feat(opentelemetry): Add addLink(s) to span

.size-limit.js

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ module.exports = [
     path: 'packages/browser/build/npm/esm/index.js',
     import: createImport('init', 'browserTracingIntegration', 'replayIntegration'),
     gzip: true,
-    limit: '68 KB',
+    limit: '70 KB',
     modifyWebpackConfig: function (config) {
       const webpack = require('webpack');
       const TerserPlugin = require('terser-webpack-plugin');

dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/linking/scenario-addLink-nested.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import { loggingTransport } from '@sentry-internal/node-integration-tests';
+import * as Sentry from '@sentry/node';
+
+Sentry.init({
+  dsn: 'https://public@dsn.ingest.sentry.io/1337',
+  release: '1.0',
+  tracesSampleRate: 1.0,
+  integrations: [],
+  transport: loggingTransport,
+});
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-floating-promises
+Sentry.startSpan({ name: 'parent1' }, async parentSpan1 => {
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-floating-promises
+  Sentry.startSpan({ name: 'child1.1' }, async childSpan1 => {
+    childSpan1.addLink({
+      context: parentSpan1.spanContext(),
+      attributes: { 'sentry.link.type': 'previous_trace' },
+    });
+
+    childSpan1.end();
+  });
+
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-floating-promises
+  Sentry.startSpan({ name: 'child1.2' }, async childSpan2 => {
+    childSpan2.addLink({
+      context: parentSpan1.spanContext(),
+      attributes: { 'sentry.link.type': 'previous_trace' },
+    });
+
+    childSpan2.end();
+  });
+});

dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/linking/scenario-addLink.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { loggingTransport } from '@sentry-internal/node-integration-tests';
+import * as Sentry from '@sentry/node';
+
+Sentry.init({
+  dsn: 'https://public@dsn.ingest.sentry.io/1337',
+  release: '1.0',
+  tracesSampleRate: 1.0,
+  integrations: [],
+  transport: loggingTransport,
+});
+
+const span1 = Sentry.startInactiveSpan({ name: 'span1' });
+span1.end();
+
+Sentry.startSpan({ name: 'rootSpan' }, rootSpan => {
+  rootSpan.addLink({
+    context: span1.spanContext(),
+    attributes: { 'sentry.link.type': 'previous_trace' },
+  });
+});

dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/linking/scenario-addLinks-nested.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { loggingTransport } from '@sentry-internal/node-integration-tests';
+import * as Sentry from '@sentry/node';
+
+Sentry.init({
+  dsn: 'https://public@dsn.ingest.sentry.io/1337',
+  release: '1.0',
+  tracesSampleRate: 1.0,
+  integrations: [],
+  transport: loggingTransport,
+});
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-floating-promises
+Sentry.startSpan({ name: 'parent1' }, async parentSpan1 => {
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-floating-promises
+  Sentry.startSpan({ name: 'child1.1' }, async childSpan1 => {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-floating-promises
+    Sentry.startSpan({ name: 'child2.1' }, async childSpan2 => {
+      childSpan2.addLinks([
+        { context: parentSpan1.spanContext() },
+        {
+          context: childSpan1.spanContext(),
+          attributes: { 'sentry.link.type': 'previous_trace' },
+        },
+      ]);
+
+      childSpan2.end();
+    });
+
+    childSpan1.end();
+  });
+});

dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/linking/scenario-addLinks.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { loggingTransport } from '@sentry-internal/node-integration-tests';
+import * as Sentry from '@sentry/node';
+
+Sentry.init({
+  dsn: 'https://public@dsn.ingest.sentry.io/1337',
+  release: '1.0',
+  tracesSampleRate: 1.0,
+  integrations: [],
+  transport: loggingTransport,
+});
+
+const span1 = Sentry.startInactiveSpan({ name: 'span1' });
+span1.end();
+
+const span2 = Sentry.startInactiveSpan({ name: 'span2' });
+span2.end();
+
+Sentry.startSpan({ name: 'rootSpan' }, rootSpan => {
+  rootSpan.addLinks([
+    { context: span1.spanContext() },
+    {
+      context: span2.spanContext(),
+      attributes: { 'sentry.link.type': 'previous_trace' },
+    },
+  ]);
+});

dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/linking/test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+import { createRunner } from '../../../utils/runner';
+
+describe('span links', () => {
+  test('should link spans with addLink() in trace context', done => {
+    let span1_traceId: string, span1_spanId: string;
+
+    createRunner(__dirname, 'scenario-addLink.ts')
+      .expect({
+        transaction: event => {
+          expect(event.transaction).toBe('span1');
+
+          span1_traceId = event.contexts?.trace?.trace_id as string;
+          span1_spanId = event.contexts?.trace?.span_id as string;
+
+          expect(event.spans).toEqual([]);
+        },
+      })
+      .expect({
+        transaction: event => {
+          expect(event.transaction).toBe('rootSpan');
+
+          expect(event.contexts?.trace?.links).toEqual([
+            expect.objectContaining({
+              trace_id: expect.stringMatching(span1_traceId),
+              span_id: expect.stringMatching(span1_spanId),
+              attributes: expect.objectContaining({
+                'sentry.link.type': 'previous_trace',
+              }),
+            }),
+          ]);
+        },
+      })
+      .start(done);
+  });
+
+  test('should link spans with addLinks() in trace context', done => {
+    let span1_traceId: string, span1_spanId: string, span2_traceId: string, span2_spanId: string;
+
+    createRunner(__dirname, 'scenario-addLinks.ts')
+      .expect({
+        transaction: event => {
+          expect(event.transaction).toBe('span1');
+
+          span1_traceId = event.contexts?.trace?.trace_id as string;
+          span1_spanId = event.contexts?.trace?.span_id as string;
+
+          expect(event.spans).toEqual([]);
+        },
+      })
+      .expect({
+        transaction: event => {
+          expect(event.transaction).toBe('span2');
+
+          span2_traceId = event.contexts?.trace?.trace_id as string;
+          span2_spanId = event.contexts?.trace?.span_id as string;
+
+          expect(event.spans).toEqual([]);
+        },
+      })
+      .expect({
+        transaction: event => {
+          expect(event.transaction).toBe('rootSpan');
+
+          expect(event.contexts?.trace?.links).toEqual([
+            expect.not.objectContaining({ attributes: expect.anything() }) &&
+              expect.objectContaining({
+                trace_id: expect.stringMatching(span1_traceId),
+                span_id: expect.stringMatching(span1_spanId),
+              }),
+            expect.objectContaining({
+              trace_id: expect.stringMatching(span2_traceId),
+              span_id: expect.stringMatching(span2_spanId),
+              attributes: expect.objectContaining({
+                'sentry.link.type': 'previous_trace',
+              }),
+            }),
+          ]);
+        },
+      })
+      .start(done);
+  });
+
+  test('should link spans with addLink() in nested startSpan() calls', done => {
+    createRunner(__dirname, 'scenario-addLink-nested.ts')
+      .expect({
+        transaction: event => {
+          expect(event.transaction).toBe('parent1');
+
+          const parent1_traceId = event.contexts?.trace?.trace_id as string;
+          const parent1_spanId = event.contexts?.trace?.span_id as string;
+
+          const spans = event.spans || [];
+          const child1_1 = spans.find(span => span.description === 'child1.1');
+          const child1_2 = spans.find(span => span.description === 'child1.2');
+
+          expect(child1_1).toBeDefined();
+          expect(child1_1?.links).toEqual([
+            expect.objectContaining({
+              trace_id: expect.stringMatching(parent1_traceId),
+              span_id: expect.stringMatching(parent1_spanId),
+              attributes: expect.objectContaining({
+                'sentry.link.type': 'previous_trace',
+              }),
+            }),
+          ]);
+
+          expect(child1_2).toBeDefined();
+          expect(child1_2?.links).toEqual([
+            expect.objectContaining({
+              trace_id: expect.stringMatching(parent1_traceId),
+              span_id: expect.stringMatching(parent1_spanId),
+              attributes: expect.objectContaining({
+                'sentry.link.type': 'previous_trace',
+              }),
+            }),
+          ]);
+        },
+      })
+      .start(done);
+  });
+
+  test('should link spans with addLinks() in nested startSpan() calls', done => {
+    createRunner(__dirname, 'scenario-addLinks-nested.ts')
+      .expect({
+        transaction: event => {
+          expect(event.transaction).toBe('parent1');
+
+          const parent1_traceId = event.contexts?.trace?.trace_id as string;
+          const parent1_spanId = event.contexts?.trace?.span_id as string;
+
+          const spans = event.spans || [];
+          const child1_1 = spans.find(span => span.description === 'child1.1');
+          const child2_1 = spans.find(span => span.description === 'child2.1');
+
+          expect(child1_1).toBeDefined();
+
+          expect(child2_1).toBeDefined();
+
+          expect(child2_1?.links).toEqual([
+            expect.not.objectContaining({ attributes: expect.anything() }) &&
+              expect.objectContaining({
+                trace_id: expect.stringMatching(parent1_traceId),
+                span_id: expect.stringMatching(parent1_spanId),
+              }),
+            expect.objectContaining({
+              trace_id: expect.stringMatching(child1_1?.trace_id || 'non-existent-id-fallback'),
+              span_id: expect.stringMatching(child1_1?.span_id || 'non-existent-id-fallback'),
+              attributes: expect.objectContaining({
+                'sentry.link.type': 'previous_trace',
+              }),
+            }),
+          ]);
+        },
+      })
+      .start(done);
+  });
+});

packages/core/src/types-hoist/context.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type { FeatureFlag } from '../featureFlags';
+import type { SpanLinkJSON } from './link';
 import type { Primitive } from './misc';
 import type { SpanOrigin } from './span';
 
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ export interface TraceContext extends Record<string, unknown> {
   tags?: { [key: string]: Primitive };
   trace_id: string;
   origin?: SpanOrigin;
+  links?: SpanLinkJSON[];
 }
 
 export interface CloudResourceContext extends Record<string, unknown> {

packages/core/src/utils/spanUtils.ts

@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ export function spanToJSON(span: Span): SpanJSON {
 
   // Handle a span from @opentelemetry/sdk-base-trace's `Span` class
   if (spanIsOpenTelemetrySdkTraceBaseSpan(span)) {
-    const { attributes, startTime, name, endTime, parentSpanId, status } = span;
+    const { attributes, startTime, name, endTime, parentSpanId, status, links } = span;
 
     return dropUndefinedKeys({
       span_id,
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ export function spanToJSON(span: Span): SpanJSON {
       status: getStatusMessage(status),
       op: attributes[SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_OP],
       origin: attributes[SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_ORIGIN] as SpanOrigin | undefined,
+      links: convertSpanLinksForEnvelope(links),
     });
   }
 
@@ -184,6 +185,7 @@ export interface OpenTelemetrySdkTraceBaseSpan extends Span {
   status: SpanStatus;
   endTime: SpanTimeInput;
   parentSpanId?: string;
+  links?: SpanLink[];
 }
 
 /**

packages/opentelemetry/src/spanExporter.ts

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import type {
   TransactionEvent,
   TransactionSource,
 } from '@sentry/core';
+import { convertSpanLinksForEnvelope } from '@sentry/core';
 import {
   SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_CUSTOM_SPAN_NAME,
   SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_OP,
@@ -247,6 +248,7 @@ export function createTransactionForOtelSpan(span: ReadableSpan): TransactionEve
     ...removeSentryAttributes(span.attributes),
   });
 
+  const { links } = span;
   const { traceId: trace_id, spanId: span_id } = span.spanContext();
 
   // If parentSpanIdFromTraceState is defined at all, we want it to take precedence
@@ -266,6 +268,7 @@ export function createTransactionForOtelSpan(span: ReadableSpan): TransactionEve
     origin,
     op,
     status: getStatusMessage(status), // As per protocol, span status is allowed to be undefined
+    links: convertSpanLinksForEnvelope(links),
   });
 
   const statusCode = attributes[ATTR_HTTP_RESPONSE_STATUS_CODE];
@@ -322,7 +325,7 @@ function createAndFinishSpanForOtelSpan(node: SpanNode, spans: SpanJSON[], sentS
   const span_id = span.spanContext().spanId;
   const trace_id = span.spanContext().traceId;
 
-  const { attributes, startTime, endTime, parentSpanId } = span;
+  const { attributes, startTime, endTime, parentSpanId, links } = span;
 
   const { op, description, data, origin = 'manual' } = getSpanData(span);
   const allData = dropUndefinedKeys({
@@ -347,6 +350,7 @@ function createAndFinishSpanForOtelSpan(node: SpanNode, spans: SpanJSON[], sentS
     op,
     origin,
     measurements: timedEventsToMeasurements(span.events),
+    links: convertSpanLinksForEnvelope(links),
   });
 
   spans.push(spanJSON);

packages/opentelemetry/test/spanExporter.test.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { ATTR_HTTP_RESPONSE_STATUS_CODE } from '@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions';
-import { SDK_VERSION, SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_OP, startInactiveSpan } from '@sentry/core';
+import { SDK_VERSION, SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_OP, startInactiveSpan, startSpanManual } from '@sentry/core';
 import { createTransactionForOtelSpan } from '../src/spanExporter';
 import { cleanupOtel, mockSdkInit } from './helpers/mockSdkInit';
 
@@ -108,4 +108,31 @@ describe('createTransactionForOtelSpan', () => {
       transaction_info: { source: 'custom' },
     });
   });
+
+  it('adds span link to the trace context when adding with addLink()', () => {
+    const span = startInactiveSpan({ name: 'parent1' });
+    span.end();
+
+    startSpanManual({ name: 'rootSpan' }, rootSpan => {
+      rootSpan.addLink({ context: span.spanContext(), attributes: { 'sentry.link.type': 'previous_trace' } });
+      rootSpan.end();
+
+      const prevTraceId = span.spanContext().traceId;
+      const prevSpanId = span.spanContext().spanId;
+      const event = createTransactionForOtelSpan(rootSpan as any);
+
+      expect(event.contexts?.trace).toEqual(
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          links: [
+            expect.objectContaining({
+              attributes: { 'sentry.link.type': 'previous_trace' },
+              sampled: true,
+              trace_id: expect.stringMatching(prevTraceId),
+              span_id: expect.stringMatching(prevSpanId),
+            }),
+          ],
+        }),
+      );
+    });
+  });
 });