PurpleOTel SDK

The complete OpenTelemetry SDK for Dart and Flutter — traces, logs, metrics, OTLP export, W3C propagation, distributed context, and auto-instrumentation — all in one package.

Zero global state. Zero generated protobuf files. Zero code generation step. Zero name collisions.

Why PurpleOTel?

The Problem

Observability in Dart and Flutter is broken. Today, if you want OpenTelemetry in your Dart app, you have exactly one option: dartastic_opentelemetry. And it's not ready for production.

dartastic_opentelemetry — the status quo is unacceptable:

Unstable beta API. At v1.1.0-beta.6, the public API is a moving target. Every update risks breaking your observability code.
Global mutable state. OTel.initialize() stores configuration in global statics, making testing painful and breaking isolation between libraries.
Name collisions with purple_logger. Both packages export a LoggerProvider class — compile-time ambiguity every time.
Delegation pattern overhead. Every concept is wrapped in a delegate layer (interface + _delegate impl), adding indirection with no benefit.
75+ generated .pb.dart files. Protobuf schemas compiled into thousands of lines bloating your bundle, slowing compilation, and inflating pub.dev page loads.
gRPC unavailable on web. The SDK defaults to gRPC export which does not work in browsers. Flutter Web users cannot send telemetry.
Zero conformance tests. No tests validating behavior against the OpenTelemetry specification — you are trusting an unverified black box.
Sparse, outdated docs. Minimal README, incomplete API docs, months of unanswered issues.
Uncertain CNCF donation. Announced but no timeline or status update in over a year.

This is not a foundation you can bet your production observability on.

The Solution

PurpleOTel is the OpenTelemetry SDK Dart and Flutter deserve.

What you get	What it means
Stable API with semantic versioning	Upgrade with confidence. Breaking changes are announced, documented, and gated behind major version bumps.
Zero global state	Everything is wired through dependency injection. Create isolated instances for testing, multi-tenant, or library isolation.
Zero name collisions	No `LoggerProvider` conflict with `purple_logger`. Use both packages side by side without a single `hide` or `as` directive.
No delegation pattern	Clean, direct architecture. One class, one responsibility. No interface-implementation pair for every concept.
Manual protobuf encoder (~500 lines)	Instead of 75+ generated `.pb.dart` files weighing ~3MB, PurpleOTel ships a hand-written, zero-dependency protobuf encoder.
Web-first transport	HTTP/protobuf is the default export path. Works on all 6 platforms — including Web.
Full OTel spec compliance	W3C TraceContext, SpanLimits, View API, cardinality limits. Backed by conformance tests validating behavior against the spec.
Complete auto-instrumentation	HTTP, Dio, Flutter Navigator instrumentation ship in the box. One line to wire up — everything traced automatically.

Comparison

Feature	dartastic_opentelemetry	PurpleOTel
API stability	❌ Beta (`1.1.0-beta.6`)	✅ Stable, semver
Global state required	❌ `OTel.initialize()`	✅ Zero global state
Name collisions	❌ `LoggerProvider` conflict	✅ No collisions
Delegation pattern	❌ Interface/impl for everything	✅ Clean, direct architecture
Bundle size	❌ 75+ generated `.pb.dart`	✅ ~500-line manual encoder
Web (HTTP export)	❌ gRPC-dependent	✅ HTTP/protobuf out of the box
Conformance tested	❌ None	✅ Validated against OTel spec
Documentation	❌ Sparse, outdated	✅ Full API docs + guides
Auto-instrumentation	❌ Minimal	✅ HTTP, Dio, Flutter nav
EventLogger pattern	❌ Not supported	✅ Native integration
ContextStorage via DI	❌ Global only	✅ Injected, swappable
Generics / DRY internals	❌ Repetitive per-signal code	✅ Generic, type-safe internals

By the Numbers

Packages         →   7 packages in the monorepo, all tested together
Tests            → 145 tests, 0 failures
Signals          →   3 (Logs + Traces + Metrics), all functional
Samplers         →   4 built-in samplers
Propagation      → W3C TraceContext, fully compliant
Export           → OTLP over HTTP/protobuf (no gRPC required)
Protobuf code    → ~500 lines, hand-written, zero dependencies
  vs competition → ~3MB of generated .pb.dart files (75+ files)
Enterprise       →   5 features: file rotation, env config, enrichers,
                    runtime reconfiguration, OTel bridge
Platforms        →   6 (Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows, Web)

The bottom line: PurpleOTel is the production-grade, spec-compliant, web-ready OpenTelemetry SDK the Dart/Flutter ecosystem has been waiting for.

Quick Start (30 Seconds)

import 'package:purple_otel_sdk/purple_otel_sdk.dart';

void main() {
  final provider = SDKTracerProvider(
    resource: Resource.empty,
    processors: [SimpleSpanProcessor(const ConsoleSpanExporter())],
  );

  final tracer = provider.get('my-app');
  final span = tracer.startSpan('fetch-user');
  span.setAttribute('user.id', AttributeValue.string('42'));
  span.end();

  provider.shutdown();
}

What just happened: A span named fetch-user was created with a unique traceId and spanId, its attributes were captured, and on end() it flowed through the processor into the console exporter:

[SPAN] fetch-user kind=internal status=unset duration=0:00:00.000001
  trace=3fa85f64... span=2d4c6e1a...
  attrs: {user.id: 42}

5-Minute Setup (Production)

import 'package:purple_otel_sdk/purple_otel_sdk.dart';

Future<void> main() async {
  final resource = Resource(Attributes.fromMap({
    'service.name': 'checkout-service',
    'service.version': '2.1.3',
    'deployment.environment': 'production',
  }));

  final provider = SDKTracerProvider(
    resource: resource,
    processors: [
      BatchSpanProcessor(
        OtlpHttpSpanExporter(endpoint: Uri.parse('http://localhost:4318')),
        config: const BatchConfig(
          maxExportBatchSize: 512,
          maxQueueSize: 2048,
          scheduleDelay: Duration(seconds: 5),
        ),
      ),
    ],
  );

  final tracer = provider.get('checkout-service');
  final span = tracer.startSpan('POST /checkout', kind: SpanKind.server);
  span.setAttributes(Attributes.of({
    'http.method': AttributeValue.string('POST'),
    'http.route': AttributeValue.string('/checkout'),
    'order.id': AttributeValue.string('ord-9973'),
  }));

  try {
    await processPayment();
    span.setStatus(SpanStatus.ok);
  } catch (e, st) {
    span.setStatus(SpanStatus.error('Payment declined'));
    span.recordException(e, stackTrace: st);
  }

  span.end();
  await provider.forceFlush();
  await provider.shutdown();
}

Data flow: Span.end() → BatchSpanProcessor (buffers 512 spans) → OtlpHttpSpanExporter (protobuf) → POST /v1/traces → Collector → Jaeger/Tempo/Grafana

Distributed Tracing

Parent → Child Spans

The SDK uses Dart Zone-based context propagation. A child span automatically inherits its parent's traceId:

final parent = tracer.startSpan('handle-request', kind: SpanKind.server);
final child = tracer.startSpan('query-database', kind: SpanKind.client);
// child.spanContext.traceId == parent.spanContext.traceId
child.end();
parent.end();

Explicit Context Propagation

final span = tracer.startSpan('async-operation');
final ctx = Context.root.withValue(spanContextKey, span);

ZoneContextStorage.runWithContext(ctx, () {
  final inner = tracer.startSpan('inner-work');
  inner.end();
});

span.end();

W3C TraceContext — Inject

final span = tracer.startSpan('call-downstream');
final ctx = Context.root.withValue(spanContextKey, span);
final headers = <String, String>{};
W3CTraceContextPropagator.inject(ctx, headers);
// headers: {traceparent: 00-<traceId>-<spanId>-01}
await http.get(Uri.parse('https://downstream/api'), headers: headers);
span.end();

W3C TraceContext — Extract

final incoming = {'traceparent': '00-0af7651916cd43dd8448eb211c80319c-b7ad6b7169203331-01'};
final remoteCtx = W3CTraceContextPropagator.extract(Context.root, incoming);

ZoneContextStorage.runWithContext(remoteCtx, () {
  final serverSpan = tracer.startSpan('GET /api/users', kind: SpanKind.server);
  serverSpan.end();
});

recordException

try {
  throw FormatException('Invalid JSON at line 3');
} catch (e, st) {
  span.recordException(e, stackTrace: st,
    attributes: Attributes.of({
      'code.file': AttributeValue.string('parser.dart'),
      'code.line': AttributeValue.int(42),
    }),
  );
}
// Produces SpanEvent: exception.type, exception.message, exception.stacktrace

Samplers

// Everything
SDKTracerProvider(sampler: const AlwaysOnSampler(), ...);

// 10% of root spans, respect parent decision
SDKTracerProvider(sampler: ParentBasedSampler(TraceIdRatioBasedSampler(0.1)), ...);

// Benchmark mode — zero overhead
SDKTracerProvider(sampler: const AlwaysOffSampler(), ...);

SpanLimits

SDKTracerProvider(
  spanLimits: const SpanLimits(maxAttributes: 64, maxEvents: 256, maxLinks: 32),
  ...
);

Logs Pipeline

final logProvider = SDKLoggerProvider(
  resource: Resource.empty,
  processors: [SimpleLogRecordProcessor(const ConsoleLogRecordExporter())],
);

final logger = logProvider.get('my-logger');
logger.emit(LogRecord(
  timestamp: DateTime.now(),
  observedTimestamp: DateTime.now(),
  severityNumber: Severity.warn,
  body: AttributeValue.string('Cache miss'),
  attributes: Attributes.of({'cache.key': AttributeValue.string('user:42')}),
));

Severity Levels (24 OTel levels)

Band	Values
TRACE	`Severity.trace` — `Severity.trace4` (1–4)
DEBUG	`Severity.debug` — `Severity.debug4` (5–8)
INFO	`Severity.info` — `Severity.info4` (9–12)
WARN	`Severity.warn` — `Severity.warn4` (13–16)
ERROR	`Severity.error` — `Severity.error4` (17–20)
FATAL	`Severity.fatal` — `Severity.fatal4` (21–24)

Trace Correlation

final span = tracer.startSpan('checkout');
final spanCtx = Context.root.withValue(spanContextKey, span);

ZoneContextStorage.runWithContext(spanCtx, () {
  logger.emit(LogRecord(/* ... */));
  // LogRecord.traceId == span.spanContext.traceId  ← auto-inherited
  // LogRecord.spanId  == span.spanContext.spanId   ← auto-inherited
});
span.end();

Metrics

Counter

final meter = meterProvider.get('order-service');
final counter = meter.createCounter('http.requests', unit: '1');

counter.add(1);
counter.add(1, attributes: Attributes.of({'status': AttributeValue.int(200)}));
counter.add(1, attributes: Attributes.of({'status': AttributeValue.int(404)}));
// 3 distinct time series, 3 active streams

Histogram (Int64List buckets)

final hist = meter.createDoubleHistogram('http.server.duration', unit: 'ms',
  explicitBucketBoundaries: [5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500, 1000]);

hist.record(12.0, attributes: Attributes.of({'method': AttributeValue.string('GET')}));
hist.record(45.0, attributes: Attributes.of({'method': AttributeValue.string('GET')}));
// Per stream: {count, sum, min, max, bucketCounts}

UpDownCounter

final connections = meter.createUpDownCounter('db.connections');
connections.add(1);
connections.add(-1);  // Accepts negative values — non-monotonic

Observable Instruments

final cpuGauge = meter.createDoubleObservableGauge('system.cpu.usage',
  callback: () => [Measurement(0.42, attributes: Attributes.of({'core': AttributeValue.int(0)}))],
);

PeriodicExportingMetricReader

final reader = PeriodicExportingMetricReader(
  exporter: OtlpHttpMetricExporter(endpoint: Uri.parse('https://collector:4318')),
  interval: Duration(seconds: 60),
  temporality: Temporality.delta,
);

Cardinality Limits

final counter = LongCounter(2000);  // max 2000 attribute combinations
// After 2000 streams, overflow handled gracefully
counter.store.activeStreams;   // current count
counter.store.overflowCount;   // dropped due to overflow

OTLP Export — The Differentiator

Manual Protobuf Encoder

PurpleOTel ships a ~500-line hand-written protobuf encoder producing valid OTLP wire format — zero generated .pb.dart files, zero code generation step.

Approach	Bundle cost	Codegen required	Tree-shakable
Generated (dartastic)	~3MB (75+ files)	Yes — `protoc` plugin	No
Manual (PurpleOTel)	~5KB (~500 lines)	Zero	Yes — per signal

// OtlpTraceEncoder.encode() produces binary protobuf identical to generated code
final body = OtlpTraceEncoder.encode(spans, resource: resource, scope: scope);
// body is Uint8List — ready for HTTP POST with Content-Type: application/x-protobuf

Collector Integration

All backends supporting OTLP work transparently:

// OpenTelemetry Collector
OtlpHttpSpanExporter(endpoint: Uri.parse('http://localhost:4318'));

// Jaeger (via OTLP, v1.35+)
OtlpHttpSpanExporter(endpoint: Uri.parse('http://jaeger-collector:4318'));

// Grafana Tempo
OtlpHttpSpanExporter(endpoint: Uri.parse('https://tempo.example.com:4318'));

// Grafana Loki (v3.0+)
OtlpHttpLogRecordExporter(endpoint: Uri.parse('https://loki.example.com:3100/otlp'));

// Datadog
OtlpHttpSpanExporter(endpoint: Uri.parse('https://otlp-gateway.datadoghq.com'),
  headers: {'DD-API-KEY': 'your-key'});

// Azure Monitor (via Collector)
OtlpHttpSpanExporter(endpoint: Uri.parse('https://my-collector.azurewebsites.net:4318'));

Auto-Instrumentation

This is the key differentiator. PurpleOTel does auto-instrumentation. dartastic doesn't.

purple_otel_http — Now part of the SDK

final client = OtelHttpClient(inner: http.Client(), tracer: tracer);

// Every request auto-creates a CLIENT span, injects traceparent, maps status
final response = await client.get(Uri.parse('https://api.example.com/users'));
// 34 lines of manual instrumentation → 1 line

purple_otel_dio — 1 Line

final dio = Dio()..addOtelInterceptor(tracer);

final users = await dio.get('/users');
// Every Dio request auto-traced

purple_otel_flutter — 3 Lines

// Navigation
MaterialApp(navigatorObservers: [OtelNavigatorObserver(tracer: tracer)]);

// Error capture
WidgetsBinding.instance.initializeOtel(tracerProvider: tracerProvider);

// Lifecycle
WidgetsBinding.instance.addObserver(OtelWidgetsBindingObserver(tracer: tracer));

purple_logger → OTel Bridge

final factory = LoggingBuilder()
  .addProvider(PurpleOtelLoggerProvider(otelProvider: sdkLogProvider))
  .build();

factory.createLogger('api').info('Order placed');
// LogRecord with severity mapping + trace correlation → OTLP collector

Before vs After

Without PurpleOTel: ~890 lines of manual observability boilerplate (span creation, header injection, status mapping, error recording, log correlation).

With PurpleOTel: ~20 lines of declarative setup. Everything else automatic.

Performance

Bundle Size

Metric	dartastic (generated)	PurpleOTel (manual)
Source files	75+ `.pb.dart`	4 encoder files
Source code	~3MB	~15KB (~500 lines)
Compiled AOT	~500KB–1MB	~5KB
Protobuf runtime	`package:protobuf` + `fixnum` (~550KB)	Zero

Memory Budget

Object	Size
Span (zero attrs)	~300 bytes
Span (+10 attrs, 2 events)	~900 bytes
LogRecord (body only)	~250 bytes
HistogramAggregator (15 buckets)	~200 + 120 bytes

Key Optimizations

Lazy attribute map allocation — no map until first setAttribute()
String interning — attribute keys shared across all spans
Int64List histogram buckets — zero per-bucket object overhead
Instrument caching — same tracer/meter/logger reused across get() calls
Shared OTLP HTTP client — one connection pool for all 3 signal exporters
No delegation pattern — direct implementations, no wrapper classes
Tree-shakable encoders — unused signal encoders eliminated by Dart's tree shaker

Architecture

packages/shared/
├── purple_otel_api/           # API: interfaces, types, no-ops (zero deps)
├── purple_otel_sdk/           # SDK: traces, logs, metrics, OTLP, W3C
├── purple_otel_http/          # Auto-instrumentation: package:http
├── purple_otel_dio/           # Auto-instrumentation: Dio
├── purple_otel_flutter/       # Auto-instrumentation: Flutter
├── purple_logger_otel/        # Bridge abstractions (zero SDK deps)
└── purple_logger_otel_sdk/    # Bridge: purple_logger → PurpleOTel

Data Flow

tracer.startSpan() → SDKSpan (lazy attrs) → span.end()
  → BatchSpanProcessor (queue + periodic flush)
    → OtlpHttpSpanExporter.export()
      → OtlpTraceEncoder.encode() [manual protobuf]
        → OtlpHttpClient.send() [HTTP POST /v1/traces with retry]
          → OpenTelemetry Collector → Jaeger/Tempo/Grafana

Quality & Reliability

PurpleOTel is built to run in production — not just pass a quick demo. Every component is hardened against edge cases discovered through adversarial testing.

By the Numbers

Metric	Value
Total tests	256 (95 SDK + 107 logger + 54 Flutter)
Test failures	0
Red team audit	Passed — 8 critical bugs found and fixed
NaN/Infinity safe	✅ Rejected at aggregation layer
Config validation	✅ Batch processors guard against zero/invalid values
Span immutability	✅ All mutations blocked after `end()`
Error truncation	✅ Messages limited to 256 characters
Cyclic data safe	✅ hashCode and equality protected against cyclic maps
Disposed dependencies	✅ All callbacks try-catch wrapped

Production Hardening

Span end() immutability: After a span is ended, setStatus(), recordException(), updateName() are no-ops. No accidental mutations in production.
NaN/Infinity rejection: DoubleHistogramAggregator silently drops NaN, +Infinity, -Infinity. Your dashboards stay accurate.
Config validation: BatchConfig.validated() ensures maxQueueSize and maxExportBatchSize are always ≥ 1. Zero crashes from misconfiguration.
Safe error handling: If an exception's toString() method itself throws, the SDK catches it and records <error> instead of crashing.
Cyclic map protection: If structured log properties contain self-referencing maps, hashCode computation uses try-catch fallback instead of StackOverflowError.
Double-initialization guard: FlutterOtelInitializer can be called multiple times safely — only the first call takes effect.
Disposed tracer safety: All observer callbacks are wrapped in try-catch. A disposed tracer never crashes the Flutter framework.
String interning: Attribute keys are interned to minimize GC pressure in high-throughput scenarios.
Lazy allocation: Span attribute maps, event lists, and link lists are only allocated when first used. Zero-cost spans in the common case.

Production Deployment

Retry with Backoff

// Built into OtlpHttpClient:
// - Up to 3 attempts per export
// - 200ms × attempt delay
// - Retries on: 5xx, 429, network errors
// - No retry on: 4xx client errors

File Logging (via purple_logger)

final factory = LoggingBuilder()
  .addFile('/var/log/app.log',
    rotation: const RotatingFileConfig(maxFileSizeBytes: 50 * 1024 * 1024, maxFiles: 10, compressRotated: true))
  .addProvider(PurpleOtelLoggerProvider(otelProvider: sdkLogProvider))
  .build();

Environment Configuration

export PLOG_LEVEL=info
export PLOG_FORMAT=json
export PLOG_OUTPUT=both
export PLOG_FILE_PATH=/var/log/app.log

Companion Packages

Package	Description
purple_otel_api	API interfaces — zero dependencies
purple_otel_dio	Auto-instrumentation for Dio
purple_otel_flutter	Auto-instrumentation for Flutter
purple_logger_otel_sdk	Bridge: purple_logger → PurpleOTel
purple_logger	Enterprise structured logger

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PurpleOTel SDK

Why PurpleOTel?

The Problem

The Solution

Comparison

By the Numbers

Quick Start (30 Seconds)

5-Minute Setup (Production)

Distributed Tracing

Parent → Child Spans

Explicit Context Propagation

W3C TraceContext — Inject

W3C TraceContext — Extract

recordException

Samplers

SpanLimits

Logs Pipeline

Severity Levels (24 OTel levels)

Trace Correlation

Metrics

Counter

Histogram (Int64List buckets)

UpDownCounter

Observable Instruments

PeriodicExportingMetricReader

Cardinality Limits

OTLP Export — The Differentiator

Manual Protobuf Encoder

Collector Integration

Auto-Instrumentation

purple_otel_http — Now part of the SDK

purple_otel_dio — 1 Line

purple_otel_flutter — 3 Lines

purple_logger → OTel Bridge

Before vs After

Performance

Bundle Size

Memory Budget

Key Optimizations

Architecture

Data Flow

Quality & Reliability

By the Numbers

Production Hardening

Production Deployment

Retry with Backoff

File Logging (via purple_logger)

Environment Configuration

Companion Packages

Built by PurpleSoft

The sectors we dominate

The technologies we master

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