# @opentelemetry/propagation-utils

> Propagation utilities for opentelemetry instrumentations

Latest version **0.31.23** (published 2026-07-03) · Apache-2.0 license · 0 weekly downloads

> **Deprecated.** This package is deprecated.

## Install

```sh
npm install @opentelemetry/propagation-utils
pnpm add @opentelemetry/propagation-utils
yarn add @opentelemetry/propagation-utils
bun add @opentelemetry/propagation-utils
```

## Health

**Score 10/100 (F)** — status: deprecated.

Negative: deprecated.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.31.23 |
| Published | 2026-07-03 |
| First published | 2021-10-19 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| TypeScript types | bundled |
| Module format | CommonJS |
| Node | ^18.19.0 \|\| >=20.6.0 |
| Dependencies | 0 |
| Unpacked size | 59.3 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| Provenance | attested (GitHub Actions) |
| GitHub stars | 927 |
| Author | OpenTelemetry Authors |
| Maintainers | dyladan, pichlermarc, overbalance, npmjs-account, trentm, martinkuba |
| Keywords | tracing, instrumentation |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@opentelemetry/propagation-utils
- Repository: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js-contrib
- Homepage: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js-contrib/tree/main/packages/propagation-utils#readme
- Issues: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js-contrib/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/@opentelemetry/propagation-utils

## Recent versions

- 0.31.23 (latest) — 2026-07-03
- 0.31.22 — 2026-06-11
- 0.31.21 — 2026-05-13
- 0.31.20 — 2026-05-06
- 0.31.19 — 2026-04-29
- 0.31.18 — 2026-04-17
- 0.31.17 — 2026-03-26
- 0.31.16 — 2026-03-04
- 0.31.15 — 2026-02-17
- 0.31.14 — 2026-01-22
- 0.31.13 — 2026-01-15
- 0.31.12 — 2025-12-17
- 0.31.11 — 2025-11-06
- 0.31.10 — 2025-10-21
- 0.31.9 — 2025-10-06
- … 34 more at https://npm.io/package/@opentelemetry/propagation-utils/versions

## README

# OpenTelemetry Propagation Utils

[![NPM Published Version][npm-img]][npm-url]
[![Apache License][license-image]][license-image]

A collection of propagation utils for opentelemetry.

## Install

```sh
npm install --save @opentelemetry/propagation-utils
```

## Usage

### PubSub

To make sure each message handled by pubsub creates a new `process` span, and propagates to any internal operation, do as follow:

```ts
import { pubsubPropagation } from '@opentelemetry/propagation-utils';
import { Span, propagation, trace, Context } from '@opentelemetry/api';

const patch = (message: Message[], rootSpan: Span) => {
    const tracer = trace.getTracer('my-tracer');
    pubsubPropagation.patchArrayForProcessSpans(messages, tracer);

    pubsubPropagation.patchMessagesArrayToStartProcessSpans<Message>({
        messages,
        tracer,
        parentSpan: rootSpan,
        messageToSpanDetails: (message) => ({
            attributes: { ... },
            name: 'some-name',
            parentContext: propagation.extract(....) as Context
        }),
    });
}
```

## Useful links

- For more information on OpenTelemetry, visit: <https://opentelemetry.io/>
- For more about OpenTelemetry JavaScript: <https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js>
- For help or feedback on this project, join us in [GitHub Discussions][discussions-url]

### License

Apache 2.0 - See [LICENSE][license-url] for more information.

[discussions-url]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/discussions
[license-url]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js-contrib/blob/main/LICENSE
[license-image]: https://img.shields.io/badge/license-Apache_2.0-green.svg?style=flat
[npm-url]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@opentelemetry/propagation-utils
[npm-img]: https://badge.fury.io/js/%40opentelemetry%2Fpropagation-utils.svg

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