dstandish · Mar 24, 2026 · Mar 17, 2026 · Mar 17, 2026 · Mar 17, 2026 · Mar 17, 2026
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
 import structlog
 from cadwyn import VersionedAPIRouter
 from fastapi import Body, HTTPException, Query, Security, status
+from opentelemetry import trace
+from opentelemetry.trace import StatusCode
+from opentelemetry.trace.propagation.tracecontext import TraceContextTextMapPropagator
 from pydantic import JsonValue
 from sqlalchemy import and_, func, or_, tuple_, update
 from sqlalchemy.engine import CursorResult
@@ -37,6 +40,7 @@
 from sqlalchemy.sql import select
 from structlog.contextvars import bind_contextvars
 
+from airflow._shared.observability.traces import override_ids
 from airflow._shared.timezones import timezone
 from airflow.api_fastapi.common.dagbag import DagBagDep, get_latest_version_of_dag
 from airflow.api_fastapi.common.db.common import SessionDep
@@ -87,6 +91,7 @@
 
 
 log = structlog.get_logger(__name__)
+tracer = trace.get_tracer(__name__)
 
 
 @ti_id_router.patch(
@@ -431,6 +436,46 @@ def ti_update_state(
         )
 
 
+def _emit_task_span(ti, state):
+    # just to be safe
+    if not ti.dag_run:
+        return
+    if not isinstance(ti.dag_run.context_carrier, dict):
+        return
+    if not isinstance(ti.context_carrier, dict):
+        return
+    dr_ctx = TraceContextTextMapPropagator().extract(ti.dag_run.context_carrier)
+
+    ti_ctx = TraceContextTextMapPropagator().extract(ti.context_carrier)
+    ti_span = trace.get_current_span(context=ti_ctx)
+    span_context = ti_span.get_span_context()
+    start_time_candidates = (x for x in (ti.queued_dttm, ti.start_date, timezone.utcnow()) if x)
+    name = f"task_run.{ti.task_id}"
+    if ti.map_index >= 0:
+        name += f"[{ti.map_index}]"
+    with override_ids(span_context.trace_id, span_context.span_id):
+        span = tracer.start_span(
+            name=name,
+            start_time=int(min(start_time_candidates).timestamp() * 1e9),
+            context=dr_ctx,
+        )
+
+        span.set_attributes(
+            {
+                "airflow.dag_id": ti.dag_id,
+                "airflow.task_id": ti.task_id,
+                "airflow.dag_run.run_id": ti.run_id,
+                "airflow.task_instance.try_number": ti.try_number,
+                "airflow.task_instance.map_index": ti.map_index if ti.map_index is not None else -1,
+                "airflow.task_instance.state": state,
+                "airflow.task_instance.id": ti.id,
+            }
+        )
+        status_code = StatusCode.OK if state == TaskInstanceState.SUCCESS else StatusCode.ERROR
+        span.set_status(status_code)
+        span.end()
+
+
 def _handle_fail_fast_for_dag(ti: TI, dag_id: str, session: SessionDep, dag_bag: DagBagDep) -> None:
     dr = ti.dag_run
 
@@ -479,6 +524,7 @@ def _create_ti_state_update_query_and_update_state(
                     ti_patch_payload.outlet_events,
                     session,
                 )
+        _emit_task_span(ti, state=updated_state)
     elif isinstance(ti_patch_payload, TIDeferredStatePayload):
         # Calculate timeout if it was passed
         timeout = None

@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ def make(
         from airflow.utils.helpers import log_filename_template_renderer
 
         ser_ti = TaskInstanceDTO.model_validate(ti, from_attributes=True)
-        ser_ti.context_carrier = ti.dag_run.context_carrier
         if not bundle_info:
             bundle_info = BundleInfo(
                 name=ti.dag_model.bundle_name,

@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@
 import anyio
 import attrs
 import structlog
+from opentelemetry import trace
+from opentelemetry.trace import Status, StatusCode
+from opentelemetry.trace.propagation.tracecontext import TraceContextTextMapPropagator
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, TypeAdapter
 from sqlalchemy import func, select
 from structlog.contextvars import bind_contextvars as bind_log_contextvars
@@ -87,6 +90,7 @@
 from airflow.utils.session import provide_session
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from opentelemetry.util._decorator import _AgnosticContextManager
     from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
     from structlog.typing import FilteringBoundLogger, WrappedLogger
 
@@ -96,6 +100,34 @@
     from airflow.sdk.types import RuntimeTaskInstanceProtocol as RuntimeTI
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+tracer = trace.get_tracer(__name__)
+
+
+def _make_trigger_span(
+    ti: TaskInstanceDTO | None, trigger_id: int, name: str
+) -> _AgnosticContextManager[trace.Span]:
+    parent_context = (
+        TraceContextTextMapPropagator().extract(ti.context_carrier) if ti and ti.context_carrier else None
+    )
+    attributes: dict[str, str | int] = {
+        "airflow.trigger.name": name,
+    }
+    if isinstance(ti, TaskInstanceDTO):
+        span_name = f"trigger.{ti.task_id}" if ti else f"trigger.{trigger_id}"
+        if ti.map_index >= 0:
+            span_name += f"_{ti.map_index}"
+        attributes = {
+            **attributes,
+            "airflow.dag_id": ti.dag_id,
+            "airflow.task_id": ti.task_id,
+            "airflow.dag_run.run_id": ti.run_id,
+            "airflow.task_instance.try_number": ti.try_number,
+            "airflow.task_instance.map_index": ti.map_index,
+        }
+    else:
+        span_name = f"trigger.{name}"
+    return tracer.start_as_current_span(span_name, attributes=attributes, context=parent_context)
+
 
 __all__ = [
     "TriggerRunner",
@@ -1179,30 +1211,38 @@ async def run_trigger(self, trigger_id: int, trigger: BaseTrigger, timeout_after
 
         name = self.triggers[trigger_id]["name"]
         self.log.info("trigger %s starting", name)
-        try:
-            async for event in trigger.run():
-                await self.log.ainfo(
-                    "Trigger fired event", name=self.triggers[trigger_id]["name"], result=event
-                )
-                self.triggers[trigger_id]["events"] += 1
-                self.events.append((trigger_id, event))
-        except asyncio.CancelledError:
-            # We get cancelled by the scheduler changing the task state. But if we do lets give a nice error
-            # message about it
-            if timeout := timeout_after:
-                timeout = timeout.replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc) if not timeout.tzinfo else timeout
-                if timeout < timezone.utcnow():
-                    await self.log.aerror("Trigger cancelled due to timeout")
-            raise
-        finally:
-            # CancelledError will get injected when we're stopped - which is
-            # fine, the cleanup process will understand that, but we want to
-            # allow triggers a chance to cleanup, either in that case or if
-            # they exit cleanly. Exception from cleanup methods are ignored.
-            with suppress(Exception):
-                await trigger.cleanup()
-
-            await self.log.ainfo("trigger completed", name=name)
+        with _make_trigger_span(ti=trigger.task_instance, trigger_id=trigger_id, name=name) as span:
+            try:
+                async for event in trigger.run():
+                    await self.log.ainfo(
+                        "Trigger fired event", name=self.triggers[trigger_id]["name"], result=event
+                    )
+                    self.triggers[trigger_id]["events"] += 1
+                    self.events.append((trigger_id, event))
+                span.set_status(Status(StatusCode.OK))
+            except asyncio.CancelledError as e:
+                # We get cancelled by the scheduler changing the task state. But if we do lets give a nice error
+                # message about it
+                if timeout := timeout_after:
+                    timeout = timeout.replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc) if not timeout.tzinfo else timeout
+                    if timeout < timezone.utcnow():
+                        await self.log.aerror("Trigger cancelled due to timeout")
+                        span.set_status(Status(StatusCode.ERROR), description=str(e))
+                        raise
+                span.set_status(Status(StatusCode.OK), description=str(e))
+                raise
+            except Exception as e:
+                span.set_status(Status(StatusCode.ERROR), description=str(e))
+                raise
+            finally:
+                # CancelledError will get injected when we're stopped - which is
+                # fine, the cleanup process will understand that, but we want to
+                # allow triggers a chance to cleanup, either in that case or if
+                # they exit cleanly. Exception from cleanup methods are ignored.
+                with suppress(Exception):
+                    await trigger.cleanup()
+
+                await self.log.ainfo("trigger completed", name=name)
 
     def get_trigger_by_classpath(self, classpath: str) -> type[BaseTrigger]:
         """

@@ -1027,21 +1027,33 @@ def is_effective_leaf(task):
         return leaf_tis
 
     def _emit_dagrun_span(self, state: DagRunState):
-        ctx = TraceContextTextMapPropagator().extract(self.context_carrier or {})
+        # just to be safe
+        if not isinstance(self.context_carrier, dict):
+            return
+
+        ctx = TraceContextTextMapPropagator().extract(self.context_carrier)
         span = trace.get_current_span(context=ctx)
         span_context = span.get_span_context()
         with override_ids(span_context.trace_id, span_context.span_id):
-            attributes = {
+            attributes: dict[str, str] = {
                 "airflow.dag_id": str(self.dag_id),
                 "airflow.dag_run.run_id": self.run_id,
             }
+            if self.start_date:
+                attributes["airflow.dag_run.start_date"] = str(self.start_date)
+            if self.end_date:
+                attributes["airflow.dag_run.end_date"] = str(self.end_date)
+            if self.queued_at:
+                attributes["airflow.dag_run.queued_at"] = str(self.queued_at)
+            if self.created_at:
+                attributes["airflow.dag_run.created_at"] = str(self.created_at)
             if self.logical_date:
                 attributes["airflow.dag_run.logical_date"] = str(self.logical_date)
             if self.partition_key:
                 attributes["airflow.dag_run.partition_key"] = str(self.partition_key)
             span = tracer.start_span(
                 name=f"dag_run.{self.dag_id}",
-                start_time=int((self.start_date or timezone.utcnow()).timestamp() * 1e9),
+                start_time=int((self.queued_at or self.start_date or timezone.utcnow()).timestamp() * 1e9),
                 attributes=attributes,
                 context=context.Context(),
             )
@@ -1771,7 +1783,11 @@ def create_ti_mapping(task: Operator, indexes: Iterable[int]) -> Iterator[dict[s
                 created_counts[task.task_type] += 1
                 for map_index in indexes:
                     yield TI.insert_mapping(
-                        self.run_id, task, map_index=map_index, dag_version_id=dag_version_id
+                        self.run_id,
+                        task,
+                        map_index=map_index,
+                        dag_version_id=dag_version_id,
+                        dag_run=self,
                     )
 
             creator = create_ti_mapping

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 import attrs
 import dill
 import uuid6
+from opentelemetry import trace
 from sqlalchemy import (
     JSON,
     Float,
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@
 from airflow import settings
 from airflow._shared.observability.metrics.dual_stats_manager import DualStatsManager
 from airflow._shared.observability.metrics.stats import Stats
+from airflow._shared.observability.traces import new_dagrun_trace_carrier, new_task_run_carrier
 from airflow._shared.timezones import timezone
 from airflow.assets.manager import asset_manager
 from airflow.configuration import conf
@@ -102,7 +104,7 @@
 TR = TaskReschedule
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
+tracer = trace.get_tracer(__name__)
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from datetime import datetime
@@ -382,7 +384,7 @@ def clear_task_instances(
         for instance in tis:
             run_ids_by_dag_id[instance.dag_id].add(instance.run_id)
 
-        drs = session.scalars(
+        drs: Iterable[DagRun] = session.scalars(
             select(DagRun).where(
                 or_(
                     *(
@@ -397,6 +399,7 @@ def clear_task_instances(
             # Always update clear_number and queued_at when clearing tasks, regardless of state
             dr.clear_number += 1
             dr.queued_at = timezone.utcnow()
+            dr.context_carrier = new_dagrun_trace_carrier()
 
             _recalculate_dagrun_queued_at_deadlines(dr, dr.queued_at, session)
 
@@ -425,6 +428,8 @@ def clear_task_instances(
                 if dag_run_state == DagRunState.QUEUED:
                     dr.last_scheduling_decision = None
                     dr.start_date = None
+    for ti in tis:
+        ti.context_carrier = new_task_run_carrier(ti.dag_run.context_carrier)
     session.flush()
 
 
@@ -679,7 +684,7 @@ def stats_tags(self) -> dict[str, str]:
 
     @staticmethod
     def insert_mapping(
-        run_id: str, task: Operator, map_index: int, dag_version_id: UUID | None
+        run_id: str, task: Operator, map_index: int, *, dag_version_id: UUID | None, dag_run: DagRun
     ) -> dict[str, Any]:
         """
         Insert mapping.
@@ -689,6 +694,7 @@ def insert_mapping(
         priority_weight = task.weight_rule.get_weight(
             TaskInstance(task=task, run_id=run_id, map_index=map_index, dag_version_id=dag_version_id)
         )
+        context_carrier = new_task_run_carrier(dag_run.context_carrier)
 
         return {
             "dag_id": task.dag_id,
@@ -710,6 +716,7 @@ def insert_mapping(
             "map_index": map_index,
             "_task_display_property_value": task.task_display_name,
             "dag_version_id": dag_version_id,
+            "context_carrier": context_carrier,
         }
 
     @reconstructor

@@ -24,9 +24,11 @@
 from collections.abc import Collection, Iterable, Sequence
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
+from opentelemetry import trace
 from sqlalchemy import CheckConstraint, ForeignKeyConstraint, Integer, String, func, or_, select
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Mapped, mapped_column
 
+from airflow._shared.observability.traces import new_task_run_carrier
 from airflow.models.base import COLLATION_ARGS, ID_LEN, TaskInstanceDependencies
 from airflow.models.dag_version import DagVersion
 from airflow.utils.db import exists_query
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@
 
     from airflow.models.taskinstance import TaskInstance
     from airflow.serialization.definitions.mappedoperator import Operator
+tracer = trace.get_tracer(__name__)
 
 
 class TaskMapVariant(enum.Enum):
@@ -242,6 +245,18 @@ def expand_mapped_task(
         else:
             dag_version_id = None
 
+        if unmapped_ti:
+            dr = unmapped_ti.dag_run
+        else:
+            from airflow.models import DagRun
+
+            dr = session.scalar(
+                select(DagRun).where(
+                    DagRun.dag_id == task.dag_id,
+                    DagRun.run_id == run_id,
+                )
+            )
+
         for index in indexes_to_map:
             # TODO: Make more efficient with bulk_insert_mappings/bulk_save_mappings.
             ti = TaskInstance(
@@ -254,6 +269,7 @@ def expand_mapped_task(
             task.log.debug("Expanding TIs upserted %s", ti)
             task_instance_mutation_hook(ti)
             ti = session.merge(ti)
+            ti.context_carrier = new_task_run_carrier(dr.context_carrier)
             ti.refresh_from_task(task)  # session.merge() loses task information.
             all_expanded_tis.append(ti)
 

diff --git a/airflow-core/tests/integration/otel/test_otel.py b/airflow-core/tests/integration/otel/test_otel.py
@@ -508,9 +508,10 @@ def get_parent_span_id(span):
 
         nested = get_span_hierarchy()
         assert nested == {
-            "sub_span1": "task_run.task1",
-            "task_run.task1": "dag_run.otel_test_dag",
             "dag_run.otel_test_dag": None,
+            "sub_span1": "worker.task1",
+            "task_run.task1": "dag_run.otel_test_dag",
+            "worker.task1": "task_run.task1",
         }
 
     def start_scheduler(self, capture_output: bool = False):