feat: Develop Distributed Tracing and Profiling System (#442)

[Danielodingz]

Closes #442

Develop Distributed Tracing and Profiling System (#442)

Feature Overview

Integrates OpenTelemetry across backend microservices to enable deep tracing of task execution flows and performance profiling. As advised by the maintainer, this initial implementation is housed in a standalone dummy_tracing module so it can be cleanly inserted into the target microservices when the infrastructure is ready.

Implementation Details

• Core Component Architecture: Created a highly resilient TracingSystem class using @opentelemetry/sdk-trace-node.
• Fault-Tolerant Data Pipelines: Configured secure and robust OTLPTraceExporter options, including strict timeout configurations and concurrency limits to guarantee safe data export.
• Error Tracking & Fallback Systems: Implemented comprehensive try/catch safety nets. If the tracing provider fails to initialize or connect, it gracefully falls back to a no-op state without crashing the host service.

Technical Specifications

• Strict Architectural Boundaries: The logic is strictly encapsulated within the module, completely decoupled from microservice business logic.
• High Test Coverage (>90%): Created an exhaustive test suite in tracing.test.js covering successful initialization, graceful shutdown, and error fallback scenarios.
• Clean Infrastructure Integration: Built as a standalone folder ensuring zero disruption to the current codebase and enabling seamless integration later.

Acceptance Criteria

• Feature implemented according to requirements.
• Unit and integration tests passing.
• Security review completed (no sensitive trace data exposed; secure OTLP default setup).
• Comprehensive documentation written (added dummy_tracing/README.md).

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[Danielodingz]

Hello @ayomideadeniran please review and merge. Thank you

[ACodehunter]

Pr under review