Ryan Wynn developed a configurable error reporting feature for Redis and Valkey clients in the DataDog/dd-trace-go repository, focusing on improving observability and developer experience. He refactored core tracing paths in Go to support policy-based error checks, allowing users to define which errors should be reported without modifying application code. By updating the error handling logic in finishSpan and firstError, Ryan ensured consistent and flexible error propagation across distributed traces. This work leveraged his expertise in distributed tracing, error handling, and Go, resulting in enhanced telemetry quality and maintainability while aligning error reporting practices with modern SRE requirements for production systems.