Allow set_status to accept the StatusCode and optional description

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   ([#2727](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/2727))
 - fix: update entry point object references for metrics
   ([#2731](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/2731))
+- Allow set_status to accept the StatusCode and optional description
+  ([#2735](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/2735))
 
 ## [1.12.0rc1-0.31b0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/releases/tag/v1.12.0rc1-0.31b0) - 2022-05-17
 

opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/trace/span.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import typing
 from collections import OrderedDict
 
-from opentelemetry.trace.status import Status
+from opentelemetry.trace.status import Status, StatusCode
 from opentelemetry.util import types
 
 # The key MUST begin with a lowercase letter or a digit,
@@ -137,7 +137,11 @@ def is_recording(self) -> bool:
         """
 
     @abc.abstractmethod
-    def set_status(self, status: Status) -> None:
+    def set_status(
+        self,
+        status: typing.Union[Status, StatusCode],
+        description: typing.Optional[str] = None,
+    ) -> None:
         """Sets the Status of the Span. If used, this will override the default
         Span status.
         """
@@ -524,7 +528,11 @@ def add_event(
     def update_name(self, name: str) -> None:
         pass
 
-    def set_status(self, status: Status) -> None:
+    def set_status(
+        self,
+        status: typing.Union[Status, StatusCode],
+        description: typing.Optional[str] = None,
+    ) -> None:
         pass
 
     def record_exception(

opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/__init__.py

@@ -889,16 +889,29 @@ def is_recording(self) -> bool:
         return self._end_time is None
 
     @_check_span_ended
-    def set_status(self, status: trace_api.Status) -> None:
+    def set_status(
+        self,
+        status: typing.Union[Status, StatusCode],
+        description: typing.Optional[str] = None,
+    ) -> None:
         # Ignore future calls if status is already set to OK
         # Ignore calls to set to StatusCode.UNSET
-        if (
-            self._status
-            and self._status.status_code is StatusCode.OK
-            or status.status_code is StatusCode.UNSET
-        ):
-            return
-        self._status = status
+        if isinstance(status, Status):
+            if (
+                self._status
+                and self._status.status_code is StatusCode.OK
+                or status.status_code is StatusCode.UNSET
+            ):
+                return
+            self._status = status
+        elif isinstance(status, StatusCode):
+            if (
+                self._status
+                and self._status.status_code is StatusCode.OK
+                or status is StatusCode.UNSET
+            ):
+                return
+            self._status = Status(status, description)
 
     def __exit__(
         self,

opentelemetry-sdk/tests/trace/test_trace.py

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     get_span_with_dropped_attributes_events_links,
     new_tracer,
 )
-from opentelemetry.trace import StatusCode
+from opentelemetry.trace import Status, StatusCode
 from opentelemetry.util._time import _time_ns
 
 
@@ -903,6 +903,38 @@ def test_span_override_start_and_end_time(self):
         span.end(end_time)
         self.assertEqual(end_time, span.end_time)
 
+    def test_span_set_status(self):
+
+        span1 = self.tracer.start_span("span1")
+        span1.set_status(Status(status_code=StatusCode.ERROR))
+        self.assertEqual(span1.status.status_code, StatusCode.ERROR)
+        self.assertEqual(span1.status.description, None)
+
+        span2 = self.tracer.start_span("span2")
+        span2.set_status(
+            Status(status_code=StatusCode.ERROR, description="desc")
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(span2.status.status_code, StatusCode.ERROR)
+        self.assertEqual(span2.status.description, "desc")
+
+        span3 = self.tracer.start_span("span3")
+        span3.set_status(StatusCode.ERROR)
+        self.assertEqual(span3.status.status_code, StatusCode.ERROR)
+        self.assertEqual(span3.status.description, None)
+
+        span4 = self.tracer.start_span("span4")
+        span4.set_status(StatusCode.ERROR, "span4 desc")
+        self.assertEqual(span4.status.status_code, StatusCode.ERROR)
+        self.assertEqual(span4.status.description, "span4 desc")
+
+        span5 = self.tracer.start_span("span5")
+        span5.set_status(
+            Status(status_code=StatusCode.ERROR, description="desc"),
+            description="ignored",
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(span5.status.status_code, StatusCode.ERROR)
+        self.assertEqual(span5.status.description, "desc")
+
     def test_ended_span(self):
         """Events, attributes are not allowed after span is ended"""