ActDim.Observability 1.0.4

ActDim.Observability

A lightweight, OpenTelemetry-centric observability library for .NET applications built on top of Microsoft.Extensions.Logging and System.Diagnostics.Activity.

Features

• Zero-Ceremony Developer API: Developers write standard ILogger calls and logger.BeginScope() without needing custom logger interfaces.
• DI Decorator (EventObservabilityLoggerFactory): Transparently decorates ILoggerFactory via DI container to inject EventObservabilityBridge for enriching logs and traces.
• Activity & OpenTelemetry Enrichment: Automatically transforms scope objects, DTOs, and structured log parameters into flattened, dotted OpenTelemetry attributes (user.id, order.price).
• Auto Activity Creation on Scope: Automatically starts an Activity span on logger.BeginScope() when no ambient span exists (Activity.Current == null), resolved via observability.PushActivitySourceName(...) or EventObservabilityOptions.DefaultActivitySourceName.
• Ambient Context Separation: IAmbientContext serves as a neutral ambient variable store. Only properties explicitly pushed via IObservabilityContext are exported to Activity tags.
• Status & Progress Tracking: First-class support for setting operation status text, icons, and progress percentage (observability.SetStatus("Downloading", icon: "🚀"), observability.SetProgress(45.5)).
• Selective Provider & Scope Suppression: Dynamically suppress console loggers, specific logger providers, or external scope export per async flow (observability.SuppressConsole(), observability.SuppressProviders("File"), observability.SuppressExternalScopes()).
• Provider Alias Resolution: Automatically resolves provider aliases via official .NET [ProviderAlias] attributes or custom provider mappings.

Installation

Install via the .NET CLI:

dotnet add package ActDim.Observability

Or via Package Manager Console:

Install-Package ActDim.Observability

Registration

Register observability in your IServiceCollection:

services.AddEventObservability(logging =>
{
    logging.AddConsole();
}, options =>
{
    options.IncludeExternalScopes = false; // Default: false
});

Usage

1. Status & Progress Reporting

var observability = serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<IObservabilityContext>();

using (observability.SetStatus("Downloading Dataset", icon: "🚀"))
using (observability.SetProgress(45.5))
using (observability.Push("priority", "high"))
{
    logger.LogInformation("Importing rows into database");
}

2. Selective Provider Suppression

// Suppress Console logger output while preserving Activity traces and other logger sinks
using (observability.SuppressConsole())
{
    logger.LogInformation("Log without console output");
}

// Suppress specific providers by alias or name (e.g., "File", "Console")
using (observability.SuppressProviders("File", "Console"))
{
    logger.LogInformation("Log without File and Console outputs");
}

Testing & Quality

• Test Suite: ActDim.Observability.Tests
• Total Tests: 28 passed (100% success rate, 0 failed, 0 skipped)
• Target Framework: .NET 10.0

dotnet test Tests/Observability.Tests/ActDim.Observability.Tests.csproj

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.