How to Contribute to open-telemetry/semantic-conventions

A practical guide backed by open-telemetry/semantic-conventions's real pull-request history - not guesswork.

42%
PR merge rate
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First review
43%
First-timer success
A Tier
C-Rank

Your game plan

1

Pick a starter issue

open-telemetry/semantic-conventions currently labels 3 open issues as "good first issue". Start there - maintainers expect newcomers on those.

2

Time your pull request

Median first review lands within no recent data. Open your PR when maintainers are active rather than right before a weekend.

3

Keep it small and focused

Outside PRs to this repo are merged at a 42% rate. Small, well-described PRs that pass CI consistently outperform large ones.

4

Engage with review feedback

47 active maintainers review contributions here. Respond to comments promptly - responsiveness is the strongest predictor of getting merged.

Open good first issues

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