feat(tracing): export execution spans directly to Wharf - #7359
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Open spans directly on the user's thread so that stdlib log records emitted during hot paths like `Crew.kickoff`, `BaseTool.run`, and `LLM.call` carry the active trace context and correlate with the spans they belong to — a gap the previous metrics-only telemetry could not close. Introduces a `crewai.telemetry.otel` module exposing `operation` and `follows_from`, instruments the execution hot paths, and propagates the active context across every parallel-dispatch site. Depends only on `opentelemetry-api` so provider and exporter choice stays with the host application per the standard OTel library pattern; without an installed SDK the `ProxyTracer` keeps everything as a NoOp. Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
Address review feedback on the native OpenTelemetry instrumentation
`test_otel.py`'s `span_exporter` fixture installed an SDK `TracerProvider` once via module-level globals and never restored the default `ProxyTracerProvider`, so `test_otel_noop.py`'s unconfigured- default-state assertions failed whenever the two files ran on the same worker. Install the SDK provider fresh per test and reset the global slot back to `ProxyTracerProvider` in `finally`; `_tracer()` re-resolves on every span so swapping providers between tests is safe.
`Telemetry.set_tracer()` installed crewAI's anonymous SDK
`TracerProvider` into OpenTelemetry's process-global slot, so the first
`Crew` constructed in a test or host application replaced the default
`ProxyTracerProvider` and exfiltrated every host span emitted via
`trace.get_tracer(...)` to crewAI's OTLP endpoint. Keep the provider
local to the `Telemetry` instance and route every anonymous span
through `self.provider.get_tracer("crewai.telemetry")` so the global
slot stays untouched. Mirrors the fix in `crewai_core.telemetry`,
drops the now-dead `set_tracer()` calls in `event_listener.py` and
`crewai_cli.command`, and adds regression coverage that asserts the
provider stays a `ProxyTracerProvider` after constructing a `Crew`.
Enhance the `operation` function to include the execution UUID in span attributes, allowing for better tracking of execution contexts. If an execution UUID is present, it is added to the span attributes unless explicitly provided. Additionally, introduce tests to verify that the execution UUID is correctly stamped from the context and that explicit UUIDs are preserved. This improves traceability in telemetry data.
Open spans directly on the user's thread so that stdlib log records emitted during hot paths like `Crew.kickoff`, `BaseTool.run`, and `LLM.call` carry the active trace context and correlate with the spans they belong to — a gap the previous metrics-only telemetry could not close. Introduces a `crewai.telemetry.otel` module exposing `operation` and `follows_from`, instruments the execution hot paths, and propagates the active context across every parallel-dispatch site. Depends only on `opentelemetry-api` so provider and exporter choice stays with the host application per the standard OTel library pattern; without an installed SDK the `ProxyTracer` keeps everything as a NoOp. Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
Address review feedback on the native OpenTelemetry instrumentation
`test_otel.py`'s `span_exporter` fixture installed an SDK `TracerProvider` once via module-level globals and never restored the default `ProxyTracerProvider`, so `test_otel_noop.py`'s unconfigured- default-state assertions failed whenever the two files ran on the same worker. Install the SDK provider fresh per test and reset the global slot back to `ProxyTracerProvider` in `finally`; `_tracer()` re-resolves on every span so swapping providers between tests is safe.
`Telemetry.set_tracer()` installed crewAI's anonymous SDK
`TracerProvider` into OpenTelemetry's process-global slot, so the first
`Crew` constructed in a test or host application replaced the default
`ProxyTracerProvider` and exfiltrated every host span emitted via
`trace.get_tracer(...)` to crewAI's OTLP endpoint. Keep the provider
local to the `Telemetry` instance and route every anonymous span
through `self.provider.get_tracer("crewai.telemetry")` so the global
slot stays untouched. Mirrors the fix in `crewai_core.telemetry`,
drops the now-dead `set_tracer()` calls in `event_listener.py` and
`crewai_cli.command`, and adds regression coverage that asserts the
provider stays a `ProxyTracerProvider` after constructing a `Crew`.
Enhance the `operation` function to include the execution UUID in span attributes, allowing for better tracking of execution contexts. If an execution UUID is present, it is added to the span attributes unless explicitly provided. Additionally, introduce tests to verify that the execution UUID is correctly stamped from the context and that explicit UUIDs are preserved. This improves traceability in telemetry data.
Refactor the execution context handling in the `Crew` and `Agent` classes to improve traceability and error management. The `begin_execution` function now accepts optional tracing parameters, allowing for better integration with telemetry. Additionally, error handling has been refined to raise `TraceGrantError` when execution tokens are not set, ensuring that trace-related issues are properly surfaced. This update also introduces a new `ExecutionTrace` class to manage trace lifetimes, enhancing the overall telemetry framework.
…ewAIInc/crewAI into lorenze/feat/oss-to-wharf-traces # Conflicts: # lib/crewai/src/crewai/agent/core.py # lib/crewai/src/crewai/crew.py # lib/crewai/src/crewai/flow/runtime/__init__.py # lib/crewai/src/crewai/tasks/llm_guardrail.py # lib/crewai/src/crewai/telemetry/otel.py
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughAdds native OpenTelemetry tracing primitives, execution and session lifecycle handling, grant and ephemeral exporters, semantic attribute builders, and operation spans across crewAI runtime paths. Event dispatch preserves trace context. Flow resume and deferred finalization reuse trace sessions. Tests cover export, shaping, no-op behavior, and flow tracing. ChangesNative tracing rollout
Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Runtime
participant Execution
participant TraceSession
participant Exporter
Runtime->>Execution: begin_execution(tracing=...)
Execution->>TraceSession: create or activate session
Runtime->>Runtime: run crew, agent, task, and flow operations
TraceSession->>Exporter: flush spans
Runtime->>Execution: end_execution(token, defer?)
Execution->>TraceSession: finish or retain session
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lib/crewai/tests/telemetry/test_otel.py (1)
565-591: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 🏗️ Heavy liftExercise the production dispatch sites in these six tests. Each test creates a local
ThreadPoolExecutorand callscontextvars.copy_context().runon a local callback. It never reaches the production dispatch inMCPNativeTool,UnifiedMemory._submit_save,encoding_flow.py,recall_flow.py,a2a/wrapper.py, orexperimental/agent_executor.py. The tests therefore pass if any audited production site loses context propagation. Invoke each production entry point with external work mocked, then retain the trace and log assertions. This provides material regression coverage for the changed dispatch sites instead of only testing the stdlib pattern.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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116-119: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winDeclare
HookAbortedas an expected exception.A
PRE_MODEL_CALLdenial raisesHookAborted, which propagates throughBaseLLMand exitsoperation("guard llm", ...). The operation then marks the spanERRORand records anexceptionevent. Passexpected_exceptions=(HookAborted,)to keep this intentional control flowUNSETwithout an exception event.♻️ Proposed refactor
with operation( "guard llm", {"crewai.guardrail.type": "llm"}, + expected_exceptions=(HookAborted,), ):🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@lib/crewai/src/crewai/telemetry/tracing/ephemeral.py`:
- Around line 42-45: Update the ephemeral tracing limit initialization around
_max_spans and _max_bytes to fall back to their existing defaults when
environment values are non-integer or non-positive, rather than raising. Reuse a
shared positive-integer environment parsing helper near logger for both limits,
preserving valid configured values and warning when a fallback is used.
In `@lib/crewai/src/crewai/telemetry/tracing/grants.py`:
- Line 98: Update the URL validation in create() to allow only the HTTPS scheme
before _exporter() constructs the OTLPSpanExporter; reject http:// collector
URLs while preserving validation of other unsupported schemes.
In `@lib/crewai/src/crewai/telemetry/tracing/semantic_conventions.py`:
- Line 138: Update _payload_size to return the UTF-8 byte length of the payload,
matching the units used by _byte_len and the original_size_bytes attribute;
preserve the existing behavior for payloads whose character and byte lengths are
equal.
In `@lib/crewai/tests/telemetry/test_execution_export.py`:
- Around line 398-399: Update the test setup around runner and demo so it
references an existing demo script, or add the missing wharf_flow_demo.py at the
expected scripts location; ensure all five parametrized cases can resolve and
execute the demo without FileNotFoundError.
- Around line 986-988: Update the test setup around TraceCollectionListener and
batch_manager to reuse an existing listener instance instead of constructing a
new TraceCollectionListener solely to access batch_manager. Ensure any listener
created for this test is isolated and its event-bus handlers are cleaned up so
setup_listeners does not leave global registrations affecting later tests.
In `@lib/crewai/tests/telemetry/test_grant_export_bounds.py`:
- Line 45: Update TraceGrantClient.create validation to accept only HTTPS
collector URLs before any bearer token is forwarded, rejecting HTTP grants with
TraceGrantError. Add a regression test covering an HTTP grant and verify
GrantSpanExporter is not created.
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In `@lib/crewai/src/crewai/tasks/llm_guardrail.py`:
- Around line 116-119: Update the operation call in the guard LLM flow to pass
HookAborted through expected_exceptions, preserving the intentional
PRE_MODEL_CALL denial while leaving the span status UNSET and avoiding an
exception event.
In `@lib/crewai/tests/telemetry/test_otel.py`:
- Around line 565-591: Update the six context-propagation tests to invoke the
actual production dispatch sites in MCPNativeTool, UnifiedMemory._submit_save,
encoding_flow.py, recall_flow.py, a2a/wrapper.py, and
experimental/agent_executor.py instead of reproducing ThreadPoolExecutor
locally. Mock each site’s external work while preserving the existing trace and
log assertions, so the tests detect regressions in production context
propagation.
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lib/crewai/src/crewai/llms/providers/openai/completion.py (1)
556-559: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winMark policy denials as expected in both OpenAI operation spans.
operationrecords escapingExceptioninstances asERRORunless listed inexpected_exceptions. BothcallandacallcatchHookAbortedandLLMCallBlockedError, emit denial events, and re-raise them. These denials can therefore inflate LLM call error rates and record provider-failure exceptions.♻️ Proposed change for both sites
with ( llm_call_context(), - operation("call llm", {"crewai.llm.model": self.model}), + operation( + "call llm", + {"crewai.llm.model": self.model}, + expected_exceptions=(HookAborted, LLMCallBlockedError), + ), ):🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@lib/crewai/src/crewai/llms/providers/openai/completion.py`:
- Around line 556-559: Update the OpenAI operation spans in both call and acall
to list HookAborted and LLMCallBlockedError as expected_exceptions. Preserve the
existing denial-event handling and re-raising behavior while preventing these
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2121-2121: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winHandle legacy replay records before comparing task values.
Crew.replayvalidates before_interpolate_inputs. Current records usetask_key, andTask.keyis based on the original template values. Legacy records withouttask_keyuse the fallback comparison of stored resolved descriptions and expected outputs against current task placeholders. A valid legacy replay can therefore raise a task-mismatch error. Normalize both sides or validate this fallback against interpolated values.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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- Line 2121: Update Crew.replay around _validate_replay_tasks so legacy records
without task_key are validated against interpolated current task values, or
normalize both stored and expected values before comparison. Preserve
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That's quite dangerous. Two spans with the same name might collide silently.
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why do we need rename them?
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| otel_resume_context: tuple[int, int] | None = None | ||
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Tests added or updated for the changed behavior
Relevant tests and quality checks pass locally
Post-merge regression run: 308 tests passed across execution export, native OTel, execution UUID, conversational Flow, and interception suites.
Expanded validation: 779 OSS tests passed across targeted runs, with 2 skipped; 326 enterprise companion tests passed against the shared OSS source.
Legacy tracing tests passed separately after a combined-run shared sleep-mock flake.
Merge commit hooks passed: Ruff, Ruff formatting, and mypy.
Grant/export tests use synthetic credentials and fake or in-memory collectors.
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Touches core kickoff paths (crew, flow, agent), event-bus async threading, and optional upload of prompts/outputs via tracing grants or consent-based sharing.
Overview
Adds native OpenTelemetry spans around major runtime work via a new
operation()helper, wired into crew/flow kickoffs, tasks, agents, lite agents, LLM calls, memory, knowledge, guardrails, and A2A delegation.Execution tracing lifecycle is extended:
begin_execution/end_executionnow open aTraceSession—either OTLP export through AMP grants to Wharf when credentials exist, or an ephemeral local buffer that only uploads after an explicit sharing prompt. Deferred conversational flows can keep the trace open across turns and finalize infinalize_session_traces.The event bus re-attaches OTel context when dispatching async handlers (fixing broken parent links) and records events into the active trace session on the execution thread. The legacy TraceCollectionListener skips duplicate batch handling when a session is already driving spans.
LLM telemetry passes the model into span attributes, treats hook/policy denials as expected control flow (
deniedonLLMCallFailedEvent), and adds GenAI-semconv shape helpers for message/tool attributes. Crew kickoff passestracing=self.tracingand surfacesTraceGrantErrorwhen grant minting fails before execution starts.Reviewed by Cursor Bugbot for commit d1e14e1. Bugbot is set up for automated code reviews on this repo. Configure here.