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node-integration-tests: port trace semantics suites to span streaming

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
52/100
Issue type
Refactor
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
node.js, typescript
Domain
testing

Research direction

Start with the porting recipe in the parent issue, then inspect the listed tracing/* and public-api/* suites and their -streamed twins. Port the specified suites to span streaming, fold back the named twins, and keep tracing/sampling-static and public-api/beforeSendSpan-static on the static pin. Done means the listed integration suites cover sampling, propagation, span linking, and public API behavior under span streaming.

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Description

javascript Task

Follow the porting recipe in the parent issue.

Sampling, DSC, envelope headers and span linking. These suites assert on envelope headers and trace propagation rather than on instrumentation output, so they are the ones most likely to expose a real product bug rather than a test rewrite.

Suites

  • Envelope headers and DSC: tracing/envelope-header/* (7 dirs), tracing/dsc-txn-name-update, tracing/double-baggage/* (3 dirs), tracing/meta-tags, tracing/meta-tags-twp, tracing/meta-tags-twp-errors
  • Sampling: tracing/sampling-static, tracing/sample-rate-propagation/* (4 dirs), tracing/sample-rand-propagation, tracing/no-parent-span-client-report
  • Trace lifetime: tracing/continueTrace, tracing/startNewTrace, tracing/traceid-recycling, tracing/traceid-recycling-with-spans
  • Span shaping: tracing/linking, tracing/maxSpans, tracing/tracer-start-active-span-error
  • Public API span surface: public-api/startSpan/* (7 dirs), public-api/beforeSendSpan-static, public-api/bindScopeToEmitter, public-api/setMeasurement, public-api/scopes/*

Twins to fold back

tracing/sampling-streamed, tracing/ignoreSpans-streamed/*, public-api/beforeSendSpan-streamed, context-streamed/*, and the 6 public-api/startSpan/*-streamed dirs.

Keep static trace lifecycle coverage

This is the group that owns the guard. Keep tracing/sampling-static and public-api/beforeSendSpan-static on the static pin. Everything else moves.

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