--- title: CocoaPods Deprecation Notice for OpenTelemetry Swift description: OpenTelemetry Swift maintainers are deprecating CocoaPods support for all pods under opentelemetry-swift and opentelemetry-swift-core. The change is driven by... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/cocoapods-deprecation-notice-for-opentelemetry-swift-yvphmfa0b twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: CocoaPods Deprecation Notice for OpenTelemetry Swift | daily.dev og:description: OpenTelemetry Swift maintainers are deprecating CocoaPods support for all pods under opentelemetry-swift and opentelemetry-swift-core. The change is driven by... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/cocoapods-deprecation-notice-for-opentelemetry-swift-yvphmfa0b og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/yVPHMfA0B.png og:image:alt: CocoaPods Deprecation Notice for OpenTelemetry Swift og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # CocoaPods Deprecation Notice for OpenTelemetry Swift **[OpenTelemetry](https://daily.dev/sources/opentelemetry)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary OpenTelemetry Swift maintainers are deprecating CocoaPods support for all pods under opentelemetry-swift and opentelemetry-swift-core. The change is driven by CocoaPods transitioning to maintenance mode with a read-only trunk, plus the growing maintenance burden of supporting multiple package managers. Swift Package Manager (SPM) is now the recommended installation method. The timeline runs from July 2026 through December 2026, with the final CocoaPods release no later than September 30, 2026. Existing integrations will continue to work, but new features, bug fixes, and security updates will only be available via SPM after the cutoff. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### When does OpenTelemetry Swift stop supporting CocoaPods? CocoaPods support for opentelemetry-swift and opentelemetry-swift-core ends no later than December 2, 2026. The recommended migration period begins August 31, 2026, with a final CocoaPods release published no later than September 30, 2026. After that, existing integrations still work, but no new SDK releases, bug fixes, or security updates will be published to CocoaPods, only to Swift Package Manager. _Track dependency deprecation timelines like this OpenTelemetry CocoaPods sunset on daily.dev before they hit your build._ ### Why is OpenTelemetry Swift dropping CocoaPods support? Maintaining both CocoaPods and Swift Package Manager increased operational burden, and CocoaPods itself announced it is moving to maintenance mode with its trunk becoming read-only. Swift Package Manager is now Apple's primary recommended package manager, so maintainers are consolidating distribution there to reduce release complexity and focus contributor time on SDK improvements instead of packaging tooling. _Developers weighing package manager migrations can follow moves like this CocoaPods-to-SPM shift on daily.dev._ ### What happens to my existing CocoaPods integration of OpenTelemetry Swift after support ends? Existing CocoaPods integrations continue to function, and previously published versions remain available indefinitely. However, no new SDK releases will be published to CocoaPods, the .podspec files stay in the repositories until further notice, and contributors will not investigate or fix issues specific to CocoaPods integration. New features, bug fixes, and security updates ship only through Swift Package Manager. _Teams planning this kind of dependency migration can keep tabs on OpenTelemetry Swift updates via daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Migrating from CocoaPods to Swift Package Manager: A Practical Guide](https://daily.dev/posts/migrating-from-cocoapods-to-swift-package-manager-a-practical-guide-jtyfkr5bh) · Medium · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Saying goodbye to CocoaPods: Swift Package Manager is soon the default in Flutter\!](https://daily.dev/posts/saying-goodbye-to-cocoapods-swift-package-manager-is-soon-the-default-in-flutter--rvjvttlan) · Flutter · 18 upvotes · 0 comments - [CocoaPods Is on Its Way Out, but SwiftPM’s Story Is Just Entering Chapter Two -- Fatbobman's Swift Weekly \#135](https://daily.dev/posts/cocoapods-is-on-its-way-out-but-swiftpm-s-story-is-just-entering-chapter-two----fatbobman-s-swift-w-emoo1g0un) · Fatbobman · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Sunsetting a Package Manager](https://daily.dev/posts/sunsetting-a-package-manager-vvi8rsalo) · Andrew Nesbitt · 4 upvotes · 1 comments - [Mastering Swift Package Manager: The Modern Era of iOS Dependency Management](https://daily.dev/posts/mastering-swift-package-manager-the-modern-era-of-ios-dependency-management-wy24qxtmm) · Medium · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ios](https://daily.dev/tags/ios), [#swift](https://daily.dev/tags/swift), [#opentelemetry](https://daily.dev/tags/opentelemetry), [#cocoapods](https://daily.dev/tags/cocoapods) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/cocoapods-deprecation-notice-for-opentelemetry-swift-yvphmfa0b) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"CocoaPods Deprecation Notice for OpenTelemetry Swift","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/cocoapods-deprecation-notice-for-opentelemetry-swift-yvphmfa0b","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/cocoapods-deprecation-notice-for-opentelemetry-swift-yvphmfa0b"},"datePublished":"2026-07-20T14:47:28.165Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T06:25:49.352Z","description":"OpenTelemetry Swift maintainers are deprecating CocoaPods support for all pods under opentelemetry-swift and opentelemetry-swift-core. 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