feat: Ensure getRootSpan() does not rely on transaction

dev-packages/browser-integration-tests/suites/manual-client/browser-context/init.js

@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ const client = new BrowserClient({
   transport: makeFetchTransport,
   stackParser: defaultStackParser,
   integrations,
-  debug: true,
 });
 
 const hub = new Hub(client);

dev-packages/browser-integration-tests/suites/public-api/instrumentation/setTimeoutFrozen/init.js

@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ window.Sentry = Sentry;
 
 Sentry.init({
   dsn: 'https://[email protected]/1337',
+  // We assert on the debug message, so we need to enable debug mode
   debug: true,
 });

dev-packages/browser-integration-tests/suites/public-api/startSpan/basic/test.ts

@@ -1,16 +1,20 @@
 import { expect } from '@playwright/test';
-import type { Event } from '@sentry/types';
 
 import { sentryTest } from '../../../../utils/fixtures';
-import { getFirstSentryEnvelopeRequest, shouldSkipTracingTest } from '../../../../utils/helpers';
+import {
+  envelopeRequestParser,
+  shouldSkipTracingTest,
+  waitForTransactionRequestOnUrl,
+} from '../../../../utils/helpers';
 
 sentryTest('should send a transaction in an envelope', async ({ getLocalTestPath, page }) => {
   if (shouldSkipTracingTest()) {
     sentryTest.skip();
   }
 
   const url = await getLocalTestPath({ testDir: __dirname });
-  const transaction = await getFirstSentryEnvelopeRequest<Event>(page, url);
+  const req = await waitForTransactionRequestOnUrl(page, url);
+  const transaction = envelopeRequestParser(req);
 
   expect(transaction.transaction).toBe('parent_span');
   expect(transaction.spans).toBeDefined();
@@ -22,7 +26,8 @@ sentryTest('should report finished spans as children of the root transaction', a
   }
 
   const url = await getLocalTestPath({ testDir: __dirname });
-  const transaction = await getFirstSentryEnvelopeRequest<Event>(page, url);
+  const req = await waitForTransactionRequestOnUrl(page, url);
+  const transaction = envelopeRequestParser(req);
 
   expect(transaction.spans).toHaveLength(1);
 

dev-packages/browser-integration-tests/suites/public-api/startSpan/init.js

@@ -8,5 +8,4 @@ Sentry.init({
   dsn: 'https://[email protected]/1337',
   tracesSampleRate: 1.0,
   normalizeDepth: 10,
-  debug: true,
 });

dev-packages/browser-integration-tests/suites/replay/canvas/manualSnapshot/init.js

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ Sentry.init({
   sampleRate: 0,
   replaysSessionSampleRate: 1.0,
   replaysOnErrorSampleRate: 0.0,
-  debug: true,
 
   integrations: [window.Replay, Sentry.replayCanvasIntegration({ enableManualSnapshot: true })],
 });

dev-packages/browser-integration-tests/suites/replay/canvas/records/init.js

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ Sentry.init({
   sampleRate: 0,
   replaysSessionSampleRate: 1.0,
   replaysOnErrorSampleRate: 0.0,
-  debug: true,
 
   integrations: [window.Replay, Sentry.replayCanvasIntegration()],
 });

dev-packages/browser-integration-tests/suites/replay/canvas/withCanvasIntegrationFirst/init.js

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ Sentry.init({
   sampleRate: 0,
   replaysSessionSampleRate: 1.0,
   replaysOnErrorSampleRate: 0.0,
-  debug: true,
 
   integrations: [Sentry.replayCanvasIntegration(), window.Replay],
 });

dev-packages/browser-integration-tests/suites/replay/canvas/withCanvasIntegrationSecond/init.js

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ Sentry.init({
   sampleRate: 0,
   replaysSessionSampleRate: 1.0,
   replaysOnErrorSampleRate: 0.0,
-  debug: true,
 
   integrations: [window.Replay, Sentry.replayCanvasIntegration()],
 });

dev-packages/browser-integration-tests/suites/replay/canvas/withoutCanvasIntegration/init.js

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ Sentry.init({
   sampleRate: 0,
   replaysSessionSampleRate: 1.0,
   replaysOnErrorSampleRate: 0.0,
-  debug: true,
 
   integrations: [window.Replay],
 });

dev-packages/browser-integration-tests/suites/sessions/initial-scope/init.js

@@ -12,5 +12,4 @@ Sentry.init({
       username: 'user1337',
     },
   },
-  debug: true,
 });

dev-packages/browser-integration-tests/suites/tracing/envelope-header-transaction-name/init.js

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ Sentry.init({
   integrations: [Sentry.browserTracingIntegration()],
   environment: 'production',
   tracesSampleRate: 1,
-  debug: true,
 });
 
 Sentry.setUser({ id: 'user123' });

dev-packages/browser-integration-tests/suites/tracing/envelope-header/init.js

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ Sentry.init({
   tracePropagationTargets: [/.*/],
   environment: 'production',
   tracesSampleRate: 1,
-  debug: true,
 });
 
 const scope = Sentry.getCurrentScope();

dev-packages/rollup-utils/plugins/bundlePlugins.mjs

@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ export function makeTerserPlugin() {
           // For v7 backwards-compatibility we need to access txn._frozenDynamicSamplingContext
           // TODO (v8): Remove this reserved word
           '_frozenDynamicSamplingContext',
+          // These are used to keep span relationships
+          '_sentryRootSpan',
+          '_sentryChildSpans',
         ],
       },
     },

packages/angular/src/tracing.ts

@@ -289,10 +289,6 @@ export class TraceService implements OnDestroy {
     }
 
     const rootSpan = getRootSpan(activeSpan);
-    if (!rootSpan) {
-      this._pageloadOngoing = false;
-      return false;
-    }
 
     this._pageloadOngoing = spanToJSON(rootSpan).op === 'pageload';
     return this._pageloadOngoing;

packages/astro/src/index.server.ts

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ export {
   linkedErrorsIntegration,
   setMeasurement,
   getActiveSpan,
+  getRootSpan,
   startSpan,
   startInactiveSpan,
   startSpanManual,

packages/astro/src/index.types.ts

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ export declare const startSpan: typeof clientSdk.startSpan;
 export declare const startInactiveSpan: typeof clientSdk.startInactiveSpan;
 export declare const startSpanManual: typeof clientSdk.startSpanManual;
 export declare const withActiveSpan: typeof clientSdk.withActiveSpan;
+export declare const getRootSpan: typeof clientSdk.getRootSpan;
 export declare const Span: clientSdk.Span;
 
 export declare const metrics: typeof clientSdk.metrics & typeof serverSdk.metrics;

packages/browser/src/index.bundle.tracing.replay.feedback.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ addTracingExtensions();
 
 export {
   getActiveSpan,
+  getRootSpan,
   startSpan,
   startInactiveSpan,
   startSpanManual,

packages/browser/src/index.bundle.tracing.replay.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ addTracingExtensions();
 
 export {
   getActiveSpan,
+  getRootSpan,
   startSpan,
   startInactiveSpan,
   startSpanManual,

packages/browser/src/index.bundle.tracing.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ addTracingExtensions();
 
 export {
   getActiveSpan,
+  getRootSpan,
   startSpan,
   startInactiveSpan,
   startSpanManual,

packages/browser/src/index.ts

@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ export type { RequestInstrumentationOptions } from '@sentry-internal/tracing';
 export {
   addTracingExtensions,
   getActiveSpan,
+  getRootSpan,
   startSpan,
   startInactiveSpan,
   startSpanManual,

packages/bun/src/index.ts

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ export {
   withMonitor,
   setMeasurement,
   getActiveSpan,
+  getRootSpan,
   startSpan,
   startInactiveSpan,
   startSpanManual,

packages/core/src/index.ts

@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ export {
   spanToTraceContext,
   getSpanDescendants,
   getStatusMessage,
+  getRootSpan,
 } from './utils/spanUtils';
-export { getRootSpan } from './utils/getRootSpan';
 export { applySdkMetadata } from './utils/sdkMetadata';
 export { DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT } from './constants';
 /* eslint-disable deprecation/deprecation */

packages/core/src/server-runtime-client.ts

@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ import {
   getDynamicSamplingContextFromClient,
   getDynamicSamplingContextFromSpan,
 } from './tracing';
-import { getRootSpan } from './utils/getRootSpan';
-import { spanToTraceContext } from './utils/spanUtils';
+import { getRootSpan, spanToTraceContext } from './utils/spanUtils';
 
 export interface ServerRuntimeClientOptions extends ClientOptions<BaseTransportOptions> {
   platform?: string;
@@ -256,8 +255,9 @@ export class ServerRuntimeClient<
     // eslint-disable-next-line deprecation/deprecation
     const span = scope.getSpan();
     if (span) {
-      const samplingContext = getRootSpan(span) ? getDynamicSamplingContextFromSpan(span) : undefined;
-      return [samplingContext, spanToTraceContext(span)];
+      const rootSpan = getRootSpan(span);
+      const samplingContext = getDynamicSamplingContextFromSpan(rootSpan);
+      return [samplingContext, spanToTraceContext(rootSpan)];
     }
 
     const { traceId, spanId, parentSpanId, dsc } = scope.getPropagationContext();

packages/core/src/tracing/dynamicSamplingContext.ts

@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ import { dropUndefinedKeys } from '@sentry/utils';
 import { DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT } from '../constants';
 import { getClient } from '../currentScopes';
 import { SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_SOURCE } from '../semanticAttributes';
-import { getRootSpan } from '../utils/getRootSpan';
-import { spanIsSampled, spanToJSON } from '../utils/spanUtils';
+import { getRootSpan, spanIsSampled, spanToJSON } from '../utils/spanUtils';
 
 /**
  * Creates a dynamic sampling context from a client.

packages/core/src/tracing/errors.ts

@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ import {
 } from '@sentry/utils';
 
 import { DEBUG_BUILD } from '../debug-build';
+import { getRootSpan } from '../utils/spanUtils';
 import { SPAN_STATUS_ERROR } from './spanstatus';
-import { getActiveTransaction } from './utils';
+import { getActiveSpan } from './utils';
 
 let errorsInstrumented = false;
 
@@ -29,15 +30,15 @@ export function registerErrorInstrumentation(): void {
 }
 
 /**
- * If an error or unhandled promise occurs, we mark the active transaction as failed
+ * If an error or unhandled promise occurs, we mark the active root span as failed
  */
 function errorCallback(): void {
-  // eslint-disable-next-line deprecation/deprecation
-  const activeTransaction = getActiveTransaction();
-  if (activeTransaction) {
+  const activeSpan = getActiveSpan();
+  const rootSpan = activeSpan && getRootSpan(activeSpan);
+  if (rootSpan) {
     const message = 'internal_error';
-    DEBUG_BUILD && logger.log(`[Tracing] Transaction: ${message} -> Global error occured`);
-    activeTransaction.setStatus({ code: SPAN_STATUS_ERROR, message });
+    DEBUG_BUILD && logger.log(`[Tracing] Root span: ${message} -> Global error occured`);
+    rootSpan.setStatus({ code: SPAN_STATUS_ERROR, message });
   }
 }
 

packages/core/src/tracing/measurement.ts

@@ -1,15 +1,22 @@
-import type { MeasurementUnit } from '@sentry/types';
+import type { MeasurementUnit, Span, Transaction } from '@sentry/types';
+import { getRootSpan } from '../utils/spanUtils';
 
-import { getActiveTransaction } from './utils';
+import { getActiveSpan } from './utils';
 
 /**
  * Adds a measurement to the current active transaction.
  */
 export function setMeasurement(name: string, value: number, unit: MeasurementUnit): void {
-  // eslint-disable-next-line deprecation/deprecation
-  const transaction = getActiveTransaction();
-  if (transaction) {
+  const activeSpan = getActiveSpan();
+  const rootSpan = activeSpan && getRootSpan(activeSpan);
+
+  if (rootSpan && rootSpanIsTransaction(rootSpan)) {
     // eslint-disable-next-line deprecation/deprecation
-    transaction.setMeasurement(name, value, unit);
+    rootSpan.setMeasurement(name, value, unit);
   }
 }
+
+function rootSpanIsTransaction(rootSpan: Span): rootSpan is Transaction {
+  // eslint-disable-next-line deprecation/deprecation
+  return typeof (rootSpan as Transaction).setMeasurement === 'function';
+}

packages/core/src/tracing/sentrySpan.ts

@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ import { getClient } from '../currentScopes';
 import { DEBUG_BUILD } from '../debug-build';
 import { getMetricSummaryJsonForSpan } from '../metrics/metric-summary';
 import { SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_OP, SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_ORIGIN } from '../semanticAttributes';
-import { getRootSpan } from '../utils/getRootSpan';
 import {
   TRACE_FLAG_NONE,
   TRACE_FLAG_SAMPLED,
   addChildSpanToSpan,
+  getRootSpan,
   getStatusMessage,
   spanTimeInputToSeconds,
   spanToJSON,

packages/core/src/tracing/trace.ts

@@ -50,15 +50,13 @@ export function startSpan<T>(context: StartSpanOptions, callback: (span: Span) =
     return handleCallbackErrors(
       () => callback(activeSpan),
       () => {
-        // Only update the span status if it hasn't been changed yet
-        if (activeSpan) {
-          const { status } = spanToJSON(activeSpan);
-          if (!status || status === 'ok') {
-            activeSpan.setStatus({ code: SPAN_STATUS_ERROR, message: 'internal_error' });
-          }
+        // Only update the span status if it hasn't been changed yet, and the span is not yet finished
+        const { status } = spanToJSON(activeSpan);
+        if (activeSpan.isRecording() && (!status || status === 'ok')) {
+          activeSpan.setStatus({ code: SPAN_STATUS_ERROR, message: 'internal_error' });
         }
       },
-      () => activeSpan && activeSpan.end(),
+      () => activeSpan.end(),
     );
   });
 }
@@ -97,18 +95,16 @@ export function startSpanManual<T>(context: StartSpanOptions, callback: (span: S
     scope.setSpan(activeSpan);
 
     function finishAndSetSpan(): void {
-      activeSpan && activeSpan.end();
+      activeSpan.end();
     }
 
     return handleCallbackErrors(
       () => callback(activeSpan, finishAndSetSpan),
       () => {
         // Only update the span status if it hasn't been changed yet, and the span is not yet finished
-        if (activeSpan && activeSpan.isRecording()) {
-          const { status } = spanToJSON(activeSpan);
-          if (!status || status === 'ok') {
-            activeSpan.setStatus({ code: SPAN_STATUS_ERROR, message: 'internal_error' });
-          }
+        const { status } = spanToJSON(activeSpan);
+        if (activeSpan.isRecording() && (!status || status === 'ok')) {
+          activeSpan.setStatus({ code: SPAN_STATUS_ERROR, message: 'internal_error' });
         }
       },
     );
@@ -315,6 +311,13 @@ function createChildSpanOrTransaction(
     });
   }
 
+  // TODO v8: Technically `startTransaction` can return undefined, which is not reflected by the types
+  // This happens if tracing extensions have not been added
+  // In this case, we just want to return a non-recording span
+  if (!span) {
+    return new SentryNonRecordingSpan();
+  }
+
   setCapturedScopesOnSpan(span, scope, isolationScope);
 
   return span;