=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.39.0 h1:d1UzonvEZriVfpNKEVmHXbdf909uGTOQjA0HF0Ls5Q0=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.39.0/go.mod h1:jrZSWL33sD7bBxg1xjrqyDjnuzTUB0x1nBERXd7Ftcs=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.39.0 h1:nMLYcjVsvdui1B/4FRkwjzoRVsMK8uL/cj0OyhKzt18=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.39.0/go.mod h1:vDojkC4/jsTJsE+kh+LXYQlbL8CgrEcwmt1ENZszdJE=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.39.0 h1:cXMVVFVgsIf2YL6QkRF4Urbr/aMInf+2WKg+sEJTtB8=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.39.0/go.mod h1:xq9HEVH7qeX69/JnwEfp6fVq5wosJsY1mt4lLfYdVew=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.39.0 h1:2d2vfpEDmCJ5zVYz7ijaJdOF59xLomrvj7bjt6/qCJI=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.39.0/go.mod h1:88w4/PnZSazkGzz/w84VHpQafiU4EtqqlVdxWy+rNOA=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.40.0 h1:oA5YeOcpRTXq6NN7frwmwFR0Cn3RhTVZvXsP4duvCms=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.40.0/go.mod h1:IMb+uXZUKkMXdPddhwAHm6UfOwJyh4ct1ybIlV14J0g=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace v1.40.0 h1:QKdN8ly8zEMrByybbQgv8cWBcdAarwmIPZ6FThrWXJs=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace v1.40.0/go.mod h1:bTdK1nhqF76qiPoCCdyFIV+N/sRHYXYCTQc+3VCi3MI=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp v1.40.0 h1:wVZXIWjQSeSmMoxF74LzAnpVQOAFDo3pPji9Y4SOFKc=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp v1.40.0/go.mod h1:khvBS2IggMFNwZK/6lEeHg/W57h/IX6J4URh57fuI40=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.40.0 h1:rcZe317KPftE2rstWIBitCdVp89A2HqjkxR3c11+p9g=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.40.0/go.mod h1:ib/crwQH7N3r5kfiBZQbwrTge743UDc7DTFVZrrXnqc=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.40.0 h1:KHW/jUzgo6wsPh9At46+h4upjtccTmuZCFAc9OJ71f8=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.40.0/go.mod h1:Ph7EFdYvxq72Y8Li9q8KebuYUr2KoeyHx0DRMKrYBUE=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.40.0 h1:mtmdVqgQkeRxHgRv4qhyJduP3fYJRMX4AtAlbuWdCYw=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.40.0/go.mod h1:4Z2bGMf0KSK3uRjlczMOeMhKU2rhUqdWNoKcYrtcBPg=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.40.0 h1:WA4etStDttCSYuhwvEa8OP8I5EWu24lkOzp+ZYblVjw=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.40.0/go.mod h1:zeAhriXecNGP/s2SEG3+Y8X9ujcJOTqQ5RgdEJcawiA=
+go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.9.0 h1:l706jCMITVouPOqEnii2fIAuO3IVGBRPV5ICjceRb/A=
+go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.9.0/go.mod h1:xE+Cx5E/eEHw+ISFkwPLwCZefwVjY+pqKg1qcK03+/4=
+go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0 h1:2K3zAYmnTNqV73imy9J1T3WC+gmCePx2hEGkimedGto=
+go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0/go.mod h1:CoHD4mav9JJNrW/WLlf7HGZPjdw8EucARQHekz1X6bE=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 h1:blXXJkSxSSfBVBlC76pxqeO+LN3aDfLQo+309xJstO0=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0/go.mod h1:20+QtiLqy0Nd6FdQB9TLXag12DsQkrbs3htMFfDN80Y=
 go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4 h1:tfq32ie2Jv2UxXFdLJdh3jXuOzWiL1fo0bu/FbuKpbc=
@@ -262,8 +274,10 @@ gonum.org/v1/gonum v0.16.0 h1:5+ul4Swaf3ESvrOnidPp4GZbzf0mxVQpDCYUQE7OJfk=
 gonum.org/v1/gonum v0.16.0/go.mod h1:fef3am4MQ93R2HHpKnLk4/Tbh/s0+wqD5nfa6Pnwy4E=
 google.golang.org/genai v1.50.0 h1:yHKV/vjoeN9PJ3iF0ur4cBZco4N3Kl7j09rMq7XSoWk=
 google.golang.org/genai v1.50.0/go.mod h1:A3kkl0nyBjyFlNjgxIwKq70julKbIxpSxqKO5gw/gmk=
-google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20251202230838-ff82c1b0f217 h1:gRkg/vSppuSQoDjxyiGfN4Upv/h/DQmIR10ZU8dh4Ww=
-google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20251202230838-ff82c1b0f217/go.mod h1:7i2o+ce6H/6BluujYR+kqX3GKH+dChPTQU19wjRPiGk=
+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20260128011058-8636f8732409 h1:merA0rdPeUV3YIIfHHcH4qBkiQAc1nfCKSI7lB4cV2M=
+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20260128011058-8636f8732409/go.mod h1:fl8J1IvUjCilwZzQowmw2b7HQB2eAuYBabMXzWurF+I=
+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20260128011058-8636f8732409 h1:H86B94AW+VfJWDqFeEbBPhEtHzJwJfTbgE2lZa54ZAQ=
+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20260128011058-8636f8732409/go.mod h1:j9x/tPzZkyxcgEFkiKEEGxfvyumM01BEtsW8xzOahRQ=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.79.3 h1:sybAEdRIEtvcD68Gx7dmnwjZKlyfuc61Dyo9pGXXkKE=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.79.3/go.mod h1:KmT0Kjez+0dde/v2j9vzwoAScgEPx/Bw1CYChhHLrHQ=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.11 h1:fV6ZwhNocDyBLK0dj+fg8ektcVegBBuEolpbTQyBNVE=

pkg/cli/run_workflow_execution.go

@@ -13,10 +13,14 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
+
 	"github.com/github/gh-aw/pkg/console"
 	"github.com/github/gh-aw/pkg/constants"
 	"github.com/github/gh-aw/pkg/logger"
 	"github.com/github/gh-aw/pkg/stringutil"
+	"github.com/github/gh-aw/pkg/telemetry"
 	"github.com/github/gh-aw/pkg/workflow"
 )
 
@@ -50,6 +54,15 @@ type WorkflowRunResult struct {
 
 // RunWorkflowOnGitHub runs an agentic workflow on GitHub Actions
 func RunWorkflowOnGitHub(ctx context.Context, workflowIdOrName string, opts RunOptions) error {
+	ctx, span := telemetry.Tracer().Start(ctx, "gh-aw.agent.execute",
+		trace.WithAttributes(
+			attribute.String("workflow", workflowIdOrName),
+			attribute.String("engine", opts.EngineOverride),
+			attribute.String("repo", opts.RepoOverride),
+		),
+	)
+	defer span.End()
+
 	executionLog.Printf("Starting workflow run: workflow=%s, enable=%v, engineOverride=%s, repo=%s, ref=%s, push=%v, wait=%v, inputs=%v", workflowIdOrName, opts.Enable, opts.EngineOverride, opts.RepoOverride, opts.RefOverride, opts.Push, opts.WaitForCompletion, opts.Inputs)
 
 	// Check context cancellation at the start

pkg/telemetry/telemetry.go

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+package telemetry
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/resource"
+	sdktrace "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace"
+	semconv "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/semconv/v1.26.0"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
+)
+
+const instrumentationName = "gh-aw"
+
+// Tracer returns the gh-aw tracer. When no TracerProvider has been configured
+// (i.e. InitTracerProvider was not called or OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT is
+// unset), the global no-op provider is used and all spans are silently
+// discarded.
+func Tracer() trace.Tracer {
+	return otel.Tracer(instrumentationName)
+}
+
+// InitTracerProvider configures a TracerProvider that exports spans over OTLP
+// HTTP when OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT is set in the environment. The
+// returned shutdown function must be called (typically via defer) to flush and
+// stop the provider before the process exits.
+//
+// When OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT is empty the function is a no-op: the
+// global no-op TracerProvider is left in place and the returned shutdown
+// function does nothing.
+func InitTracerProvider(ctx context.Context) (shutdown func(context.Context) error, err error) {
+	if os.Getenv("OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT") == "" {
+		// No OTLP endpoint configured: return a no-op shutdown function so
+		// callers can always defer shutdown without needing to check nil.
+		return func(_ context.Context) error { return nil }, nil
+	}
+
+	exporter, err := otlptracehttp.New(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create OTLP trace exporter: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	res, err := resource.New(ctx,
+		resource.WithAttributes(semconv.ServiceName(instrumentationName)),
+		resource.WithFromEnv(),
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create OTEL resource: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	tp := sdktrace.NewTracerProvider(
+		sdktrace.WithBatcher(exporter),
+		sdktrace.WithResource(res),
+	)
+
+	otel.SetTracerProvider(tp)
+
+	return tp.Shutdown, nil
+}