feat: Add maxTransactionTimeout + set transaction name (#2399)

* feat: Add maxTransactionTimeout

* meta: fix CI

* ci: fix

* feat: Always set transaction on the scope + span

* fix: symlink

* meta: Changelog

.travis.yml

@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ branches:
     - /^major\/.+$/
     - 4.x
 
-install: true
-sudo: required
+install: yarn
+os: linux
 
 language: node_js
 dist: bionic
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ cache:
   directories:
     - node_modules
 
-matrix:
-  fast_finish: true
-
 stages:
   - Test
   - Deploy

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+- [apm] fix: Add new option to `Tracing` `maxTransactionTimeout` determines the max length of a transaction
+- [hub] ref: Always also set transaction name on the top span in the scope
+
 ## 5.11.1
 
 - [apm] feat: Add build bundle including @sentry/browser + @sentry/apm

packages/apm/src/integrations/tracing.ts

@@ -5,8 +5,11 @@ import {
   isMatchingPattern,
   logger,
   supportsNativeFetch,
+  timestampWithMs,
 } from '@sentry/utils';
 
+import { Span as SpanClass } from '../span';
+
 /**
  * Options for Tracing integration
  */
@@ -60,6 +63,15 @@ interface TracingOptions {
    * Default: 1
    */
   tracesSampleRate: number;
+
+  /**
+   * The maximum time a transaction can be before it will be dropped. This is for some edge cases where a browser
+   * completely freezes the JS state and picks it up later. So after this timeout, the SDK will not send the event.
+   * Time is in ms.
+   *
+   * Default: 120000
+   */
+  maxTransactionTimeout: number;
 }
 
 /** JSDoc */
@@ -114,6 +126,7 @@ export class Tracing implements Integration {
     const defaultTracingOrigins = ['localhost', /^\//];
     const defaults = {
       idleTimeout: 500,
+      maxTransactionTimeout: 120000,
       shouldCreateSpanForRequest(url: string): boolean {
         const origins = (_options && _options.tracingOrigins) || defaultTracingOrigins;
         return (
@@ -249,24 +262,39 @@ export class Tracing implements Integration {
 
   /**
    * Update transaction
+   * @deprecated
    */
   public static updateTransactionName(name: string): void {
-    const activeTransaction = Tracing._activeTransaction;
-    if (!activeTransaction) {
-      return;
+    // const activeTransaction = Tracing._activeTransaction;
+    // if (!activeTransaction) {
+    //   return;
+    // }
+    const _getCurrentHub = Tracing._getCurrentHub;
+    if (_getCurrentHub) {
+      const hub = _getCurrentHub();
+      if (hub) {
+        hub.configureScope(scope => {
+          scope.setTransaction(name);
+        });
+      }
     }
     // TODO
-    (activeTransaction as any).transaction = name;
+    // (activeTransaction as any).transaction = name;
   }
 
   /**
    * Finshes the current active transaction
    */
   public static finishIdleTransaction(): void {
-    const active = Tracing._activeTransaction;
+    const active = Tracing._activeTransaction as SpanClass;
     if (active) {
-      // true = use timestamp of last span
-      active.finish(true);
+      if (timestampWithMs() > active.startTimestamp + Tracing.options.maxTransactionTimeout) {
+        // If we reached the max timeout of the transaction, we will just not finish it and therefore discard it.
+        Tracing._activeTransaction = undefined;
+      } else {
+        // true = use timestamp of last span
+        active.finish(true);
+      }
     }
   }
 

packages/hub/src/scope.ts

@@ -185,6 +185,9 @@ export class Scope implements ScopeInterface {
    */
   public setTransaction(transaction?: string): this {
     this._transaction = transaction;
+    if (this._span) {
+      (this._span as any).transaction = transaction;
+    }
     this._notifyScopeListeners();
     return this;
   }