Bug description
When installing metagpt==0.8.2, the pip dependency resolver fails with a resolution-too-deep error and enters an infinite backtracking loop.

The root cause is a version conflict chain:

MetaGPT 0.8.2 triggers the installation of the latest agentops.

Latest agentops (0.4.x+) requires opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http > 1.29.0.

This specific OpenTelemetry version forces opentelemetry-proto >= 1.30.0, which in turn strictly requires protobuf >= 5.0.0.

However, other components in the MetaGPT 0.8.2 ecosystem are only compatible with protobuf 4.x.

Bug solved method
The issue is resolved by strictly pinning agentops to the 0.3.17 version.

requirements.txt

metagpt==0.8.2
agentops==0.3.17

Environment information

• LLM type and model name:
• System version: Docker (Linux / Ubuntu)
• Python version: 3.10 / 3.11
• MetaGPT version or branch: 0.8.2

• packages version:
• installation method: pip install metagpt==0.8.2

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