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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions CHANGELOG.md
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Expand Up @@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0

- `opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi`: fix wrapping of middlewares
([#3012](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/3012))
- `opentelemetry-instrumentation-starlette`: refactor instrumentation to use wrapt instead of class replacement
([3530](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/3530))

### Breaking changes

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Expand Up @@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ dependencies = [
"opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi == 0.55b0.dev",
"opentelemetry-semantic-conventions == 0.55b0.dev",
"opentelemetry-util-http == 0.55b0.dev",
"wrapt >= 1.0.0, < 2.0.0"
]

[project.optional-dependencies]
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Expand Up @@ -176,10 +176,12 @@ def client_response_hook(span: Span, scope: dict[str, Any], message: dict[str, A

from __future__ import annotations

from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Collection, cast
from functools import partial
from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Collection

from starlette import applications
from starlette.routing import Match
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So if we don't have an ordering issue with other instrumentations then the value of switching to wrapt would be the removal of these top level imports and push them at a later time or move them under type checking. Do you see this achievable?

from wrapt import wrap_function_wrapper

from opentelemetry.instrumentation.asgi import OpenTelemetryMiddleware
from opentelemetry.instrumentation.asgi.types import (
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from opentelemetry.instrumentation.instrumentor import BaseInstrumentor
from opentelemetry.instrumentation.starlette.package import _instruments
from opentelemetry.instrumentation.starlette.version import __version__
from opentelemetry.instrumentation.utils import unwrap
from opentelemetry.metrics import MeterProvider, get_meter
from opentelemetry.semconv.trace import SpanAttributes
from opentelemetry.trace import TracerProvider, get_tracer
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See `BaseInstrumentor`.
"""

_original_starlette = None
_instrumented_starlette_apps: set[applications.Starlette] = set()

@staticmethod
def instrument_app(
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schema_url="https://opentelemetry.io/schemas/1.11.0",
)
if not getattr(app, "is_instrumented_by_opentelemetry", False):
app.add_middleware(
OpenTelemetryMiddleware,
excluded_urls=_excluded_urls,
default_span_details=_get_default_span_details,
server_request_hook=server_request_hook,
client_request_hook=client_request_hook,
client_response_hook=client_response_hook,
# Pass in tracer/meter to get __name__and __version__ of starlette instrumentation
tracer=tracer,
meter=meter,
StarletteInstrumentor._add_instrumentation_middleware(
app,
tracer,
meter,
server_request_hook,
client_request_hook,
client_response_hook,
)
app.is_instrumented_by_opentelemetry = True

# adding apps to set for uninstrumenting
if app not in _InstrumentedStarlette._instrumented_starlette_apps:
_InstrumentedStarlette._instrumented_starlette_apps.add(app)

@staticmethod
def uninstrument_app(app: applications.Starlette):
Expand All @@ -271,68 +266,90 @@ def instrumentation_dependencies(self) -> Collection[str]:
return _instruments

def _instrument(self, **kwargs: Unpack[InstrumentKwargs]):
self._original_starlette = applications.Starlette
_InstrumentedStarlette._tracer_provider = kwargs.get("tracer_provider")
_InstrumentedStarlette._server_request_hook = kwargs.get(
"server_request_hook"
)
_InstrumentedStarlette._client_request_hook = kwargs.get(
"client_request_hook"
)
_InstrumentedStarlette._client_response_hook = kwargs.get(
"client_response_hook"
)
_InstrumentedStarlette._meter_provider = kwargs.get("meter_provider")

applications.Starlette = _InstrumentedStarlette

def _uninstrument(self, **kwargs: Any):
"""uninstrumenting all created apps by user"""
for instance in _InstrumentedStarlette._instrumented_starlette_apps:
self.uninstrument_app(instance)
_InstrumentedStarlette._instrumented_starlette_apps.clear()
applications.Starlette = self._original_starlette


class _InstrumentedStarlette(applications.Starlette):
_tracer_provider: TracerProvider | None = None
_meter_provider: MeterProvider | None = None
_server_request_hook: ServerRequestHook = None
_client_request_hook: ClientRequestHook = None
_client_response_hook: ClientResponseHook = None
_instrumented_starlette_apps: set[applications.Starlette] = set()
tracer_provider = kwargs.get("tracer_provider")
server_request_hook = kwargs.get("server_request_hook")
client_request_hook = kwargs.get("client_request_hook")
client_response_hook = kwargs.get("client_response_hook")
meter_provider = kwargs.get("meter_provider")

def __init__(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any):
super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
tracer = get_tracer(
__name__,
__version__,
_InstrumentedStarlette._tracer_provider,
tracer_provider,
schema_url="https://opentelemetry.io/schemas/1.11.0",
)
meter = get_meter(
__name__,
__version__,
_InstrumentedStarlette._meter_provider,
meter_provider,
schema_url="https://opentelemetry.io/schemas/1.11.0",
)
self.add_middleware(

def instrumented_init(
wrapped,
instance,
args,
kwargs,
tracer,
meter,
server_request_hook,
client_request_hook,
client_response_hook,
):
result = wrapped(*args, **kwargs)
StarletteInstrumentor._add_instrumentation_middleware(
instance,
tracer,
meter,
server_request_hook,
client_request_hook,
client_response_hook,
)

return result

# Wrap Starlette's __init__ method to add instrumentation
wrap_function_wrapper(
applications.Starlette,
"__init__",
partial(
instrumented_init,
tracer=tracer,
meter=meter,
server_request_hook=server_request_hook,
client_request_hook=client_request_hook,
client_response_hook=client_response_hook,
),
)

def _uninstrument(self, **kwargs: Any):
for app in list(StarletteInstrumentor._instrumented_starlette_apps):
self.uninstrument_app(app)

unwrap(applications.Starlette, "__init__")

@staticmethod
def _add_instrumentation_middleware(
app: applications.Starlette,
tracer,
meter,
server_request_hook,
client_request_hook,
client_response_hook,
):
app.add_middleware(
OpenTelemetryMiddleware,
excluded_urls=_excluded_urls,
default_span_details=_get_default_span_details,
server_request_hook=_InstrumentedStarlette._server_request_hook,
client_request_hook=_InstrumentedStarlette._client_request_hook,
client_response_hook=_InstrumentedStarlette._client_response_hook,
# Pass in tracer/meter to get __name__and __version__ of starlette instrumentation
server_request_hook=server_request_hook,
client_request_hook=client_request_hook,
client_response_hook=client_response_hook,
tracer=tracer,
meter=meter,
)
self._is_instrumented_by_opentelemetry = True
app._is_instrumented_by_opentelemetry = True
# adding apps to set for uninstrumenting
_InstrumentedStarlette._instrumented_starlette_apps.add(self)

def __del__(self):
_InstrumentedStarlette._instrumented_starlette_apps.remove(self)
StarletteInstrumentor._instrumented_starlette_apps.add(app)


def _get_route_details(scope: dict[str, Any]) -> str | None:
Expand All @@ -349,7 +366,7 @@ def _get_route_details(scope: dict[str, Any]) -> str | None:
Returns:
The path to the route if found, otherwise None.
"""
app = cast(applications.Starlette, scope["app"])
app = scope["app"]
route: str | None = None

for starlette_route in app.routes:
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Expand Up @@ -572,15 +572,15 @@ def test_instrumentation(self):
removing as expected.
"""
instrumentor = otel_starlette.StarletteInstrumentor()
original = applications.Starlette
original = applications.Starlette.__init__
instrumentor.instrument()
try:
instrumented = applications.Starlette
instrumented = applications.Starlette.__init__
self.assertIsNot(original, instrumented)
finally:
instrumentor.uninstrument()

should_be_original = applications.Starlette
should_be_original = applications.Starlette.__init__
self.assertIs(original, should_be_original)


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