[isaacsamual994-lang]

Refs #61

Summary

• Connect the actual API HTTP SERVER span to Temporal workflow-run spans, child workflows, and individual activity attempts via optional OTLP/HTTP JSON export.
• Register replay-safe workflow interceptors and a host-side allowlisted sink for all three Temporal workers only when the collector endpoint is configured.
• Propagate trace context through Dot Goals, memory consolidation/mutation, Room Agent starts/signals, child workflows, and local/remote activities. Long-lived supervisor turns retain later requests' own parent spans and link back to the supervisor.
• Export outcomes, retry attempt numbers, bounded durations, and safe reason/category attributes; omit prompts, outputs, file paths, URLs, and raw error text.
• Maintain separate linked traces through continue-as-new and background continuation, with deterministic workflow span IDs.
• Fix exporter idle-flush liveness, failed-collector drain duration, and close/drop accounting, with regression coverage.

Executed checks (automated)

• npm run check — PASS (architecture, dependency boundaries, package builds, API/worker/web TypeScript).
• TMPDIR=/private/tmp npm test -w @space/worker -- --maxWorkers=2 — PASS, 34/34 files, 236/236 tests.
• TMPDIR=/private/tmp npm test -w @space/api -- otlp — PASS, 8/8.
• TMPDIR=/private/tmp npm test -w @space/api -- memory-consolidation-coordinator.test.ts memory-mutation-coordinator.test.ts trace-correlation.test.ts — PASS, 17/17.
• TMPDIR=/private/tmp npm test -w @space/api -- dot-goals.test.ts dot-goal-long-session.test.ts — PASS, 14/14.
• npm test -w @space/runtime -- otlp-span-exporter.test.ts — PASS, 2/2.
• npm run hygiene:preflight and git diff --check — PASS.

Latest verification and environment (28 Oct 2026)

• Local machine: macOS 15.4.1 on Apple silicon (arm64), Node v22.14.0, npm 10.9.2; checkout at 7b64f2e (fix/issue-61-worker-traces).
• TMPDIR=/private/tmp npm test -w @space/worker -- temporal-continuation-tracing.test.ts temporal-supervisor-tracing.test.ts temporal-tracing-integration.test.ts workflow-tracing.test.ts --maxWorkers=2 — PASS, 4/4 files, 7/7 tests on 28 Oct 2026. Exercises actual Temporal testing and a local HTTP OTLP collector; no Docker or credentials.
• CodeRabbit continuation-link finding was fixed in commit 7b64f2e: sourceTemporalRunId is kept distinct from the Space agent_run identifier, and the link is omitted when the Temporal run ID is unavailable. The regression tests cover both cases.
• Tests and checks listed below were run in the earlier development/verification sessions; only the focused four-file suite immediately above was rerun on 28 Oct. The contributor's 24 Oct Chrome smoke test was a separate manual application check.

Real Temporal acceptance exercises

The worker integration tests spin up @temporalio/testing and a local HTTP OTLP collector (no Docker or real credentials required), assert parent/child span IDs and W3C trace identity, run workflow history replay and check for zero new exported spans, exercise multi-request supervisor signal ancestry, verify continuation links and an independent background root, inspect first-failed/second-succeeded activity retry spans, and assert that sensitive sentinel text is absent from the exporter payload.

Jaeger visualization — local integration fixture (29 Oct 2026)

• PASS: a disposable local Fastify GET /__jaeger_local_demo route starts a real @temporalio/testing workflow; the unchanged production API HTTP SERVER observability and worker tracing interceptors export into Jaeger v2.22.0 (official checksummed macOS ARM64 binary, no Docker or paid service).
• Jaeger visibly groups 5 spans / 2 services in one trace: API SERVER request → parent Temporal workflow → child workflow, with one activity span under each. A local-only Vitest demonstration passed 1/1 on 29 Oct; screenshot and provenance/limitations are stored on a separate evidence branch, not added to this PR's source changes.
• Limitation: this is a real integration test of a synthetic API route and workflow fixture, not a screenshot of a production SpaceApp user turn. Issue [$600] Export worker and workflow spans over OTLP: one trace from API request to every Temporal activity #61's requested manual Jaeger demonstration of a normal app turn is still outstanding; I am not claiming that acceptance criterion complete.

Pending validation / disclosures

• Human smoke test: The contributor completed a hands-on Chrome application test on 24 Oct 2026 and confirmed the application worked in that test session. This is not a claim of an independent source-code audit or complete production validation. This PR is open and ready for maintainer review, not a draft.
• Full API suite: An unrestricted macOS run had 3,515 passing, 108 failing, 17 skipped assertions (and 10 uncaught errors). Errors included test fixtures binding 127.0.0.2 (EADDRNOTAVAIL) and host-specific assumptions. The issue-specific API tests above pass; the complete API suite is not claimed green.
• Jaeger visualization: A local Fastify/Temporal fixture trace was captured in Jaeger on 29 Oct (above), without Docker; a normal production chat-turn Jaeger screenshot is still outstanding. The real Temporal OTLP collector integration tests also pass independently.
• CI: Await GitHub Actions after publishing. Best-effort workflow-task retry telemetry is not claimed exactly-once.

Operational configuration

Configure SPACE_OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT independently on the API and worker processes (e.g. http://127.0.0.1:4318); exports use /v1/traces. Default operation without this setting remains unchanged. See docs/quality/observability.md and docs/configuration-reference.md.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Optional OTLP tracing now covers API requests, workflows, and activity attempts, with trace context carried across related work and background continuations.
  • Exported traces include links between related requests and workflows while excluding sensitive prompt and exception text.
• Improvements
  • Trace export handles failed deliveries and shutdown more reliably, with clearer accounting for exported and dropped spans.
• Documentation
  • Configuration and observability guides now explain tracing setup, exported data, limits, and local collector options.

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Walkthrough

The change connects API trace context to Temporal workflows, adds workflow and activity span recording, and propagates context across child workflows, signals, and continuations. It also updates OTLP link handling, exporter delivery behavior, configuration documentation, and tracing tests.

Changes: Connected OTLP tracing

Layer / File(s)	Summary
API trace context and workflow starts apps/api/src/dot-goals.ts, apps/api/src/memory-*-coordinator.ts, apps/api/src/room-agent.ts, apps/api/src/trace-context.ts, apps/api/tests/memory-*-coordinator.test.ts	API workflow starts include trace correlation metadata when a traceparent is available. Goal creation passes its request trace ID, and trace lookup returns the registered traceparent unchanged.
Workflow context propagation and lifecycle spans packages/contracts/src/schemas.ts, apps/worker/src/room-background-continuation.ts, apps/worker/src/workflow-span-ids.ts, apps/worker/src/workflow-tracing-interceptors.ts, apps/worker/tests/fixtures/*, apps/worker/tests/temporal-*-tracing.test.ts, apps/worker/tests/temporal-tracing-integration.test.ts, apps/worker/package.json	Workflow interceptors resolve context from headers, memo, or input; propagate it to activities, child workflows, and continuations; and record workflow outcomes. Continuation metadata can include a source traceparent. Temporal tests cover propagation, links, replay, and retries.
Worker span recording and OTLP wiring apps/worker/src/activity-observability.ts, apps/worker/src/workflow-tracing-wire.ts, apps/worker/src/workflow-tracing-sink.ts, apps/worker/src/*worker.ts, apps/worker/tests/activity-observability.test.ts, apps/worker/tests/workflow-tracing.test.ts, docs/configuration-reference.md, docs/quality/observability.md	Activity observation reads trace headers and records selected parent and link data. Workflow sinks validate and export workflow span records. Workers configure workflow tracing when an exporter is available. Tests and documentation describe the tracing output and configuration.
OTLP links and exporter delivery packages/runtime/src/otlp-span-exporter.ts, packages/runtime/tests/otlp-span-exporter.test.ts	The exporter validates links, stops flushing after a failed send, shares an in-flight flush, and counts queued spans as dropped when close completes.

Priority: Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Api as API coordinators
  participant Workflow as Temporal workflow interceptor
  participant Activity as Activity
  participant Sink as WorkflowTraceSinks
  participant Exporter as OTLP span exporter
  Api->>Workflow: Start workflow with trace correlation memo
  Workflow->>Activity: Propagate trace context in activity headers
  Activity->>Exporter: Export activity span
  Workflow->>Sink: Emit workflow span record
  Sink->>Exporter: Validate and record workflow span

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Possibly related issues

• oll4com/spaceapp#61: Requests connected OTLP traces from API requests through Temporal workflows and activity attempts. This change implements that tracing path.
• oll4com/spaceapp#60: Requests Temporal workflow execution and replay determinism checks. This change adds Temporal replay and tracing tests, but the broader all-workflow CI gate remains outside its scope.

Possibly related PRs

• oll4com/spaceapp#71: Describes the same API-to-Temporal tracing behavior, worker interceptors, propagation, documentation, and tests.
• oll4com/spaceapp#112: Covers overlapping API-to-Temporal trace propagation, span export, replay suppression, and worker and runtime changes.

Merge Risk: Low · up to 11719

Background continuation traces can link to the wrong source span, making those traces harder to follow. The change remains mergeable with this bounded tracing defect acknowledged or fixed.

Pre-merge checks: 4

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The title names a feature, tracing that connects the API to Temporal workflows and activity attempts over OTLP. The changeset covers that scope: API and worker OTLP export, workflow tracing interceptors and sinks, trace propagation through Dot Goals, memory coordinators, and Room Agent, and the related docs and tests. The title is specific and matches the main change. The reference '(#61)' does not match the PR number in the objectives (#265), but this does not affect the assessment of the title's content.

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[isaacsamual994-lang]

Contributor testing update (24 Oct 2026): I have personally reviewed the changes and completed my local hands-on testing in Chrome. The application is working well in my test session.

The targeted OTLP/Temporal integration tests were rerun on 24 Oct and passed: 4 test files, 7/7 tests, using real Temporal testing and an HTTP OTLP test collector. Earlier targeted API OTLP tests passed 8/8, and npm run check passed.

For accuracy: a manual Jaeger trace screenshot was not captured, and the complete API test suite is not claimed green (see the PR description for details). The tests above confirm the tested tracing behaviour, not every possible production configuration. Please let me know if an additional acceptance demonstration is required.

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Review comments at @apps/worker/src/workflow-tracing-interceptors.ts:
- Around line 106-117: Update the continuation metadata and linkedSpanId
construction so workflowSpanId receives the source Temporal run ID, not the
agent_run ID in sourceRunId; if that ID is unavailable, omit the derived span
ID. Add a test using a realistic agent_run: value to verify it is never treated
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• apps/api/src/dot-goals.ts
• apps/api/src/memory-consolidation-coordinator.ts
• apps/api/src/memory-mutation-coordinator.ts
• apps/api/src/room-agent.ts
• apps/api/src/trace-context.ts
• apps/api/tests/memory-consolidation-coordinator.test.ts
• apps/api/tests/memory-mutation-coordinator.test.ts
• apps/worker/package.json
• apps/worker/src/activity-observability.ts
• apps/worker/src/memory-maintenance-worker.ts
• apps/worker/src/memory-mutation-worker.ts
• apps/worker/src/room-background-continuation.ts
• apps/worker/src/worker.ts
• apps/worker/src/workflow-span-ids.ts
• apps/worker/src/workflow-tracing-interceptors.ts
• apps/worker/src/workflow-tracing-sink.ts
• apps/worker/src/workflow-tracing-wire.ts
• apps/worker/tests/activity-observability.test.ts
• apps/worker/tests/fixtures/workflow-signal-tracing-fixture.ts
• apps/worker/tests/fixtures/workflow-tracing-fixture.ts
• apps/worker/tests/temporal-continuation-tracing.test.ts
• apps/worker/tests/temporal-supervisor-tracing.test.ts
• apps/worker/tests/temporal-tracing-integration.test.ts
• apps/worker/tests/workflow-tracing.test.ts
• docs/configuration-reference.md
• docs/quality/observability.md
• packages/contracts/src/schemas.ts
• packages/runtime/src/otlp-span-exporter.ts
• packages/runtime/tests/otlp-span-exporter.test.ts

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[isaacsamual994-lang]

Follow-up to CodeRabbit's background-continuation link finding: fixed in commit 7b64f2e (pushed to this PR). The continuation now carries sourceTemporalRunId separately from the Space sourceRunId (agent_run:...); the interceptor derives the source workflow span ID only from the Temporal run ID, and omits that specific link when it is unavailable. Regression coverage exercises both cases with a realistic agent_run: identifier. Checks: npm run check PASS; temporal-continuation-tracing.test.ts PASS with real Temporal testing and fake OTLP collector; git diff --check PASS. Thanks for flagging it!

[isaacsamual994-lang]

Maintainer check-in on #61: the OTLP implementation is ready for your review. I've reviewed and locally tested the contribution, addressed CodeRabbit's background-continuation linking finding in 7b64f2e, and rerun the focused Temporal/OTLP integration tests successfully. The remaining validation limitations (including the manual Jaeger screenshot and full API suite) are disclosed above.

Before investing in further changes beyond the specific review feedback, I'd appreciate your direction: is this approach aligned with what you'd like merged for the bounty, and are there any acceptance criteria or demonstrations you'd prioritise? I'm happy to address concrete issues you identify. Given that #61 is a first-merged bounty with multiple contributors, I'll hold off on additional speculative work until there's maintainer guidance.

Thanks for taking a look.

[oll4com]

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.

[isaacsamual994-lang]

A focused evidence update for #61, following the request to document tests, environment, and limitations:

I added a real Jaeger screenshot to the PR description, captured locally on macOS arm64 with the official Jaeger v2.22.0 binary (verified checksum, no Docker). A new local-only integration fixture using the existing Fastify API observability, actual @temporalio/testing worker, and this PR's tracing interceptors passed 1/1. Jaeger shows a single W3C trace with 5 spans across space-api and space-worker: HTTP SERVER request → parent workflow → child workflow, with activity spans under the workflows.

The screenshot and a provenance/limitations note are linked in the PR description. Important limitation: this is a synthetic local API route and Temporal fixture, not a trace of a normal production app turn; I have not marked that manual acceptance check as complete. The source code/PR head is unchanged (7b64f2e), and the existing real-Temporal tests and their environment/known limitations remain documented above.

No new review request beyond the current queue—just providing the concrete visualization evidence so it's available when you assess the acceptance criteria. Thanks again.

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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.