feat(node-experimental): Allow to pass base span options to trace methods

packages/core/src/tracing/trace.ts

@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ export const startActiveSpan = startSpan;
 
 /**
  * Similar to `Sentry.startSpan`. Wraps a function with a transaction/span, but does not finish the span
- * after the function is done automatically.
+ * after the function is done automatically. You'll have to call `span.end()` manually.
  *
  * The created span is the active span and will be used as parent by other spans created inside the function
  * and can be accessed via `Sentry.getActiveSpan()`, as long as the function is executed while the scope is active.

packages/node-experimental/src/index.ts

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export { getAutoPerformanceIntegrations } from './integrations/getAutoPerformanc
 export * as Handlers from './sdk/handlers';
 export type { Span } from './types';
 
-export { startSpan, startInactiveSpan, getActiveSpan } from '@sentry/opentelemetry';
+export { startSpan, startSpanManual, startInactiveSpan, getActiveSpan } from '@sentry/opentelemetry';
 export {
   getClient,
   addBreadcrumb,

packages/opentelemetry/src/index.ts

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export {
 export { isSentryRequestSpan } from './utils/isSentryRequest';
 
 export { getActiveSpan, getRootSpan } from './utils/getActiveSpan';
-export { startSpan, startInactiveSpan } from './trace';
+export { startSpan, startSpanManual, startInactiveSpan } from './trace';
 
 export { getCurrentHub, setupGlobalHub, getClient } from './custom/hub';
 export { OpenTelemetryScope } from './custom/scope';

packages/opentelemetry/src/trace.ts

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export function startSpan<T>(spanContext: OpenTelemetrySpanContext, callback: (s
 
   const { name } = spanContext;
 
-  return tracer.startActiveSpan(name, span => {
+  return tracer.startActiveSpan(name, spanContext, span => {
     function finishSpan(): void {
       span.end();
     }
@@ -57,6 +57,46 @@ export function startSpan<T>(spanContext: OpenTelemetrySpanContext, callback: (s
   });
 }
 
+/**
+ * Similar to `Sentry.startSpan`. Wraps a function with a span, but does not finish the span
+ * after the function is done automatically. You'll have to call `span.end()` manually.
+ *
+ * The created span is the active span and will be used as parent by other spans created inside the function
+ * and can be accessed via `Sentry.getActiveSpan()`, as long as the function is executed while the scope is active.
+ *
+ * Note that you'll always get a span passed to the callback, it may just be a NonRecordingSpan if the span is not sampled.
+ */
+export function startSpanManual<T>(spanContext: OpenTelemetrySpanContext, callback: (span: Span) => T): T {
+  const tracer = getTracer();
+
+  const { name } = spanContext;
+
+  // @ts-expect-error - isThenable returns the wrong type
+  return tracer.startActiveSpan(name, spanContext, span => {
+    _applySentryAttributesToSpan(span, spanContext);
+
+    let maybePromiseResult: T;
+    try {
+      maybePromiseResult = callback(span);
+    } catch (e) {
+      span.setStatus({ code: SpanStatusCode.ERROR });
+      throw e;
+    }
+
+    if (isThenable(maybePromiseResult)) {
+      return maybePromiseResult.then(
+        res => res,
+        e => {
+          span.setStatus({ code: SpanStatusCode.ERROR });
+          throw e;
+        },
+      );
+    }
+
+    return maybePromiseResult;
+  });
+}
+
 /**
  * @deprecated Use {@link startSpan} instead.
  */
@@ -77,7 +117,7 @@ export function startInactiveSpan(spanContext: OpenTelemetrySpanContext): Span {
 
   const { name } = spanContext;
 
-  const span = tracer.startSpan(name);
+  const span = tracer.startSpan(name, spanContext);
 
   _applySentryAttributesToSpan(span, spanContext);
 

packages/opentelemetry/src/types.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { Span as WriteableSpan, Tracer } from '@opentelemetry/api';
+import type { Attributes, Span as WriteableSpan, SpanKind, TimeInput, Tracer } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import type { BasicTracerProvider, ReadableSpan, Span } from '@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-base';
 import type { SpanOrigin, TransactionMetadata, TransactionSource } from '@sentry/types';
 
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ export interface OpenTelemetrySpanContext {
   metadata?: Partial<TransactionMetadata>;
   origin?: SpanOrigin;
   source?: TransactionSource;
+
+  // Base SpanOptions we support
+  attributes?: Attributes;
+  kind?: SpanKind;
+  startTime?: TimeInput;
 }
 
 /**

packages/opentelemetry/test/trace.test.ts

@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 import type { Span } from '@opentelemetry/api';
+import { SpanKind } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import { TraceFlags, context, trace } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import type { ReadableSpan } from '@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-base';
 import type { PropagationContext } from '@sentry/types';
 
 import { getCurrentHub } from '../src/custom/hub';
 import { InternalSentrySemanticAttributes } from '../src/semanticAttributes';
-import { startInactiveSpan, startSpan } from '../src/trace';
+import { startInactiveSpan, startSpan, startSpanManual } from '../src/trace';
 import type { AbstractSpan } from '../src/types';
 import { setPropagationContextOnContext } from '../src/utils/contextData';
 import { getActiveSpan, getRootSpan } from '../src/utils/getActiveSpan';
+import { getSpanKind } from '../src/utils/getSpanKind';
 import { getSpanMetadata } from '../src/utils/spanData';
 import { spanHasAttributes, spanHasName } from '../src/utils/spanTypes';
 import { cleanupOtel, mockSdkInit } from './helpers/mockSdkInit';
@@ -231,6 +233,33 @@ describe('trace', () => {
         },
       );
     });
+
+    it('allows to pass base SpanOptions', () => {
+      const date = Date.now() - 1000;
+
+      startSpan(
+        {
+          name: 'outer',
+          kind: SpanKind.CLIENT,
+          attributes: {
+            test1: 'test 1',
+            test2: 2,
+          },
+
+          startTime: date,
+        },
+        span => {
+          expect(span).toBeDefined();
+          expect(getSpanName(span)).toEqual('outer');
+          expect(getSpanAttributes(span)).toEqual({
+            [InternalSentrySemanticAttributes.SAMPLE_RATE]: 1,
+            test1: 'test 1',
+            test2: 2,
+          });
+          expect(getSpanKind(span)).toEqual(SpanKind.CLIENT);
+        },
+      );
+    });
   });
 
   describe('startInactiveSpan', () => {
@@ -297,6 +326,98 @@ describe('trace', () => {
 
       expect(getSpanMetadata(span2)).toEqual({ requestPath: 'test-path' });
     });
+
+    it('allows to pass base SpanOptions', () => {
+      const date = Date.now() - 1000;
+
+      const span = startInactiveSpan({
+        name: 'outer',
+        kind: SpanKind.CLIENT,
+        attributes: {
+          test1: 'test 1',
+          test2: 2,
+        },
+        startTime: date,
+      });
+
+      expect(span).toBeDefined();
+      expect(getSpanName(span)).toEqual('outer');
+      expect(getSpanAttributes(span)).toEqual({
+        [InternalSentrySemanticAttributes.SAMPLE_RATE]: 1,
+        test1: 'test 1',
+        test2: 2,
+      });
+      expect(getSpanKind(span)).toEqual(SpanKind.CLIENT);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('startSpanManual', () => {
+    it('does not automatically finish the span', () => {
+      expect(getActiveSpan()).toEqual(undefined);
+
+      let _outerSpan: Span | undefined;
+      let _innerSpan: Span | undefined;
+
+      const res = startSpanManual({ name: 'outer' }, outerSpan => {
+        expect(outerSpan).toBeDefined();
+        _outerSpan = outerSpan;
+
+        expect(getSpanName(outerSpan)).toEqual('outer');
+        expect(getActiveSpan()).toEqual(outerSpan);
+
+        startSpanManual({ name: 'inner' }, innerSpan => {
+          expect(innerSpan).toBeDefined();
+          _innerSpan = innerSpan;
+
+          expect(getSpanName(innerSpan)).toEqual('inner');
+          expect(getActiveSpan()).toEqual(innerSpan);
+        });
+
+        expect(getSpanEndTime(_innerSpan!)).toEqual([0, 0]);
+
+        _innerSpan!.end();
+
+        expect(getSpanEndTime(_innerSpan!)).not.toEqual([0, 0]);
+
+        return 'test value';
+      });
+
+      expect(getSpanEndTime(_outerSpan!)).toEqual([0, 0]);
+
+      _outerSpan!.end();
+
+      expect(getSpanEndTime(_outerSpan!)).not.toEqual([0, 0]);
+
+      expect(res).toEqual('test value');
+
+      expect(getActiveSpan()).toEqual(undefined);
+    });
+
+    it('allows to pass base SpanOptions', () => {
+      const date = Date.now() - 1000;
+
+      startSpanManual(
+        {
+          name: 'outer',
+          kind: SpanKind.CLIENT,
+          attributes: {
+            test1: 'test 1',
+            test2: 2,
+          },
+          startTime: date,
+        },
+        span => {
+          expect(span).toBeDefined();
+          expect(getSpanName(span)).toEqual('outer');
+          expect(getSpanAttributes(span)).toEqual({
+            [InternalSentrySemanticAttributes.SAMPLE_RATE]: 1,
+            test1: 'test 1',
+            test2: 2,
+          });
+          expect(getSpanKind(span)).toEqual(SpanKind.CLIENT);
+        },
+      );
+    });
   });
 });