feat!: Remove spanId from propagation context

Closes #12385

This also deprecates `getPropagationContextFromSpan` as it is no longer used/needed. We may think about removing this in v9, but IMHO we can also just leave this for v9, it does not hurt too much to have it in there...

packages/core/src/currentScopes.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { getMainCarrier } from './carrier';
 import { getGlobalSingleton } from './carrier';
 import { Scope as ScopeClass } from './scope';
 import type { Client, Scope, TraceContext } from './types-hoist';
+import { generateSpanId } from './utils-hoist';
 import { dropUndefinedKeys } from './utils-hoist/object';
 
 /**
@@ -127,13 +128,11 @@ export function getClient<C extends Client>(): C | undefined {
 export function getTraceContextFromScope(scope: Scope): TraceContext {
   const propagationContext = scope.getPropagationContext();
 
-  // TODO(v9): Use generateSpanId() instead of spanId
-  // eslint-disable-next-line deprecation/deprecation
-  const { traceId, spanId, parentSpanId } = propagationContext;
+  const { traceId, parentSpanId } = propagationContext;
 
   const traceContext: TraceContext = dropUndefinedKeys({
     trace_id: traceId,
-    span_id: spanId,
+    span_id: generateSpanId(),
     parent_span_id: parentSpanId,
   });
 

packages/core/src/scope.ts

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import { updateSession } from './session';
 import { isPlainObject } from './utils-hoist/is';
 import { logger } from './utils-hoist/logger';
 import { uuid4 } from './utils-hoist/misc';
-import { generateSpanId, generateTraceId } from './utils-hoist/propagationContext';
+import { generateTraceId } from './utils-hoist/propagationContext';
 import { dateTimestampInSeconds } from './utils-hoist/time';
 import { merge } from './utils/merge';
 import { _getSpanForScope, _setSpanForScope } from './utils/spanOnScope';
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ class ScopeClass implements ScopeInterface {
     this._sdkProcessingMetadata = {};
     this._propagationContext = {
       traceId: generateTraceId(),
-      spanId: generateSpanId(),
     };
   }
 
@@ -506,14 +505,8 @@ class ScopeClass implements ScopeInterface {
   /**
    * @inheritDoc
    */
-  public setPropagationContext(
-    context: Omit<PropagationContext, 'spanId'> & Partial<Pick<PropagationContext, 'spanId'>>,
-  ): this {
-    this._propagationContext = {
-      // eslint-disable-next-line deprecation/deprecation
-      spanId: generateSpanId(),
-      ...context,
-    };
+  public setPropagationContext(context: PropagationContext): this {
+    this._propagationContext = context;
     return this;
   }
 

packages/core/src/types-hoist/scope.ts

@@ -233,9 +233,7 @@ export interface Scope {
   /**
    * Add propagation context to the scope, used for distributed tracing
    */
-  setPropagationContext(
-    context: Omit<PropagationContext, 'spanId'> & Partial<Pick<PropagationContext, 'spanId'>>,
-  ): this;
+  setPropagationContext(context: PropagationContext): this;
 
   /**
    * Get propagation context from the scope, used for distributed tracing

packages/core/src/types-hoist/tracing.ts

@@ -15,15 +15,6 @@ export interface PropagationContext {
    * Either represents the incoming `traceId` or the `traceId` generated by the current SDK, if there was no incoming trace.
    */
   traceId: string;
-  /**
-   * Represents the execution context of the current SDK. This acts as a fallback value to associate events with a
-   * particular execution context when performance monitoring is disabled.
-   *
-   * The ID of a current span (if one exists) should have precedence over this value when propagating trace data.
-   *
-   * @deprecated This value will not be used anymore in the future, and should not be set or read anymore.
-   */
-  spanId: string;
   /**
    * Represents the sampling decision of the incoming trace.
    *

packages/core/src/utils-hoist/propagationContext.ts

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import { uuid4 } from './misc';
 export function generatePropagationContext(): PropagationContext {
   return {
     traceId: generateTraceId(),
-    spanId: generateSpanId(),
   };
 }
 

packages/core/src/utils-hoist/tracing.ts

@@ -55,17 +55,14 @@ export function propagationContextFromHeaders(
   const dynamicSamplingContext = baggageHeaderToDynamicSamplingContext(baggage);
 
   if (!traceparentData || !traceparentData.traceId) {
-    return { traceId: generateTraceId(), spanId: generateSpanId() };
+    return { traceId: generateTraceId() };
   }
 
   const { traceId, parentSpanId, parentSampled } = traceparentData;
 
-  const virtualSpanId = generateSpanId();
-
   return {
     traceId,
     parentSpanId,
-    spanId: virtualSpanId,
     sampled: parentSampled,
     dsc: dynamicSamplingContext || {}, // If we have traceparent data but no DSC it means we are not head of trace and we must freeze it
   };

packages/core/src/utils/traceData.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { getClient, getCurrentScope } from '../currentScopes';
 import { isEnabled } from '../exports';
 import { getDynamicSamplingContextFromScope, getDynamicSamplingContextFromSpan } from '../tracing';
 import type { Scope, SerializedTraceData, Span } from '../types-hoist';
+import { generateSpanId } from '../utils-hoist';
 import { dynamicSamplingContextToSentryBaggageHeader } from '../utils-hoist/baggage';
 import { logger } from '../utils-hoist/logger';
 import { TRACEPARENT_REGEXP, generateSentryTraceHeader } from '../utils-hoist/tracing';
@@ -54,8 +55,6 @@ export function getTraceData(options: { span?: Span } = {}): SerializedTraceData
  * Get a sentry-trace header value for the given scope.
  */
 function scopeToTraceHeader(scope: Scope): string {
-  // TODO(v9): Use generateSpanId() instead of spanId
-  // eslint-disable-next-line deprecation/deprecation
-  const { traceId, sampled, spanId } = scope.getPropagationContext();
-  return generateSentryTraceHeader(traceId, spanId, sampled);
+  const { traceId, sampled } = scope.getPropagationContext();
+  return generateSentryTraceHeader(traceId, generateSpanId(), sampled);
 }

packages/nextjs/src/common/wrapGenerationFunctionWithSentry.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import {
   SPAN_STATUS_OK,
   Scope,
   captureException,
-  generateSpanId,
   generateTraceId,
   getActiveSpan,
   getCapturedScopesOnSpan,
@@ -90,7 +89,6 @@ export function wrapGenerationFunctionWithSentry<F extends (...args: any[]) => a
               ? propagationContextFromHeaders(headersDict['sentry-trace'], headersDict['baggage'])
               : {
                   traceId: requestTraceId || generateTraceId(),
-                  spanId: generateSpanId(),
                 },
           );
           scope.setPropagationContext(propagationContext);

packages/nextjs/src/common/wrapServerComponentWithSentry.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import {
   SPAN_STATUS_OK,
   Scope,
   captureException,
-  generateSpanId,
   generateTraceId,
   getActiveSpan,
   getCapturedScopesOnSpan,
@@ -69,7 +68,6 @@ export function wrapServerComponentWithSentry<F extends (...args: any[]) => any>
                 ? propagationContextFromHeaders(headersDict['sentry-trace'], headersDict['baggage'])
                 : {
                     traceId: requestTraceId || generateTraceId(),
-                    spanId: generateSpanId(),
                   },
             );
 

packages/node/src/integrations/anr/worker.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { Session as InspectorSession } from 'node:inspector';
 import { parentPort, workerData } from 'node:worker_threads';
 import type { DebugImage, Event, ScopeData, Session, StackFrame } from '@sentry/core';
+import { generateSpanId } from '@sentry/core';
 import {
   applyScopeDataToEvent,
   callFrameToStackFrame,
@@ -121,13 +122,11 @@ function applyScopeToEvent(event: Event, scope: ScopeData): void {
   applyScopeDataToEvent(event, scope);
 
   if (!event.contexts?.trace) {
-    // TODO(v9): Use generateSpanId() instead of spanId
-    // eslint-disable-next-line deprecation/deprecation
-    const { traceId, spanId, parentSpanId } = scope.propagationContext;
+    const { traceId, parentSpanId } = scope.propagationContext;
     event.contexts = {
       trace: {
         trace_id: traceId,
-        span_id: spanId,
+        span_id: generateSpanId(),
         parent_span_id: parentSpanId,
       },
       ...event.contexts,

packages/opentelemetry/src/index.ts

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ export { setOpenTelemetryContextAsyncContextStrategy } from './asyncContextStrat
 export { wrapContextManagerClass } from './contextManager';
 export {
   SentryPropagator,
+  // eslint-disable-next-line deprecation/deprecation
   getPropagationContextFromSpan,
   shouldPropagateTraceForUrl,
 } from './propagator';

packages/opentelemetry/src/propagator.ts

@@ -34,10 +34,13 @@ import { makeTraceState } from './utils/makeTraceState';
 import { setIsSetup } from './utils/setupCheck';
 import { spanHasParentId } from './utils/spanTypes';
 
-/** Get the Sentry propagation context from a span context. */
+/**
+ * Get the Sentry propagation context from a span context.
+ * @deprecated This method is not used anymore and may be removed in a future major.
+ */
 export function getPropagationContextFromSpan(span: Span): PropagationContext {
   const spanContext = span.spanContext();
-  const { traceId, spanId, traceState } = spanContext;
+  const { traceId, traceState } = spanContext;
 
   // When we have a dsc trace state, it means this came from the incoming trace
   // Then this takes presedence over the root span
@@ -52,7 +55,6 @@ export function getPropagationContextFromSpan(span: Span): PropagationContext {
 
   return {
     traceId,
-    spanId,
     sampled,
     parentSpanId,
     dsc,
@@ -234,9 +236,7 @@ export function getInjectionData(context: Context): {
   return {
     dynamicSamplingContext,
     traceId: propagationContext.traceId,
-    // TODO(v9): Use generateSpanId() instead
-    // eslint-disable-next-line deprecation/deprecation
-    spanId: propagationContext.spanId,
+    spanId: generateSpanId(),
     sampled: propagationContext.sampled,
   };
 }

packages/opentelemetry/src/sampler.ts

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import {
 } from '@sentry/core';
 import { SENTRY_TRACE_STATE_SAMPLED_NOT_RECORDING, SENTRY_TRACE_STATE_URL } from './constants';
 import { DEBUG_BUILD } from './debug-build';
-import { getPropagationContextFromSpan } from './propagator';
 import { getSamplingDecision } from './utils/getSamplingDecision';
 import { inferSpanData } from './utils/parseSpanDescription';
 import { setIsSetup } from './utils/setupCheck';
@@ -138,22 +137,14 @@ export class SentrySampler implements Sampler {
   }
 }
 
-function getParentRemoteSampled(parentSpan: Span): boolean | undefined {
-  const traceId = parentSpan.spanContext().traceId;
-  const traceparentData = getPropagationContextFromSpan(parentSpan);
-
-  // Only inherit sampled if `traceId` is the same
-  return traceparentData && traceId === traceparentData.traceId ? traceparentData.sampled : undefined;
-}
-
 function getParentSampled(parentSpan: Span, traceId: string, spanName: string): boolean | undefined {
   const parentContext = parentSpan.spanContext();
 
   // Only inherit sample rate if `traceId` is the same
   // Note for testing: `isSpanContextValid()` checks the format of the traceId/spanId, so we need to pass valid ones
   if (isSpanContextValid(parentContext) && parentContext.traceId === traceId) {
     if (parentContext.isRemote) {
-      const parentSampled = getParentRemoteSampled(parentSpan);
+      const parentSampled = getSamplingDecision(parentSpan.spanContext());
       DEBUG_BUILD &&
         logger.log(`[Tracing] Inheriting remote parent's sampled decision for ${spanName}: ${parentSampled}`);
       return parentSampled;