# \[GSoC 2026\] Intro: Sanskriti — Interest in OpenTelemetry for ci.jenkins.io

**URL:** <https://community.jenkins.io/t/gsoc-2026-intro-sanskriti-interest-in-opentelemetry-for-ci-jenkins-io/36591>\
**Category:** GSoC\
**Tags:** question, gsoc\
**Created:** [March 21, 2026, 12:35pm UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/gsoc-2026-intro-sanskriti-interest-in-opentelemetry-for-ci-jenkins-io/36591 "2026-03-21T12:35:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![S-anskriti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@S-anskriti](https://community.jenkins.io/u/S-anskriti)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 12:35pm UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/gsoc-2026-intro-sanskriti-interest-in-opentelemetry-for-ci-jenkins-io/36591/1 "2026-03-21T12:35:18Z")

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Hi Jenkins community!

I’m Sanskriti, a computer science student from India, applying for GSoC 2026.

I’m interested in the **“Use OpenTelemetry for Jenkins Jobs on [ci.jenkins.io](http://ci.jenkins.io)”** project.

**My background:**

- Java (Spring Boot) and C / systems programming
- JavaScript / TypeScript
- 1–2 prior open source PRs merged before GSoC

**What I’ve done so far:**

- PR #1260 — docs: add troubleshooting guide for common plugin issues  
[docs: add troubleshooting guide for common plugin issues by S-anskriti · Pull Request #1260 · jenkinsci/opentelemetry-plugin · GitHub](https://github.com/jenkinsci/opentelemetry-plugin/pull/1260)
- PR #1261 — docs(java): add Javadoc to OpenTelemetryConfiguration  
[docs(java): add Javadoc to OpenTelemetryConfiguration by S-anskriti · Pull Request #1261 · jenkinsci/opentelemetry-plugin · GitHub](https://github.com/jenkinsci/opentelemetry-plugin/pull/1261)
- PR #1262 — docs: add OTLP exporter configuration examples  
[docs: add OTLP exporter configuration examples by S-anskriti · Pull Request #1262 · jenkinsci/opentelemetry-plugin · GitHub](https://github.com/jenkinsci/opentelemetry-plugin/pull/1262)

**Questions for mentors:**

1. Should the primary focus be on adding new span attributes to existing  
instrumentation, or on deploying a new observability backend for [ci.jenkins.io](http://ci.jenkins.io)?
2. Are there specific OpenTelemetry CI/CD semantic conventions I should  
study before writing my proposal?
3. Is there an existing [ci.jenkins.io](http://ci.jenkins.io) dev environment I can use for  
testing, or should I set up a local Jenkins instance?

I’ll be posting my draft proposal here for feedback before the March 31 deadline.

Thank you!  
Sanskriti  
GitHub: [S-anskriti (Sanskriti) · GitHub](https://github.com/S-anskriti)