## TL;DR

Fresh pip install traceloop-sdk==0.33.12 fails with ERROR: Cannot install traceloop-sdk because these package versions have conflicting dependencies: all the opentelemetry-instrumentation-* packages pin opentelemetry-instrumentation[0.50,]=0.49b0 while the installed candidate set is unresolvable.

```text
ERROR: Cannot install traceloop-sdk because these package versions have conflicting dependencies
```

## Steps

1. Fresh `pip install traceloop-sdk==0.33.12` fails with `ERROR: Cannot install traceloop-sdk because these package versions have conflicting dependencies`: all the opentelemetry-instrumentation-* packages pin `opentelemetry-instrumentation[0.50,]=0.49b0` while the installed candidate set is unresolvable. Deployment jobs break on every release.

2. The maintainers agreed the strict pin caused the breakage and loosened the dependency; the fix shipped in traceloop-sdk 0.34.0, which the reporter confirmed installs successfully. Upgrade past 0.33.12.

Expected: The maintainers agreed the strict pin caused the breakage and loosened the dependency; the fix shipped in traceloop-sdk 0.34.0, which the reporter confirmed installs successfully.

## When to use

You are seeing this: Deployment jobs break on every release. Use this skill when you run into "Cannot pip install traceloop-sdk 0.33.12: conflicting opentelemetry-instrumentation pins".

## When not to use

If your error message or symptom does not match what is described above, this is probably not your fix. Search for your exact error text instead of forcing this one to fit.

## Versions

Versions mentioned in the source: traceloop-sdk 0.33.12, traceloop-sdk 0.34.0. If you are on something much newer or older, the details may have shifted.

## Why this happens

Fresh pip install traceloop-sdk==0.33.12 fails with ERROR: Cannot install traceloop-sdk because these package versions have conflicting dependencies: all the opentelemetry-instrumentation-* packages pin opentelemetry-instrumentation[0.50,]=0.49b0

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## Selected public attribution and original notices/references

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