feat(otel): add option for custom span attributes#14975
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| sdk.start(); | ||
| registerTelemetry( | ||
| new OpenTelemetry({ | ||
| enrichSpanAttributes: ({ spanType, operationId, runtimeContext }) => ({ |
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I am working on restricting how the runtimeContext is exposed to telemetry for security so this might conflict somewhat
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| export type OpenTelemetrySpanType = | ||
| | 'operation' | ||
| | 'step' | ||
| | 'languageModel' | ||
| | 'tool' | ||
| | 'embedding' | ||
| | 'reranking'; |
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these mix language model and other span -- i am wondering if there are better names, e.g. hierarchical
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that is a span type but
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Background
#14727
@ai-sdk/otelcurrently does not expose a supported way to add attributes at span creation time. this is for external observability systems that sometimes need to add additional span attributes that are specific to their ingestion pipelineSummary
Added a new
enrichSpanAttributesoption to OpenTelemetry so callers can append custom attributes when spans are createdManual Verification
ran the example
examples/ai-functions/src/telemetry/otel/generate-text-custom-attributes.tsChecklist
pnpm changesetin the project root)Related Issues
fixes #14727