fix(otlp-grpc-exporter-base): avoid TypeError on exporter shutdown (#…

…4612)

* fix(otlp-grpc-exporter-base): avoid TypeError on exporter shutdown

* chore: update changelog

* fix: use gRPC Client type over any

* fixup! fix: use gRPC Client type over any

* fix: use ts-lint/ts-ignore

experimental/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ All notable changes to experimental packages in this project will be documented
 
 ### :bug: (Bug Fix)
 
+* fix(otlp-grpc-exporter-base): avoid TypeError on exporter shutdown [#4612](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/4612)
+
 ### :books: (Refine Doc)
 
 ### :house: (Internal)

experimental/packages/otlp-grpc-exporter-base/src/grpc-exporter-transport.ts

@@ -16,7 +16,12 @@
 
 // NOTE: do not change these type imports to actual imports. Doing so WILL break `@opentelemetry/instrumentation-http`,
 // as they'd be imported before the http/https modules can be wrapped.
-import type { Metadata, ServiceError, ChannelCredentials } from '@grpc/grpc-js';
+import type {
+  Metadata,
+  ServiceError,
+  ChannelCredentials,
+  Client,
+} from '@grpc/grpc-js';
 import { ExportResponse } from './export-response';
 import { IExporterTransport } from './exporter-transport';
 
@@ -85,13 +90,13 @@ export interface GrpcExporterTransportParameters {
 }
 
 export class GrpcExporterTransport implements IExporterTransport {
-  private _client?: any;
+  private _client?: Client;
   private _metadata?: Metadata;
 
   constructor(private _parameters: GrpcExporterTransportParameters) {}
 
   shutdown() {
-    this._client?.shutdown();
+    this._client?.close();
   }
 
   send(data: Uint8Array): Promise<ExportResponse> {
@@ -150,6 +155,8 @@ export class GrpcExporterTransport implements IExporterTransport {
         });
       }
 
+      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
+      // @ts-ignore The gRPC client constructor is created on runtime, so we don't have any types for the resulting client.
       this._client.export(
         buffer,
         this._metadata,

experimental/packages/otlp-grpc-exporter-base/test/grpc-exporter-transport.test.ts

@@ -136,37 +136,49 @@ describe('GrpcExporterTransport', function () {
     });
   });
   describe('shutdown', function () {
+    let shutdownHandle: () => void | undefined;
+    const serverTestContext: ServerTestContext = {
+      requests: [],
+      serverResponseProvider: () => {
+        return { error: null, buffer: Buffer.from([]) };
+      },
+    };
+
+    beforeEach(async function () {
+      shutdownHandle = await startServer(serverTestContext);
+    });
+
     afterEach(function () {
+      shutdownHandle();
+
+      // clear context
+      serverTestContext.requests = [];
+      serverTestContext.serverResponseProvider = () => {
+        return { error: null, buffer: Buffer.from([]) };
+      };
+
       sinon.restore();
     });
+
     it('before send() does not error', function () {
       const transport = new GrpcExporterTransport(simpleClientConfig);
       transport.shutdown();
 
       // no assertions, just checking that it does not throw any errors.
     });
 
-    it('calls client shutdown if client is defined', function () {
-      // arrange
-      const transport = new GrpcExporterTransport({
-        metadata: createEmptyMetadata,
-        timeoutMillis: 100,
-        grpcPath: 'path',
-        grpcName: 'name',
-        credentials: createInsecureCredentials,
-        compression: 'gzip',
-        address: 'localhost:1234',
-      });
-      const shutdownStub = sinon.stub();
-      transport['_client'] = {
-        shutdown: shutdownStub,
-      };
+    it('calls _client.close() if client is defined', async function () {
+      const transport = new GrpcExporterTransport(simpleClientConfig);
+      // send something so that client is defined
+      await transport.send(Buffer.from([1, 2, 3]));
+      assert.ok(transport['_client'], '_client is not defined after send()');
+      const closeSpy = sinon.spy(transport['_client'], 'close');
 
       // act
       transport.shutdown();
 
       // assert
-      sinon.assert.calledOnce(shutdownStub);
+      sinon.assert.calledOnce(closeSpy);
     });
   });
   describe('send', function () {