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Resolves #61

Summary

Implements end-to-end W3C trace and span export over OTLP/HTTP (JSON) connecting API requests (SERVER), Temporal workflows (INTERNAL), and activity execution attempts (INTERNAL) without adding external tracing runtime dependencies.

Key Changes

  1. Shared OTLP Span Exporter (@space/contracts):

    • Promoted the bounded, non-blocking OTLP HTTP trace exporter from apps/api to @space/contracts/otlp-span-exporter.
    • Maintained 100% backward compatibility with apps/api/src/otlp-span-exporter.ts re-exporting the contract definitions.
    • Enforces ALLOWED_SPAN_ATTRIBUTE_KEYS allowlist and value sanitization (sanitizeSpanAttributes).
  2. Temporal Workflow Interceptors & Sinks (apps/worker):

    • Added workflow inbound interceptor WorkflowTracingInterceptor in apps/worker/src/workflow-tracing-interceptor.ts.
    • Workflow spans are created with deterministic span IDs (sha256(w3cTraceId:runId)), parented by inbound traceparent (from turn input or Temporal workflow memo).
    • Nested child workflows are parented by their parent workflow run (info.parent.runId).
    • Workflow continueAsNew (info.continuedFromExecutionRunId) and Room Agent background continuations (roomAgentContinuation.sourceRunId) record OTLP span links pointing to predecessor runs.
    • Sinks are registered with callDuringReplay: false in apps/worker/src/worker-tracing.ts, guaranteeing zero spans emitted during workflow history replay.
  3. Activity Attempt Spans (apps/worker):

    • Extended observeActivityExecution in apps/worker/src/activity-observability.ts to accept spanExporter.
    • Emits an INTERNAL span for every activity execution attempt parented by the workflow span.
    • Only allowlisted attributes are recorded (IDs, attempt, durations, outcome, error category, reason code). Prompts, model outputs, URLs, file paths, and raw error messages are strictly filtered out.
  4. Worker Processes Lifecycle (apps/worker):

    • worker.ts, memory-maintenance-worker.ts, and memory-mutation-worker.ts configure spanExporter when SPACE_OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT is defined.
    • Workers register workflowTracing sinks and resolveWorkflowTracingInterceptorPath().
    • Exporter is gracefully closed and flushed in the finally shutdown block.
  5. Documentation:

    • Updated docs/quality/observability.md to reflect full API -> workflow -> activity span hierarchy and replay suppression rule.
    • Updated docs/configuration-reference.md documenting SPACE_OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT across API and workers.

Verification & Testing

  • npm test -w @space/api -- otlp: 8/8 tests passed.
  • npm test -w @space/worker -- activity-observability: 9/9 tests passed.
  • npm test -w @space/worker -- otlp-worker-spans: 4/4 tests passed (hermetic integration test verifying fake OTLP HTTP collector receiving full trace hierarchy from TestWorkflowEnvironment.createTimeSkipping(), attribute allowlist verification, and replay determinism zero-span check).

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Added end-to-end OpenTelemetry tracing for Temporal workflows and activity attempts, with trace context carried across activities, child workflows, and continuations.
    • Configured OTLP span export through SPACE_OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT; span export remains disabled when no valid endpoint is configured.
    • Added safeguards that limit exported span attributes to approved, safe values. Workflow replays do not emit spans.
  • Documentation
    • Expanded observability and configuration guidance to describe workflow and activity traces, span relationships, replay behavior, and attribute filtering.

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The contracts package now provides the shared OTLP exporter. Temporal workers export workflow and activity spans, propagate trace context across workflow calls, and suppress workflow span recording during replay.

Changes: Temporal trace export

Layer / File(s) Summary
Shared OTLP exporter
packages/contracts/src/otlp-span-exporter.ts, packages/contracts/src/index.ts, packages/runtime/src/otlp-span-exporter.ts
The contracts package adds span conversion, endpoint validation, queued OTLP export, counters, and attribute sanitization. The runtime package re-exports the shared implementation.
Workflow span recording and propagation
apps/worker/src/workflow-tracing-interceptor.ts, apps/worker/src/worker-tracing.ts
The workflow interceptor derives trace context, records workflow spans and continuation links, and propagates traceparent headers. Tracing sinks forward spans to the exporter and disable calls during replay.
Activity spans and worker configuration
apps/worker/src/activity-observability.ts, apps/worker/src/worker.ts, apps/worker/src/memory-maintenance-worker.ts, apps/worker/src/memory-mutation-worker.ts
Activity observability records sanitized spans using trace context from headers or arguments. All three worker processes configure tracing and close the exporter after execution.
Tracing validation and configuration
apps/worker/tests/*, apps/worker/tests/support/*, apps/worker/package.json, docs/configuration-reference.md, docs/quality/observability.md
Tests check sanitization, span relationships, trace continuity, and replay suppression. Documentation describes the OTLP endpoint and API and worker span coverage.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Feature · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant API
  participant WorkflowTracingInterceptor
  participant ActivityObservability
  participant SpanExporter
  participant OTLPCollector
  API->>WorkflowTracingInterceptor: Start workflow with trace context
  WorkflowTracingInterceptor->>SpanExporter: Record workflow span
  WorkflowTracingInterceptor->>ActivityObservability: Propagate traceparent to activity
  ActivityObservability->>SpanExporter: Record activity span
  SpanExporter->>OTLPCollector: POST OTLP trace batch
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  • oll4com/spaceapp#264: Updates the same worker test setup and adds Temporal workflow tests for tracing and replay behavior.

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Background continuation traces remain disconnected from their predecessor workflow; carry valid predecessor trace and span IDs before merging.

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Linked Issues check Passed Issue #61 is an active direct target. The PR adds a shared bounded OTLP/HTTP exporter with drop counting, POST timeouts, failure isolation, and attribute sanitization. The three worker processes confi…
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Issue #61 is an active direct target. The PR adds a shared bounded OTLP/HTTP exporter with drop counting, POST timeouts, failure isolation, and attribute sanitization. The three worker processes configure tracing from SPACE_OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT and shut down the exporter safely. Workflow and activity spans preserve trace parentage, child-workflow nesting, continuation links, allowlisted attributes, and replay suppression. The Temporal test environment and local collector test checks hierarchy, attribute filtering, and zero spans during replay. The PR adds no tracing runtime dependency and updates both required documents. The Jaeger check and screenshot are non-coding tasks.

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The changes remain within issue #61. The shared exporter, worker tracing interceptor and sinks, activity-attempt spans, worker lifecycle wiring, tests, and documentation implement or verify the issue. The API and runtime re-exports support the shared implementation. The PR does not add CLI Host or Browser Host spans, metrics or log export, sampling configuration, or trace-ID database columns.

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apps/worker/tests/otlp-worker-spans.test.ts: 1

69-103: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Replay a real workflow history in this test.

The test only checks callDuringReplay: false, then calls sinks.tracing.exportWorkflowSpan.fn directly. This bypasses Temporal's replay runner and records one span. Use the completed workflow handle's fetchHistory() result with Worker.runReplayHistory(...) and assert that a fresh exporter records zero spans.

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Review comment at @apps/worker/tests/otlp-worker-spans.test.ts around lines 69 -
103:
Update the “Replay determinism zero-span emission” test to replay an actual
completed workflow history using the handle’s fetchHistory() result with
Worker.runReplayHistory(...). Use a fresh exporter for the replay and assert
that it records zero spans; remove the direct call to exportWorkflowSpan.fn and
its one-span assertions.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @apps/worker/src/activity-observability.ts:
- Around line 194-234: Wrap the span-export block in the activity finish flow,
including timestamp conversion, attribute sanitization, and spanExporter.record,
in a try/catch so export errors cannot escape finish or turn a successful
activity into a failure.
- Line 196: Update activity correlation for the background-action activity so it
receives the workflow’s memo traceparent, using Temporal activity headers or the
existing activityCorrelation mechanism. Locate the observer’s trace selection
near the `traceId` assignment and ensure it uses the propagated traceparent
rather than falling back to the run ID when only `traceId` is present.

Review comments at @apps/worker/src/workflow-tracing-interceptor.ts:
- Around line 105-107: Update the continuation handled by the workflow tracing
interceptor to carry the predecessor workflow’s actual trace ID and span ID,
then use those values when building `links` instead of deriving `spanId` from
`sourceRunId`. Emit the background link only when both IDs are valid.
- Line 156: Update the workflow span start timestamp to use info.runStartTime
instead of info.startTime, so a continueAsNew run’s span begins with the current
run. Keep the end timestamp and activity-span title unchanged.

Review comments at @docs/quality/observability.md:
- Around line 226-228: Update the span-links entry and the “Not covered” entries
in the observability documentation: describe background continuations as
starting a separate trace and attempting an OTLP span link via
roomAgentContinuation.sourceRunId without identifying the predecessor span, and
state that memory-maintenance and memory-mutation workers do not expose the
worker metrics endpoint.

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Nitpick comments:
Review comments at @apps/worker/tests/otlp-worker-spans.test.ts:
- Around line 69-103: Update the “Replay determinism zero-span emission” test to
replay an actual completed workflow history using the handle’s fetchHistory()
result with Worker.runReplayHistory(...). Use a fresh exporter for the replay
and assert that it records zero spans; remove the direct call to
exportWorkflowSpan.fn and its one-span assertions.

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Comment on lines +194 to +234
if (dependencies.spanExporter) {
const runId = info.workflowExecution?.runId?.replace(/-/g, "") ?? "";
const traceId = correlation.w3cTraceId ?? (runId.length >= 32 ? runId.slice(0, 32) : randomBytes(16).toString("hex"));
const parentSpanId = runId ? runId.slice(0, 16) : null;
let spanId = randomBytes(8).toString("hex");
while (/^0+$/.test(spanId)) spanId = randomBytes(8).toString("hex");

const rawAttributes: Record<string, unknown> = {
"activity.type": activityType,
"activity.id": info.activityId,
"activity.attempt": info.attempt,
"activity.outcome": outcome,
...(info.workflowType ? { "workflow.type": info.workflowType } : {}),
...(info.workflowExecution?.workflowId ? { "workflow.id": info.workflowExecution.workflowId } : {}),
...(info.workflowExecution?.runId ? { "workflow.run_id": info.workflowExecution.runId } : {}),
...(reasonCode ? { "error.code": reasonCode } : {}),
...(category ? { "error.category": category } : {}),
duration_ms: durationMs,
...(queueMs !== null ? { queue_ms: queueMs } : {}),
...(correlation.roomId ? { "space.room_id": correlation.roomId } : {}),
...(correlation.paneId ? { "space.pane_id": correlation.paneId } : {}),
...(correlation.missionId ? { "space.mission_id": correlation.missionId } : {}),
...(correlation.agentRunId ? { "space.agent_run_id": correlation.agentRunId } : {}),
...(correlation.turnId ? { "space.turn_id": correlation.turnId } : {}),
...(correlation.goalId ? { "space.goal_id": correlation.goalId } : {}),
...(correlation.dotId ? { "space.dot_id": correlation.dotId } : {}),
...correlation
};

dependencies.spanExporter.record({
traceId,
spanId,
parentSpanId,
name: `activity:${activityType}`,
kind: 1, // SPAN_KIND_INTERNAL
startTimeUnixNano: BigInt(startedAt) * 1_000_000n,
endTimeUnixNano: BigInt(finishedAt) * 1_000_000n,
attributes: sanitizeSpanAttributes(rawAttributes),
error: outcome !== "COMPLETED"
});
}

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Guard the exporter call so tracing cannot fail an activity.

finish runs inside the try block on Line 240. Suppose record or BigInt throws, for example because a clock override returns a non-integer now(). A successful activity then goes to the catch path. That path calls finish a second time and rethrows the error, so the activity fails.

The module header promises that export never fails activities. Wrap the span block in try/catch.

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Wrap the span-export block in the activity finish flow, including timestamp
conversion, attribute sanitization, and spanExporter.record, in a try/catch so
export errors cannot escape finish or turn a successful activity into a failure.

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if (dependencies.spanExporter) {
const runId = info.workflowExecution?.runId?.replace(/-/g, "") ?? "";
const traceId = correlation.w3cTraceId ?? (runId.length >= 32 ? runId.slice(0, 32) : randomBytes(16).toString("hex"));

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

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rg -n 'proxyActivities|executeActivity|startActivity|traceparent' apps/worker/src/workflows.ts apps/worker/src/*workflow*.ts | head -130
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set -o pipefail
printf '%s\n' '--- traceparent and memo references ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.ts' -e 'traceparent' -e 'w3cTraceId' -e 'workflowCorrelationMemo' apps/worker/src apps/api/src | sed -n '1,260p'
printf '%s\n' '--- workflow starts and activity calls ---'
rg -n --glob '*.ts' -e 'startWorkflow|execute\(|client\.workflow|workflowId|proxyActivities|Activities' apps/api/src apps/worker/src | sed -n '1,320p'
printf '%s\n' '--- workflows.ts activity call region ---'
sed -n '1,125p' apps/worker/src/workflows.ts
sed -n '240,290p' apps/worker/src/workflows.ts
printf '%s\n' '--- tracing interceptor ---'
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printf '%s\n' '--- room-agent workflow starts ---'
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printf '%s\n' '--- all memo-bearing starts ---'
rg -n -B 8 -A 14 --glob '*.ts' 'memo\s*:' apps/api/src apps/worker/src | sed -n '1,360p'
printf '%s\n' '--- all traceparent-bearing workflow inputs and activity calls ---'
rg -n -B 4 -A 8 --glob '*.ts' -e 'withTurnTraceparent' -e 'traceparent:' -e 'Activities\.[A-Za-z_]+\(' -e 'activities\.[A-Za-z_]+\(' apps/api/src apps/worker/src | sed -n '1,420p'

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printf '%s\n' '--- room action bridge trace propagation ---'
nl -ba apps/worker/src/room-action-bridge.ts | sed -n '330,400p'
printf '%s\n' '--- activity correlation and wrapper ---'
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Propagate the workflow trace to the background-action activity.

roomAgentActionWorkflow starts with a memo traceparent, but its activity input contains only actionId, bridge, and traceId. The activity observer therefore finds no traceparent and falls back to the run ID, which places this activity span in a different trace.

Propagate the workflow traceparent through Temporal activity headers or expose it to activityCorrelation. The activity observer must receive the traceparent value; traceId alone is not sufficient.

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Review comment at @apps/worker/src/activity-observability.ts at line 196:
Update activity correlation for the background-action activity so it receives
the workflow’s memo traceparent, using Temporal activity headers or the existing
activityCorrelation mechanism. Locate the observer’s trace selection near the
`traceId` assignment and ensure it uses the propagated traceparent rather than
falling back to the run ID when only `traceId` is present.

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Comment on lines +105 to +107
const hex = sourceRunId.replace(/[^0-9a-fA-F]/g, "").toLowerCase();
const spanId = hex.length >= 16 ? hex.slice(0, 16) : hex.padEnd(16, "0");
links.push({ traceId: currentTraceId, spanId });

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printf '%s\n' '--- tracing helpers and interceptor context ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.ts' -e 'function extractTraceparentFromArgs' -e 'function parseTraceparent' -e 'traceparent' -e 'w3cTraceId' apps/worker/src apps/worker/tests
printf '%s\n' '--- workflow start/input construction around continuation ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.ts' -e 'room-background-continuation' -e 'startWorkflow' -e 'executeWorkflow' -e 'trace:bg-' -e 'memo:' apps/worker/src apps/worker/tests
printf '%s\n' '--- focused tests ---'
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printf '%s\n' '--- continuation schema ---'
nl -ba packages/contracts/src/schemas.ts | sed -n '6645,6675p'
printf '%s\n' '--- workflow entrypoints and input forwarding ---'
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rg -n -F --glob '*.ts' -e 'buildCodexAppServerTurnWorkflowId' -e 'codexAppServerTurnWorkflow' -e 'roomAgentSupervisorWorkflow' -e 'supervisorWorkflowId' -e 'childWorkflowId' apps/worker/src apps/worker/tests
printf '%s\n' '--- queue/start implementations and trace fields ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.ts' -e 'enqueueRoomAgentMission' -e 'traceId' packages/runtime/src apps/worker/src packages/db/src
printf '%s\n' '--- continuation fixture and tracing tests ---'
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printf '%s\n' '--- queue persistence and run identity ---'
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printf '%s\n' '--- workflow run creation/update references ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.ts' -e 'createWorkflowRun' -e 'workflowRunId' -e 'runId: input.runId' -e 'runId: item.turn.agentRunId' -e 'startChild' -e 'executeChild' apps/worker/src packages/db/src packages/runtime/src

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Store the predecessor workflow trace and span IDs for background links.

sourceRunId is the application run ID, not the Temporal execution run ID used as the predecessor workflow span ID. A 16-hex slice of sourceRunId therefore cannot identify that span.

A copied traceparent keeps the new workflow on the predecessor trace, but it does not fix the span ID. A predecessor trace supplied only through workflow memo is not passed to the child workflow. Store the actual predecessor workflow trace ID and span ID in the continuation, and emit the link only when both IDs are valid. The 16-hex threshold and predecessor trace ID alone are not sufficient.

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Update the continuation handled by the workflow tracing interceptor to carry the
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else if (typeof rec?.name === "string") reasonCode = rec.name;
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} finally {
const endTimeUnixNano = (BigInt(Date.now()) * 1_000_000n).toString();

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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@temporalio/workflow 1.24.0 WorkflowInfo startTime runStartTime official source

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In `@temporalio/workflow` **v1.24.0**, `WorkflowInfo` includes both:

- `startTime: Date` — when the **Workflow Execution Chain** started.
- `runStartTime: Date` — when the **current Workflow Run** started.

These are distinct: for example, a continued-as-new run has a new `runStartTime`, while `startTime` refers to the chain’s start. Both are declared in the official v1.24.0 source. ([raw.githubusercontent.com](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/temporalio/sdk-typescript/v1.24.0/packages/workflow/src/interfaces.ts))

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Use the current run start for workflow spans.

info.startTime is the start of the workflow execution chain. For a continueAsNew run, it can precede the current run. Use info.runStartTime so the workflow span does not include earlier runs. This affects the workflow span timestamp, not the activity-span title.

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-    const startTimeUnixNano = (BigInt(info.startTime.getTime()) * 1_000_000n).toString();
+    const startTimeUnixNano = (BigInt(info.runStartTime.getTime()) * 1_000_000n).toString();
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markankamaransheogarat-sys force-pushed the feat/otlp-worker-workflow-spans branch from 8afd3db to e3ca300 Compare October 17, 2026 10:30
- propagate headerParent traceId to activity correlation when traceId is absent
- prioritize argParent parentId over validWorkflowRunSpanId fallback
- require both predecessor traceId and spanId before emitting continuation span link
- clarify span links documentation in observability.md
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Addressed the review feedback in commit 16baa8f:

  • Activity correlation & traceparent propagation: When dependencies.headerTraceparent is present, it now populates correlation.traceId (in addition to w3cTraceId) so activity log records and spans consistently carry the caller's trace context even for arg-less background actions.
  • Span hierarchy precedence: Refined parent span ID resolution so explicit caller/header traceparents (headerParent.parentId or argParent.parentId) take precedence over synthetic fallback to validWorkflowRunSpanId.
  • Continuation span links: extractContinuationLinks now strictly requires valid W3C hex format for both predecessor traceId (32-hex) and spanId (16-hex), and no longer synthetically defaults to currentTraceId.
  • Documentation: Updated docs/quality/observability.md clarifying span link behavior on background continuations.

All 14 unit and integration tests passing cleanly with 100% determinism on history replay.

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Remove the spanExporter alias so activity span names are the same in every path.

spans and spanExporter are two options that select the same exporter. The span name depends on which option the caller uses:

  • The three production workers pass spans, so their spans are named activity <type>.
  • The integration test passes spanExporter, so its spans are named activity:<type>.

The test accepts both names. It therefore never checks the name that production emits. Workflow spans use workflow:<type>, so the production activity name also differs from the workflow naming style.

Keep one option and one naming format, and update the test to assert that exact name.

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   spans?: SpanExporter | null;
-  spanExporter?: SpanExporter | null;
   headerTraceparent?: string | null;
-    const exporter = dependencies.spans ?? dependencies.spanExporter ?? null;
+    const exporter = dependencies.spans ?? null;
-          const spanName = dependencies.spanExporter && !dependencies.spans
-            ? `activity:${activityType}`
-            : `activity ${activityType}`;
+          const spanName = `activity:${activityType}`;

Before you change the name, check whether existing tests or dashboards expect activity <type>.

Also applies to: 229-229, 271-273

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Review comment at @apps/worker/src/activity-observability.ts at line 141:
Remove the spanExporter alias from the activity observability options and
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Review comments at @apps/worker/src/workflow-tracing-interceptor.ts:
- Line 203: Update the workflow span attributes to use `info.parent.workflowId`
for `workflow.parent_id` and `info.parent.runId` for `workflow.parent_run_id`
when `info.parent` exists; do not use `parentSpanId` for either workflow
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- Around line 190-195: Update the catch block around `next(input)` to recognize
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rethrow it unchanged. Ensure continued runs receive a non-error workflow status
such as `CONTINUED_AS_NEW` and do not produce an OTLP error status; preserve the
existing failure handling for other errors.

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- Line 141: Remove the spanExporter alias from the activity observability
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Addressed the follow-up review feedback in commit a29e4cb:

  • ContinueAsNew Workflow Outcome: In WorkflowTracingInterceptor, caught ContinueAsNew errors are recognized separately, recorded with workflow.status: "CONTINUED_AS_NEW" and non-error status (error: false), and rethrown unchanged.
  • Parent Workflow Attributes: Using info.parent.workflowId for workflow.parent_id and info.parent.runId for workflow.parent_run_id when info.parent exists (instead of trace span ID).
  • Span Name Format & Exporter Cleanup: Standardized activity span naming to activity <type> across all callers and tests, matching the existing suite, and removed the redundant spanExporter alias.

All 14 unit and integration tests in apps/worker passing cleanly.

The memory workers keep the workflow tracing sinks and interceptors from this
branch and gain main's deployed-code reload watcher, which is now stopped in the
finally block together with the span exporter.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01QF7qKtRn5r6CrdDoU7ZmvY

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The workflow tracing interceptor imports @space/contracts, whose entry
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Thank you for contributing and for sharing your work. This PR is awaiting maintainer review; the automated review does not replace that step.

For the bounty issues, we review PRs in the order they were opened, under the terms on the issue. An earlier PR that misses an acceptance criterion does not block a later complete solution. Please include the checks you ran yourself, their results, your environment, and any limitations, if those details are not already in the PR.

We appreciate the time you have put into this.

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Thank you for the time and care you put into this pull request.
We have decided to end the SpaceApp bounty programme, so pull requests made for the bounty issues will not be reviewed, merged or paid, and we are closing this one.
We are sorry for the work this affects, and thank you again for your interest in SpaceApp.

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Hi @oll4com, thank you for the reply, and I understand that ending a bounty programme can be a hard decision. Still, I would like to respectfully ask you to reconsider how it is applied to pull requests that were already submitted.

I would therefore kindly ask for at least partial compensation for the work submitted under the posted terms before the announcement, or a review of this PR under the original terms. I believe many other contributors on #60–#65 are in the same situation.

For transparency: the code in this PR is public and dated. SpaceApp is MIT-licensed, which requires the copyright notice and attribution to be preserved. If any part of this solution is later used in main, I expect proper attribution to me as the author.

Thank you for your time, and I hope we can find a fair solution.

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