Add Monkey Patch for Gevent

Author: harrryr

aws-opentelemetry-distro/src/amazon/opentelemetry/distro/aws_opentelemetry_distro.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 import os
 import sys
+from pathlib import Path
 from logging import Logger, getLogger
 
 from amazon.opentelemetry.distro.patches._instrumentation_patch import apply_instrumentation_patches
@@ -55,6 +56,15 @@ def _configure(self, **kwargs):
         if cwd_path not in sys.path:
             sys.path.insert(0, cwd_path)
 
+        # If application is using gevent, the application may crash due to SSL recursive issues. Check if application has the module 'gevent', and if so, patch SSL before gevent is started.
+        for path in Path('/').rglob('*'):
+            try:
+                if path.is_dir() and path.name == 'gevent':
+                    from gevent import monkey; monkey.patch_ssl()
+                    break
+            except Exception:
+                continue
+
         os.environ.setdefault(OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL, "http/protobuf")
 
         super(AwsOpenTelemetryDistro, self)._configure()