update awslambda to use _X_AMZN_TRACE_ID as a Span Link

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -150,6 +150,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   ([#1592](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/1592))
 - `opentelemetry-instrumentation-django` Allow explicit `excluded_urls` configuration through `instrument()`
   ([#1618](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/1618))
+- `opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-lambda` Use env var `_X_AMZN_TRACE_ID` as a
+  Span Link instead of parent
+  ([#1657](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/1657))
 
 ### Fixed
 

instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-lambda/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/aws_lambda/__init__.py

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def custom_event_context_extractor(lambda_event):
 import os
 import time
 from importlib import import_module
-from typing import Any, Callable, Collection
+from typing import Any, Callable, Collection, Optional, Sequence
 from urllib.parse import urlencode
 
 from wrapt import wrap_function_wrapper
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ def custom_event_context_extractor(lambda_event):
 from opentelemetry.semconv.resource import ResourceAttributes
 from opentelemetry.semconv.trace import SpanAttributes
 from opentelemetry.trace import (
+    Link,
     Span,
     SpanKind,
     TracerProvider,
@@ -106,9 +107,6 @@ def custom_event_context_extractor(lambda_event):
 OTEL_INSTRUMENTATION_AWS_LAMBDA_FLUSH_TIMEOUT = (
     "OTEL_INSTRUMENTATION_AWS_LAMBDA_FLUSH_TIMEOUT"
 )
-OTEL_LAMBDA_DISABLE_AWS_CONTEXT_PROPAGATION = (
-    "OTEL_LAMBDA_DISABLE_AWS_CONTEXT_PROPAGATION"
-)
 
 
 def _default_event_context_extractor(lambda_event: Any) -> Context:
@@ -142,14 +140,12 @@ def _default_event_context_extractor(lambda_event: Any) -> Context:
 
 
 def _determine_parent_context(
-    lambda_event: Any,
-    event_context_extractor: Callable[[Any], Context],
-    disable_aws_context_propagation: bool = False,
+    lambda_event: Any, event_context_extractor: Callable[[Any], Context]
 ) -> Context:
     """Determine the parent context for the current Lambda invocation.
 
     See more:
-    https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/main/specification/trace/semantic_conventions/instrumentation/aws-lambda.md#determining-the-parent-of-a-span
+    https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/main/specification/trace/semantic_conventions/instrumentation/aws-lambda.md
 
     Args:
         lambda_event: user-defined, so it could be anything, but this
@@ -158,30 +154,11 @@ def _determine_parent_context(
             Event as input and extracts an OTel Context from it. By default,
             the context is extracted from the HTTP headers of an API Gateway
             request.
-        disable_aws_context_propagation: By default, this instrumentation
-            will try to read the context from the `_X_AMZN_TRACE_ID` environment
-            variable set by Lambda, set this to `True` to disable this behavior.
     Returns:
         A Context with configuration found in the carrier.
     """
     parent_context = None
 
-    if not disable_aws_context_propagation:
-        xray_env_var = os.environ.get(_X_AMZN_TRACE_ID)
-
-        if xray_env_var:
-            parent_context = AwsXRayPropagator().extract(
-                {TRACE_HEADER_KEY: xray_env_var}
-            )
-
-    if (
-        parent_context
-        and get_current_span(parent_context)
-        .get_span_context()
-        .trace_flags.sampled
-    ):
-        return parent_context
-
     if event_context_extractor:
         parent_context = event_context_extractor(lambda_event)
     else:
@@ -190,6 +167,33 @@ def _determine_parent_context(
     return parent_context
 
 
+def _determine_links() -> Optional[Sequence[Link]]:
+    """Determine if a Link should be added to the Span based on the
+    environment variable `_X_AMZN_TRACE_ID`.
+
+
+    See more:
+    https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/main/specification/trace/semantic_conventions/instrumentation/aws-lambda.md#aws-x-ray-environment-span-link
+
+    Returns:
+        A Link or None
+    """
+    links = None
+
+    xray_env_var = os.environ.get(_X_AMZN_TRACE_ID)
+
+    if xray_env_var:
+        env_context = AwsXRayPropagator().extract(
+            {TRACE_HEADER_KEY: xray_env_var}
+        )
+
+        span_context = get_current_span(env_context).get_span_context()
+        if span_context.is_valid:
+            links = [Link(span_context, {"source": "x-ray-env"})]
+
+    return links
+
+
 def _set_api_gateway_v1_proxy_attributes(
     lambda_event: Any, span: Span
 ) -> Span:
@@ -284,7 +288,6 @@ def _instrument(
     flush_timeout,
     event_context_extractor: Callable[[Any], Context],
     tracer_provider: TracerProvider = None,
-    disable_aws_context_propagation: bool = False,
     meter_provider: MeterProvider = None,
 ):
     def _instrumented_lambda_handler_call(  # noqa pylint: disable=too-many-branches
@@ -297,11 +300,11 @@ def _instrumented_lambda_handler_call(  # noqa pylint: disable=too-many-branches
         lambda_event = args[0]
 
         parent_context = _determine_parent_context(
-            lambda_event,
-            event_context_extractor,
-            disable_aws_context_propagation,
+            lambda_event, event_context_extractor
         )
 
+        links = _determine_links()
+
         span_kind = None
         try:
             if lambda_event["Records"][0]["eventSource"] in {
@@ -327,6 +330,7 @@ def _instrumented_lambda_handler_call(  # noqa pylint: disable=too-many-branches
             name=orig_handler_name,
             context=parent_context,
             kind=span_kind,
+            links=links,
         ) as span:
             if span.is_recording():
                 lambda_context = args[1]
@@ -420,9 +424,6 @@ def _instrument(self, **kwargs):
                     Event as input and extracts an OTel Context from it. By default,
                     the context is extracted from the HTTP headers of an API Gateway
                     request.
-                ``disable_aws_context_propagation``: By default, this instrumentation
-                    will try to read the context from the `_X_AMZN_TRACE_ID` environment
-                    variable set by Lambda, set this to `True` to disable this behavior.
         """
         lambda_handler = os.environ.get(ORIG_HANDLER, os.environ.get(_HANDLER))
         # pylint: disable=attribute-defined-outside-init
@@ -444,16 +445,6 @@ def _instrument(self, **kwargs):
                 flush_timeout_env,
             )
 
-        disable_aws_context_propagation = kwargs.get(
-            "disable_aws_context_propagation", False
-        ) or os.getenv(
-            OTEL_LAMBDA_DISABLE_AWS_CONTEXT_PROPAGATION, "False"
-        ).strip().lower() in (
-            "true",
-            "1",
-            "t",
-        )
-
         _instrument(
             self._wrapped_module_name,
             self._wrapped_function_name,
@@ -462,7 +453,6 @@ def _instrument(self, **kwargs):
                 "event_context_extractor", _default_event_context_extractor
             ),
             tracer_provider=kwargs.get("tracer_provider"),
-            disable_aws_context_propagation=disable_aws_context_propagation,
             meter_provider=kwargs.get("meter_provider"),
         )
 

instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-lambda/tests/test_aws_lambda_instrumentation_manual.py

@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
     _HANDLER,
     _X_AMZN_TRACE_ID,
     OTEL_INSTRUMENTATION_AWS_LAMBDA_FLUSH_TIMEOUT,
-    OTEL_LAMBDA_DISABLE_AWS_CONTEXT_PROPAGATION,
     AwsLambdaInstrumentor,
 )
 from opentelemetry.propagate import get_global_textmap
@@ -138,7 +137,9 @@ def test_active_tracing(self):
         self.assertEqual(len(spans), 1)
         span = spans[0]
         self.assertEqual(span.name, os.environ[_HANDLER])
-        self.assertEqual(span.get_span_context().trace_id, MOCK_XRAY_TRACE_ID)
+        self.assertNotEqual(
+            span.get_span_context().trace_id, MOCK_XRAY_TRACE_ID
+        )
         self.assertEqual(span.kind, SpanKind.SERVER)
         self.assertSpanHasAttributes(
             span,
@@ -149,11 +150,7 @@ def test_active_tracing(self):
         )
 
         parent_context = span.parent
-        self.assertEqual(
-            parent_context.trace_id, span.get_span_context().trace_id
-        )
-        self.assertEqual(parent_context.span_id, MOCK_XRAY_PARENT_SPAN_ID)
-        self.assertTrue(parent_context.is_remote)
+        self.assertEqual(None, parent_context)
 
         test_env_patch.stop()
 
@@ -165,11 +162,8 @@ class TestCase:
             context: Dict
             expected_traceid: int
             expected_parentid: int
-            xray_traceid: str
             expected_state_value: str = None
             expected_trace_state_len: int = 0
-            disable_aws_context_propagation: bool = False
-            disable_aws_context_propagation_envvar: str = ""
 
         def custom_event_context_extractor(lambda_event):
             return get_global_textmap().extract(lambda_event["foo"]["headers"])
@@ -188,42 +182,9 @@ def custom_event_context_extractor(lambda_event):
                 expected_parentid=MOCK_W3C_PARENT_SPAN_ID,
                 expected_trace_state_len=3,
                 expected_state_value=MOCK_W3C_TRACE_STATE_VALUE,
-                xray_traceid=MOCK_XRAY_TRACE_CONTEXT_NOT_SAMPLED,
-            ),
-            TestCase(
-                name="custom_extractor_not_sampled_xray",
-                custom_extractor=custom_event_context_extractor,
-                context={
-                    "foo": {
-                        "headers": {
-                            TraceContextTextMapPropagator._TRACEPARENT_HEADER_NAME: MOCK_W3C_TRACE_CONTEXT_SAMPLED,
-                            TraceContextTextMapPropagator._TRACESTATE_HEADER_NAME: f"{MOCK_W3C_TRACE_STATE_KEY}={MOCK_W3C_TRACE_STATE_VALUE},foo=1,bar=2",
-                        }
-                    }
-                },
-                expected_traceid=MOCK_W3C_TRACE_ID,
-                expected_parentid=MOCK_W3C_PARENT_SPAN_ID,
-                expected_trace_state_len=3,
-                expected_state_value=MOCK_W3C_TRACE_STATE_VALUE,
-                xray_traceid=MOCK_XRAY_TRACE_CONTEXT_NOT_SAMPLED,
-            ),
-            TestCase(
-                name="custom_extractor_sampled_xray",
-                custom_extractor=custom_event_context_extractor,
-                context={
-                    "foo": {
-                        "headers": {
-                            TraceContextTextMapPropagator._TRACEPARENT_HEADER_NAME: MOCK_W3C_TRACE_CONTEXT_SAMPLED,
-                            TraceContextTextMapPropagator._TRACESTATE_HEADER_NAME: f"{MOCK_W3C_TRACE_STATE_KEY}={MOCK_W3C_TRACE_STATE_VALUE},foo=1,bar=2",
-                        }
-                    }
-                },
-                expected_traceid=MOCK_XRAY_TRACE_ID,
-                expected_parentid=MOCK_XRAY_PARENT_SPAN_ID,
-                xray_traceid=MOCK_XRAY_TRACE_CONTEXT_SAMPLED,
             ),
             TestCase(
-                name="custom_extractor_sampled_xray_disable_aws_propagation",
+                name="custom_extractor",
                 custom_extractor=custom_event_context_extractor,
                 context={
                     "foo": {
@@ -233,47 +194,24 @@ def custom_event_context_extractor(lambda_event):
                         }
                     }
                 },
-                disable_aws_context_propagation=True,
                 expected_traceid=MOCK_W3C_TRACE_ID,
                 expected_parentid=MOCK_W3C_PARENT_SPAN_ID,
                 expected_trace_state_len=3,
                 expected_state_value=MOCK_W3C_TRACE_STATE_VALUE,
-                xray_traceid=MOCK_XRAY_TRACE_CONTEXT_SAMPLED,
-            ),
-            TestCase(
-                name="no_custom_extractor_xray_disable_aws_propagation_via_env_var",
-                custom_extractor=None,
-                context={
-                    "headers": {
-                        TraceContextTextMapPropagator._TRACEPARENT_HEADER_NAME: MOCK_W3C_TRACE_CONTEXT_SAMPLED,
-                        TraceContextTextMapPropagator._TRACESTATE_HEADER_NAME: f"{MOCK_W3C_TRACE_STATE_KEY}={MOCK_W3C_TRACE_STATE_VALUE},foo=1,bar=2",
-                    }
-                },
-                disable_aws_context_propagation=False,
-                disable_aws_context_propagation_envvar="true",
-                expected_traceid=MOCK_W3C_TRACE_ID,
-                expected_parentid=MOCK_W3C_PARENT_SPAN_ID,
-                expected_trace_state_len=3,
-                expected_state_value=MOCK_W3C_TRACE_STATE_VALUE,
-                xray_traceid=MOCK_XRAY_TRACE_CONTEXT_SAMPLED,
             ),
         ]
         for test in tests:
             test_env_patch = mock.patch.dict(
                 "os.environ",
                 {
                     **os.environ,
-                    # NOT Active Tracing
-                    _X_AMZN_TRACE_ID: test.xray_traceid,
-                    OTEL_LAMBDA_DISABLE_AWS_CONTEXT_PROPAGATION: test.disable_aws_context_propagation_envvar,
                     # NOT using the X-Ray Propagator
                     OTEL_PROPAGATORS: "tracecontext",
                 },
             )
             test_env_patch.start()
             AwsLambdaInstrumentor().instrument(
-                event_context_extractor=test.custom_extractor,
-                disable_aws_context_propagation=test.disable_aws_context_propagation,
+                event_context_extractor=test.custom_extractor
             )
             mock_execute_lambda(test.context)
             spans = self.memory_exporter.get_finished_spans()
@@ -301,6 +239,65 @@ def custom_event_context_extractor(lambda_event):
             AwsLambdaInstrumentor().uninstrument()
             test_env_patch.stop()
 
+    def test_links_from_lambda_event(self):
+        @dataclass
+        class TestCase:
+            name: str
+            context: Dict
+            expected_link_trace_id: int
+            expected_link_attributes: dict
+            xray_traceid: str
+
+        tests = [
+            TestCase(
+                name="valid_xray_trace",
+                context={},
+                expected_link_trace_id=MOCK_XRAY_TRACE_ID,
+                expected_link_attributes={"source": "x-ray-env"},
+                xray_traceid=MOCK_XRAY_TRACE_CONTEXT_SAMPLED,
+            ),
+            TestCase(
+                name="invalid_xray_trace",
+                context={},
+                expected_link_trace_id=None,
+                expected_link_attributes={},
+                xray_traceid="0",
+            ),
+        ]
+        for test in tests:
+            test_env_patch = mock.patch.dict(
+                "os.environ",
+                {
+                    **os.environ,
+                    # NOT Active Tracing
+                    _X_AMZN_TRACE_ID: test.xray_traceid,
+                    # NOT using the X-Ray Propagator
+                    OTEL_PROPAGATORS: "tracecontext",
+                },
+            )
+            test_env_patch.start()
+            AwsLambdaInstrumentor().instrument()
+            mock_execute_lambda(test.context)
+            spans = self.memory_exporter.get_finished_spans()
+            assert spans
+            self.assertEqual(len(spans), 1)
+            span = spans[0]
+
+            if test.expected_link_trace_id is None:
+                self.assertEqual(0, len(span.links))
+            else:
+                link = span.links[0]
+                self.assertEqual(
+                    link.context.trace_id, test.expected_link_trace_id
+                )
+                self.assertEqual(
+                    link.attributes, test.expected_link_attributes
+                )
+
+            self.memory_exporter.clear()
+            AwsLambdaInstrumentor().uninstrument()
+            test_env_patch.stop()
+
     def test_lambda_no_error_with_invalid_flush_timeout(self):
         test_env_patch = mock.patch.dict(
             "os.environ",

tox.ini

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ envlist =
     ; instrumentation-aiopg intentionally excluded from pypy3
 
     ; opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-lambda
-    py3{7,8,9}-test-instrumentation-aws-lambda
+    py3{7,8,9,10,11}-test-instrumentation-aws-lambda
 
     ; opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore
     py3{7,8,9,10,11}-test-instrumentation-botocore