SDKs should support customizable IDs for backends

open-telemetry · Oct 14, 2020 · 87c7c45 · 87c7c45
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@@ -204,6 +204,12 @@ Note: Implementation-wise, this could mean that `Tracer` instances have a
 reference to their `TracerProvider` and access configuration only via this
 reference.
 
+The SDK MUST provide a mechanism for customizing the way IDs are generated for
+both the `TraceId` and the `SpanId`.
+
+The SDK should by default randomly generate the bytes for both the `TraceId` and
+the `SpanId`.
+
 ### Shutdown
 
 This method provides a way for provider to do any cleanup required.