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Has there been any proposals to add something similar to bazel's build event protocol to pants? If not.. perhaps I should make one!

There has been some discussion in the further past I believe, but I don't think there's even a ticket for it

Oh, there is but it was closed: <https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/issues/13312>

I don't think Pants could actually emulate Bazel's protocol, but something equivalent that matches Pants's model could be possible.

I think an issue with a proposal would be a good place to start!

Indeed, it may not be a good fit to emit BEP. Though perhaps there would be a meaningful way to emit open telemetry traces or something :thinking_face:  

Yep, we have the concept of "work units" that map reasonably to tracing events

Can you point me to some code or design docs about work units?  Just to grease the mental gears. 