Only create Nuxt database and storage spans when there is a parent span

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Since Oct 29, 2026.

  • #25859 by @lazerg — closed without merging
  • #25879 by @nicohrubec — open

Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
83/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
nuxt, typescript
Domain
backend, testing

Research direction

Read packages/nuxt/src/runtime/utils/instrumentDatabase.ts and instrumentStorage.ts, then follow their startSpan calls and the nearby instrumentation tests. Add onlyIfParent: true to both calls and a test that performs an operation without an active span. Done means neither instrumentation creates a span for that operation without a parent.

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Description

Improvement Nuxt

The Nuxt database and storage instrumentations create db spans when there is no active span. Each of these spans becomes its own root span and has no context.

Pass onlyIfParent: true to the startSpan calls in packages/nuxt/src/runtime/utils/instrumentDatabase.ts and instrumentStorage.ts.

Add a test that checks that an operation without an active span creates no span.

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