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Fixes #4436

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  • Add process.creation.time, process.owner, process.executable.build_id.htlhash and process.executable.name with declaration in resource_detectors/include/opentelemetry/resource_detectors/detail/process_detector_utils.h and implementation in resource_detectors/src/process_detector_utils.cc .
  • Add updated function calls in resource_detectors/src/process_detector.cc.
  • Add unit tests and integration tests in resource_detectors/test/process_detector_test.cc.
  • Update Readme and docstrings.

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  • CHANGELOG.md updated for non-trivial changes
  • Unit tests have been added
  • Changes in public API reviewed

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Thanks for the PR! Please see feedback below.

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@dbarker Thanks for the review and feedback! I've made the changes

  • Combined GetExecutableName and GetExecutablePath into GetExecutableInfo.
  • Moved include statements to top of the file
  • Added conditional logic to handle files less than 4096 bytes
  • Added ComputeSha256Hex with correctness tests

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Thanks for the updates!

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Pull request overview

Adds missing required/recommended Process Entity and Process Executable Entity semantic convention attributes to the Process Resource Detector, with supporting utilities, tests, and documentation updates.

Changes:

  • Extends process detection to populate process.creation.time, process.owner, process.executable.build_id.htlhash, and process.executable.name (when available).
  • Refactors executable discovery utility to return both path + basename, and adds utilities for creation time / owner / deterministic build ID.
  • Adds unit + integration-style tests and updates the resource detector README and header docstrings accordingly.

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Copilot reviewed 6 out of 6 changed files in this pull request and generated 5 comments.

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File Description
resource_detectors/test/process_detector_test.cc Adds new utility tests and an integration test asserting expected resource attributes are present.
resource_detectors/src/process_detector.cc Populates the new process attributes in Detect() using the new utility APIs.
resource_detectors/src/process_detector_utils.cc Implements executable info, creation time, owner lookup, and htlhash build ID computation.
resource_detectors/README.md Documents added attributes and platform limitations (notably macOS executable info).
resource_detectors/include/opentelemetry/resource_detectors/process_detector.h Updates public detector documentation to describe newly populated attributes.
resource_detectors/include/opentelemetry/resource_detectors/detail/process_detector_utils.h Declares new utility APIs (ExecutableInfo, creation time, owner, htlhash, SHA-256 helper).
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resource_detectors/include/opentelemetry/resource_detectors/detail/process_detector_utils.h:81

  • GetProcessOwner() has no pid parameter, but the doc comment includes an @param pid entry. This is confusing for users of this header (even under detail/).
 *
 * @param pid Process ID.
 */
std::string GetProcessOwner();

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#include <fstream>
#include <string>
#include <vector>

#ifdef _MSC_VER
// clang-format off
# include <windows.h>
# include <psapi.h>
# include <shellapi.h>
# pragma comment(lib, "shell32.lib")
// clang-format on
#else
# include <sys/types.h>
# include <unistd.h>
# include <cstdio>
#endif
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* Retrieves the absolute file system path and the base name of the process executable.
* Platform-specific behavior:
* - Windows: Uses OpenProcess() + GetProcessImageFileNameW().
* - Linux/Unix: Reads the /proc/<pid>/exe symbolic link.
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std::ifstream f(exe_path, std::ios::binary | std::ios::ate);
if (!f.is_open())
{
return std::string();
}

auto file_size = static_cast<std::uint64_t>(f.tellg());

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std::string expected_path = opentelemetry::resource_detector::detail::GetExecutableInfo(pid).path;
EXPECT_EQ(path, expected_path);
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Thanks for the review! I'm back to this now.
I've addressed the remaining feedback, fixed the MS CI issue, and updated the type/entity naming. The latest changes are ready for another look whenever you have time.

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Codecov Report

❌ Patch coverage is 84.21053% with 24 lines in your changes missing coverage. Please review.
✅ Project coverage is 83.17%. Comparing base (cd252b4) to head (719d8df).

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resource_detectors/src/process_detector_utils.cc 87.91% 15 Missing ⚠️
resource_detectors/src/process_detector.cc 65.39% 9 Missing ⚠️
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Thanks for fixing the CI issues. Please see some feedback below on the process.executable.build_id.htlhash attribute value calculation.

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Thanks for the detector features. Please add a changelog entry and this should be okay to merge.

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Thanks for the review and feedback! Learnt a lot working through this.

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// Minimal self-contained SHA-256 implementation.
// Reference: FIPS 180-4
struct Sha256Context

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This is a duplicated implementation of SHA256, that already exists elsewhere.

This code will never be maintained, and now opentelemetry-cpp contains crytographic software, which has huge legal implications.

Please remove entirely, and add a dependency to openssl instead.

opentelemetry-cpp already depends on curl, which already depends on openssl, so this is not a big change overall for the final application, only a change in makefiles.

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Thanks for raising this. We could take a dependency on openssl, that is a bit heavy though and may need to be installed by users just for this use case. CURL is optional and many don't install it. There may be other lighter weight dependencies we can consider too.

My feeling is that managing the dependency will be more maintenance for otelcpp and users of this simple detector.

My understanding is that the SHA256 algorithm is fixed/frozen as published by NIST (linked below) and won't require changes to maintain. It's use in otelcpp is very limited to only produce the executable ID required by the semantic conventions and no user can call the methods directly as the headers are not installed.

https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/FIPS/NIST.FIPS.180-4.pdf

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Thanks for the patch.

See a concern about the embedded SHA256 implementation.

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Updated this to use openssl and removed the embedded SHA256 implementation. I've pushed the changes for another look.

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[RESOURCE DETECTOR] Process Entities required and recommended attributes

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