Remove deprecated events package and methods (#45684)

* Remove deprecated events package and methods

* Update CHANGELOG

* Retrigger CI/CD pipeline

* Retrigger CI/CD pipeline

Author: rads-1996

sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 ### Bugs Fixed
 
 ### Other Changes
+- Remove deprecated events packages.
+  ([#45684](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/pull/45684))
 
 ## 1.8.7 (2026-03-20)
 
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@
 
 ### Other Changes
 - Add missing copyright headers and ensure consistent formatting across files.
+  ([#44908](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/pull/44908))
 
 ## 1.8.5 (2026-01-28)
 

sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry/azure/monitor/opentelemetry/_configure.py

@@ -267,21 +267,6 @@ def _setup_logging(configurations: Dict[str, ConfigurationValue]):
                     )
             logger.addHandler(handler)
 
-        # Setup Events
-        try:
-            from opentelemetry._events import _set_event_logger_provider
-            from opentelemetry.sdk._events import EventLoggerProvider
-
-            event_provider = EventLoggerProvider(logger_provider)
-            _set_event_logger_provider(event_provider, False)
-        except ImportError as ex:
-            # If the events is not available, we will not set it up.
-            # This could possibly be due to breaking change in upstream OpenTelemetry
-            # Advise user to upgrade to latest OpenTelemetry version
-            _logger.warning(  # pylint: disable=do-not-log-exceptions-if-not-debug
-                "Exception occurred when setting up Events. Please upgrade to the latest OpenTelemetry version: %s.",
-                ex,
-            )
     except ImportError as ex:
         # If the events is not available, we will not set it up.
         # This could possibly be due to breaking change in upstream OpenTelemetry

sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry/tests/test_configure.py

@@ -543,8 +543,6 @@ def test_setup_logging(self, get_logger_mock, pclp_mock):
         log_exporter_mock = Mock()
         blrp_mock = Mock()
         logging_handler_mock = Mock()
-        elp_mock = Mock()
-        set_elp_mock = Mock()
 
         lp_init_mock = Mock()
         lp_mock.return_value = lp_init_mock
@@ -560,8 +558,6 @@ def test_setup_logging(self, get_logger_mock, pclp_mock):
         custom_lrp = Mock()
         get_logger_mock.return_value = logger_mock
         formatter_init_mock = Mock()
-        elp_init_mock = Mock()
-        elp_mock.return_value = elp_init_mock
         pclp_init_mock = Mock()
         pclp_mock.return_value = pclp_init_mock
         configurations = {
@@ -585,8 +581,6 @@ def test_setup_logging(self, get_logger_mock, pclp_mock):
                     _AzureBatchLogRecordProcessor=blrp_mock
                 ),
                 "azure.monitor.opentelemetry.exporter": Mock(AzureMonitorLogExporter=log_exporter_mock),
-                "opentelemetry._events": Mock(_set_event_logger_provider=set_elp_mock),
-                "opentelemetry.sdk._events": Mock(EventLoggerProvider=elp_mock),
             },
         ):
             _setup_logging(configurations)
@@ -606,8 +600,6 @@ def test_setup_logging(self, get_logger_mock, pclp_mock):
         logging_handler_init_mock.setFormatter.assert_called_once_with(formatter_init_mock)
         get_logger_mock.assert_called_once_with("test")
         logger_mock.addHandler.assert_called_once_with(logging_handler_init_mock)
-        elp_mock.assert_called_once_with(lp_init_mock)
-        set_elp_mock.assert_called_once_with(elp_init_mock, False)
 
     @patch("azure.monitor.opentelemetry._configure._PerformanceCountersLogRecordProcessor")
     @patch("azure.monitor.opentelemetry._configure.isinstance")
@@ -618,8 +610,6 @@ def test_setup_logging_duplicate_logger(self, get_logger_mock, instance_mock, pc
         set_logger_provider_mock = Mock()
         log_exporter_mock = Mock()
         blrp_mock = Mock()
-        elp_mock = Mock()
-        set_elp_mock = Mock()
 
         # Create mock instances
         lp_init_mock = Mock()
@@ -640,9 +630,6 @@ def test_setup_logging_duplicate_logger(self, get_logger_mock, instance_mock, pc
         get_logger_mock.return_value = logger_mock
         instance_mock.return_value = True
 
-        elp_init_mock = Mock()
-        elp_mock.return_value = elp_init_mock
-
         configurations = {
             "connection_string": "test_cs",
             "enable_performance_counters": True,
@@ -663,8 +650,6 @@ def test_setup_logging_duplicate_logger(self, get_logger_mock, instance_mock, pc
                     _AzureBatchLogRecordProcessor=blrp_mock
                 ),
                 "azure.monitor.opentelemetry.exporter": Mock(AzureMonitorLogExporter=log_exporter_mock),
-                "opentelemetry._events": Mock(_set_event_logger_provider=set_elp_mock),
-                "opentelemetry.sdk._events": Mock(EventLoggerProvider=elp_mock),
             },
         ):
             _setup_logging(configurations)
@@ -679,8 +664,6 @@ def test_setup_logging_duplicate_logger(self, get_logger_mock, instance_mock, pc
         get_logger_mock.assert_called_once_with("test")
         # The logger already has a LoggingHandler, so addHandler should not be called
         logger_mock.addHandler.assert_not_called()
-        elp_mock.assert_called_once_with(lp_init_mock)
-        set_elp_mock.assert_called_once_with(elp_init_mock, False)
 
     @patch("azure.monitor.opentelemetry._configure._PerformanceCountersLogRecordProcessor")
     @patch("azure.monitor.opentelemetry._configure.getLogger")
@@ -690,8 +673,6 @@ def test_setup_logging_disable_performance_counters(self, get_logger_mock, pclp_
         log_exporter_mock = Mock()
         blrp_mock = Mock()
         logging_handler_mock = Mock()
-        elp_mock = Mock()
-        set_elp_mock = Mock()
 
         lp_init_mock = Mock()
         lp_mock.return_value = lp_init_mock
@@ -706,8 +687,6 @@ def test_setup_logging_disable_performance_counters(self, get_logger_mock, pclp_
         logger_mock.handlers = []
         get_logger_mock.return_value = logger_mock
         formatter_init_mock = Mock()
-        elp_init_mock = Mock()
-        elp_mock.return_value = elp_init_mock
         pclp_init_mock = Mock()
         pclp_mock.return_value = pclp_init_mock
         configurations = {
@@ -731,8 +710,6 @@ def test_setup_logging_disable_performance_counters(self, get_logger_mock, pclp_
                     _AzureBatchLogRecordProcessor=blrp_mock
                 ),
                 "azure.monitor.opentelemetry.exporter": Mock(AzureMonitorLogExporter=log_exporter_mock),
-                "opentelemetry._events": Mock(_set_event_logger_provider=set_elp_mock),
-                "opentelemetry.sdk._events": Mock(EventLoggerProvider=elp_mock),
             },
         ):
             _setup_logging(configurations)
@@ -747,8 +724,6 @@ def test_setup_logging_disable_performance_counters(self, get_logger_mock, pclp_
         logging_handler_init_mock.setFormatter.assert_called_once_with(formatter_init_mock)
         get_logger_mock.assert_called_once_with("test")
         logger_mock.addHandler.assert_called_once_with(logging_handler_init_mock)
-        elp_mock.assert_called_once_with(lp_init_mock)
-        set_elp_mock.assert_called_once_with(elp_init_mock, False)
 
     @patch(
         "azure.monitor.opentelemetry._configure.enable_performance_counters",