Introduce jvm.thread.daemon and jvm.thread.state attributes

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ release.
   ([#410](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/pull/410))
 - BREAKING: Factor in `X-Forwarded-Host` / `Forwarded` when capturing `server.address` and `server.port`.
   ([#411](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/pull/411))
+- Remove `thread.daemon`, and introduce `jvm.thread.daemon` instead.
+  Introduce `jvm.thread.state` attribute and add it to `jvm.thread.count` metric.
+  ([#297](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/pull/297))
 
 ### Features
 

docs/general/attributes.md

@@ -358,7 +358,6 @@ a thread that started a span.
 <!-- semconv thread -->
 | Attribute  | Type | Description  | Examples  | Requirement Level |
 |---|---|---|---|---|
-| `thread.daemon` | boolean | Whether the thread is daemon or not. |  | Recommended |
 | `thread.id` | int | Current "managed" thread ID (as opposed to OS thread ID). | `42` | Recommended |
 | `thread.name` | string | Current thread name. | `main` | Recommended |
 <!-- endsemconv -->

docs/runtime/jvm-metrics.md

@@ -189,8 +189,13 @@ of `[]` (single bucket histogram capturing count, sum, min, max).
 ### Metric: `jvm.thread.count`
 
 This metric is [recommended][MetricRecommended].
-This metric is obtained from [`ThreadMXBean#getDaemonThreadCount()`](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/management/ThreadMXBean.html#getDaemonThreadCount--) and
-[`ThreadMXBean#getThreadCount()`](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/management/ThreadMXBean.html#getThreadCount--).
+This metric is obtained from a combination of
+
+* [`ThreadMXBean#getAllThreadIds()`](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/management/ThreadMXBean.html#getAllThreadIds--)
+* [`ThreadMXBean#getThreadInfo()`](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/management/ThreadMXBean.html#getThreadInfo-long:A-)
+* [`ThreadInfo#getThreadState()`](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/management/ThreadInfo.html#getThreadState--)
+* [`ThreadInfo#isDaemon()`](https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.management/java/lang/management/ThreadInfo.html#isDaemon()) (requires Java 9+)
+
 Note that this is the number of platform threads (as opposed to virtual threads).
 
 <!-- semconv metric.jvm.thread.count(metric_table) -->
@@ -202,7 +207,19 @@ Note that this is the number of platform threads (as opposed to virtual threads)
 <!-- semconv metric.jvm.thread.count(full) -->
 | Attribute  | Type | Description  | Examples  | Requirement Level |
 |---|---|---|---|---|
-| [`thread.daemon`](../general/attributes.md) | boolean | Whether the thread is daemon or not. |  | Recommended |
+| `jvm.thread.daemon` | boolean | Whether the thread is daemon or not. |  | Recommended |
+| `jvm.thread.state` | string | State of the thread. | `runnable`; `blocked` | Recommended |
+
+`jvm.thread.state` MUST be one of the following:
+
+| Value  | Description |
+|---|---|
+| `new` | A thread that has not yet started is in this state. |
+| `runnable` | A thread executing in the Java virtual machine is in this state. |
+| `blocked` | A thread that is blocked waiting for a monitor lock is in this state. |
+| `waiting` | A thread that is waiting indefinitely for another thread to perform a particular action is in this state. |
+| `timed_waiting` | A thread that is waiting for another thread to perform an action for up to a specified waiting time is in this state. |
+| `terminated` | A thread that has exited is in this state. |
 <!-- endsemconv -->
 
 ## JVM Classes

model/general.yaml

@@ -52,9 +52,6 @@ groups:
         brief: >
           Current thread name.
         examples: main
-      - id: daemon
-        brief: "Whether the thread is daemon or not."
-        type: boolean
   - id: code
     prefix: code
     type: span

model/metrics/jvm-metrics.yaml

@@ -90,8 +90,35 @@ groups:
     instrument: updowncounter
     unit: "{thread}"
     attributes:
-      - ref: thread.daemon
+      - id: jvm.thread.daemon
+        type: boolean
         requirement_level: recommended
+        brief: "Whether the thread is daemon or not."
+      - id: jvm.thread.state
+        requirement_level: recommended
+        type:
+          allow_custom_values: false
+          members:
+            - id: new
+              value: 'new'
+              brief: 'A thread that has not yet started is in this state.'
+            - id: runnable
+              value: 'runnable'
+              brief: 'A thread executing in the Java virtual machine is in this state.'
+            - id: blocked
+              value: 'blocked'
+              brief: 'A thread that is blocked waiting for a monitor lock is in this state.'
+            - id: waiting
+              value: 'waiting'
+              brief: 'A thread that is waiting indefinitely for another thread to perform a particular action is in this state.'
+            - id: timed_waiting
+              value: 'timed_waiting'
+              brief: 'A thread that is waiting for another thread to perform an action for up to a specified waiting time is in this state.'
+            - id: terminated
+              value: 'terminated'
+              brief: 'A thread that has exited is in this state.'
+        brief: "State of the thread."
+        examples: ["runnable", "blocked"]
 
   - id: metric.jvm.class.loaded
     type: metric

schema-next.yaml

@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@ file_format: 1.1.0
 schema_url: https://opentelemetry.io/schemas/next
 versions:
   next:
+    metrics:
+      changes:
+        # https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/pull/20
+        - rename_attributes:
+            attribute_map:
+              thread.daemon: jvm.thread.daemon
+            apply_to_metrics:
+              - jvm.thread.count
   1.22.0:
     spans:
       changes: