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instrumentation wrapping should be idempotent

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
48/100
Issue type
Refactor
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
java
Domain
observability

Research direction

Start by auditing the repository's existing manual instrumentation wrappers and identifying each path where wrap can be invoked repeatedly. Add safeguards so repeated calls do not apply instrumentation again, then add unit tests for every wrapper. Done means all existing wrappers remain single-application under repeated invocation and the tests pass.

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Description

Currently, many of our instrumentation libraries will apply wrapping multiple times if invoked repeatedly. This can lead to duplicated behavior and unintended side effects. Instrumentation should be idempotent—wrapping should only be applied once, regardless of how many times wrap is called.

Tasks:

  • Audit existing manual instrumentation to identify where multiple wrapping can occur
  • Add safeguards to ensure instrumentation bails out if it has already been applied
  • Add unit tests for each wrapper to verify that instrumentation is only applied once
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Java
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