Support for "random trace id" flag in trace context

[kalyanaj]

Is your feature request related to a problem? The issue filed in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/issues/3411 covers the problem/context.

Describe the solution you'd like As discussed in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/issues/3411, the concrete changes here that are relevant for OTel SDKs are:

• if the trace id is randomly generated, set the random flag
• propagate the random flag if a traceparent is received

Describe alternatives you've considered N/A

Additional context https://www.w3.org/TR/trace-context-2/ has the full spec. This spec is currently in candidate recommendation status.

CC: @lalitb

[marcalff]

Thanks for the heads up.

On hold for now, waiting for the spec and proto to be updated:

• https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/issues/3411
• https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-proto/pull/503

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