feat(server-utils): Emit low-cardinality gen_ai agent span names when streaming

MIGRATION.md

@@ -829,22 +829,25 @@ If you [opt out of span streaming](#opting-out-of-span-streaming), span names re
 
 The following span names were adjusted:
 
-| Span op                                                                  | Before                                                                                                                      | After                                                                                                                    |
-| ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
-| `pageload`                                                               | The parameterized route, or the raw URL path if the SDK couldn't resolve one (`/users/123`)                                 | The parameterized route, or `Pageload` if the SDK has none                                                               |
-| `navigation`                                                             | The parameterized route, or the raw URL path if the SDK couldn't resolve one (`/users/123`)                                 | The parameterized route, or `Navigation` if the SDK has none                                                             |
-| `http.server`                                                            | The request method and route, or the raw URL path if the SDK couldn't resolve one (`GET /users/123`)                        | `GET /users/:id` when a route is known, otherwise just the request method (`GET`)                                        |
-| `router`                                                                 | Framework-specific, sometimes containing the raw URL (`/users/123`, `SvelteKit Route Change`)                               | The span's `http.route`, or `Router` if the SDK has none                                                                 |
-| `graphql`                                                                | The graphql phase and, for operations, the operation name (`query GetUser`, `graphql.parse`, `graphql.resolve user.0.name`) | The operation type, or the processing type where there is none (`GraphQL query`, `GraphQL parse`, `GraphQL resolve`)     |
-| `gen_ai.chat`, `gen_ai.embeddings`, `gen_ai.generate_content`            | `{operation} {model}`, or `{operation} unknown` if the model is missing (`chat unknown`)                                    | `{operation} {model}`, or `{operation}` if the model is missing (`chat`)                                                 |
-| `resource.*`                                                             | The resource URL, relative to the page origin for same-origin resources (`/assets/app.js`)                                  | The resource domain (`cdn.example.com`), or `Resource` if the SDK has none                                               |
-| `mcp.server`                                                             | The method and its target, including the resource URI (`resources/read file:///docs/api.md`)                                | The method alone for resource methods (`resources/read`). Tool and prompt names are unchanged (`tools/call get-weather`) |
-| `mcp.notification.client_to_server`, `mcp.notification.server_to_client` | The notification method name (`notifications/tools/list_changed`)                                                           | The notification method name, or `MCP notification` if the message carries none                                          |
+| Span op                                                                  | Before                                                                                                                      | After                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
+| ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `pageload`                                                               | The parameterized route, or the raw URL path if the SDK couldn't resolve one (`/users/123`)                                 | The parameterized route, or `Pageload` if the SDK has none                                                                                                                                                      |
+| `navigation`                                                             | The parameterized route, or the raw URL path if the SDK couldn't resolve one (`/users/123`)                                 | The parameterized route, or `Navigation` if the SDK has none                                                                                                                                                    |
+| `http.server`                                                            | The request method and route, or the raw URL path if the SDK couldn't resolve one (`GET /users/123`)                        | `GET /users/:id` when a route is known, otherwise just the request method (`GET`)                                                                                                                               |
+| `router`                                                                 | Framework-specific, sometimes containing the raw URL (`/users/123`, `SvelteKit Route Change`)                               | The span's `http.route`, or `Router` if the SDK has none                                                                                                                                                        |
+| `graphql`                                                                | The graphql phase and, for operations, the operation name (`query GetUser`, `graphql.parse`, `graphql.resolve user.0.name`) | The operation type, or the processing type where there is none (`GraphQL query`, `GraphQL parse`, `GraphQL resolve`)                                                                                            |
+| `gen_ai.chat`, `gen_ai.embeddings`, `gen_ai.generate_content`            | `{operation} {model}`, or `{operation} unknown` if the model is missing (`chat unknown`)                                    | `{operation} {model}`, or `{operation}` if the model is missing (`chat`)                                                                                                                                        |
+| `gen_ai.invoke_agent`                                                    | The LangChain chain name, prefixed with `chain` rather than the operation (`chain format_prompt`)                           | `{operation} {name}`, where the name is the span's `gen_ai.agent.name`, `gen_ai.pipeline.name` or `gen_ai.function_id`, in that order (`invoke_agent format_prompt`), or `{operation}` if the span carries none |
+| `resource.*`                                                             | The resource URL, relative to the page origin for same-origin resources (`/assets/app.js`)                                  | The resource domain (`cdn.example.com`), or `Resource` if the SDK has none                                                                                                                                      |
+| `mcp.server`                                                             | The method and its target, including the resource URI (`resources/read file:///docs/api.md`)                                | The method alone for resource methods (`resources/read`). Tool and prompt names are unchanged (`tools/call get-weather`)                                                                                        |
+| `mcp.notification.client_to_server`, `mcp.notification.server_to_client` | The notification method name (`notifications/tools/list_changed`)                                                           | The notification method name, or `MCP notification` if the message carries none                                                                                                                                 |
 
 `navigation.redirect` spans are started through the same code path as navigation spans, so they get the same names.
 
 Resolved low-cardinality values are kept in both lifecycles: a known model stays in the name (`chat gpt-4`).
 
+LangChain agent spans now lead with the operation, like LangGraph and Vercel AI ones: `chain format_prompt` becomes `invoke_agent format_prompt`, and a chain the SDK cannot name becomes `invoke_agent` rather than `chain unknown_chain` — update any `ignoreSpans` filters matching the old names. The chain name remains available on `langchain.chain.name`. LangGraph agent names and Vercel AI `functionId`s are unchanged.
+
 Resource spans now also carry a `url.domain` attribute holding that domain. The full URL remains available on `url.full`.
 
 `http.server` requests that resolve to a route are **unchanged** — those names were already low cardinality. Only requests the SDK cannot parameterize are affected.

dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/tracing/langchain/test.ts

@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ describe('LangChain integration', () => {
             expect(formatPromptSpan).toBeDefined();
             expect(formatPromptSpan!.attributes['sentry.op'].value).toBe('gen_ai.invoke_agent');
             expect(formatPromptSpan!.attributes['sentry.origin'].value).toBe('auto.ai.langchain');
+            expect(formatPromptSpan!.attributes[GEN_AI_OPERATION_NAME].value).toBe('invoke_agent');
             expect(formatPromptSpan!.attributes['langchain.chain.name'].value).toBe('format_prompt');
 
             const chatSpan = container.items.find(span => span.name === 'chat claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022');
@@ -409,4 +410,34 @@ describe('LangChain integration', () => {
         .completed();
     });
   });
+
+  createEsmAndCjsTests(__dirname, 'scenario-chain.mjs', 'instrument-span-streaming.mjs', (createRunner, test) => {
+    test('leads chain span names with the operation when span streaming is enabled', async () => {
+      await createRunner()
+        .ignore('event')
+        .expect({
+          span: container => {
+            const chainSpans = container.items.filter(
+              span => span.attributes['sentry.op']?.value === 'gen_ai.invoke_agent',
+            );
+            // The `unknown_chain` sentinel is dropped, so that span falls back to the bare operation.
+            expect(chainSpans.map(span => span.name).sort()).toEqual([
+              'invoke_agent',
+              'invoke_agent format_prompt',
+              'invoke_agent parse_output',
+            ]);
+            for (const span of chainSpans) {
+              expect(span.attributes[GEN_AI_OPERATION_NAME]?.value).toBe('invoke_agent');
+            }
+            expect(chainSpans.map(span => span.attributes['langchain.chain.name']?.value).sort()).toEqual([
+              'format_prompt',
+              'parse_output',
+              'unknown_chain',
+            ]);
+          },
+        })
+        .start()
+        .completed();
+    });
+  });
 });

packages/server-utils/src/ai/langchain/index.ts

@@ -228,16 +228,25 @@ export function createLangChainCallbackHandler(options: LangChainOptions = {}):
       const chainName = runName || chain.name || 'unknown_chain';
       const attributes: Record<string, SpanAttributeValue> = {
         [SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_ORIGIN]: 'auto.ai.langchain',
+        [GEN_AI_OPERATION_NAME]: 'invoke_agent',
         'langchain.chain.name': chainName,
       };
 
       if (recordInputs) {
         attributes['langchain.chain.inputs'] = JSON.stringify(inputs);
       }
 
+      const client = getClient();
+
       startSpanManual(
         {
-          name: `chain ${chainName}`,
+          // With span streaming, the name leads with the operation per the agent templates. The
+          // chain name is bounded, so it stays; the `'unknown_chain'` sentinel is dropped instead.
+          name: !(client && hasSpanStreamingEnabled(client))
+            ? `chain ${chainName}`
+            : chainName === 'unknown_chain'
+              ? 'invoke_agent'
+              : `invoke_agent ${chainName}`,
           op: 'gen_ai.invoke_agent',
           attributes: {
             ...attributes,

packages/server-utils/test/ai/lib/tracing/langchain-invoke-agent.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { GEN_AI_OPERATION_NAME } from '@sentry/conventions/attributes';
+import { getMainCarrier, setCurrentClient, spanToStaticSpanJSON } from '@sentry/core';
+import type { Span } from '@sentry/core';
+import { createLangChainCallbackHandler } from '../../../../src/ai/langchain';
+import { getDefaultTestClientOptions, TestClient } from '../../../mocks/client';
+
+describe('LangChain invoke_agent span names', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    getMainCarrier().__SENTRY__ = undefined;
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    getMainCarrier().__SENTRY__ = undefined;
+  });
+
+  function setupClient(traceLifecycle: 'static' | 'stream'): Span[] {
+    const client = new TestClient(
+      getDefaultTestClientOptions({
+        dsn: 'https://public@dsn.ingest.sentry.io/1337',
+        tracesSampleRate: 1,
+        traceLifecycle,
+      }),
+    );
+    setCurrentClient(client);
+    client.init();
+
+    const endedSpans: Span[] = [];
+    client.on('spanEnd', span => endedSpans.push(span));
+    return endedSpans;
+  }
+
+  function runChain(runName?: string, chain: { name?: string } = {}): void {
+    const handler = createLangChainCallbackHandler();
+    handler.handleChainStart?.(
+      chain,
+      { topic: 'weather' },
+      'run-1',
+      undefined,
+      undefined,
+      undefined,
+      undefined,
+      runName,
+    );
+    handler.handleChainEnd?.({ ok: true }, 'run-1');
+  }
+
+  it('keeps `chain {chainName}` in static mode', () => {
+    const endedSpans = setupClient('static');
+    runChain('format_prompt');
+
+    expect(spanToStaticSpanJSON(endedSpans[0]!).description).toBe('chain format_prompt');
+    expect(spanToStaticSpanJSON(endedSpans[0]!).data?.[GEN_AI_OPERATION_NAME]).toBe('invoke_agent');
+  });
+
+  it('keeps `chain unknown_chain` when the chain name is missing in static mode', () => {
+    const endedSpans = setupClient('static');
+    runChain();
+
+    expect(spanToStaticSpanJSON(endedSpans[0]!).description).toBe('chain unknown_chain');
+  });
+
+  it('leads with the operation and keeps the chain name when span streaming is enabled', () => {
+    const endedSpans = setupClient('stream');
+    runChain('format_prompt');
+
+    const span = spanToStaticSpanJSON(endedSpans[0]!);
+    expect(span.description).toBe('invoke_agent format_prompt');
+    expect(span.data?.[GEN_AI_OPERATION_NAME]).toBe('invoke_agent');
+    expect(span.data?.['langchain.chain.name']).toBe('format_prompt');
+  });
+
+  it('drops the `unknown_chain` sentinel when span streaming is enabled', () => {
+    const endedSpans = setupClient('stream');
+    runChain();
+
+    expect(spanToStaticSpanJSON(endedSpans[0]!).description).toBe('invoke_agent');
+  });
+});

packages/server-utils/test/ai/lib/tracing/langgraph-invoke-agent.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { getMainCarrier, setCurrentClient, spanToStaticSpanJSON } from '@sentry/core';
+import type { Span } from '@sentry/core';
+import { instrumentCompiledGraphInvoke } from '../../../../src/ai/langgraph';
+import type { CompiledGraph } from '../../../../src/ai/langgraph/types';
+import { getDefaultTestClientOptions, TestClient } from '../../../mocks/client';
+
+describe('LangGraph invoke_agent span names', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    getMainCarrier().__SENTRY__ = undefined;
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    getMainCarrier().__SENTRY__ = undefined;
+  });
+
+  function setupClient(traceLifecycle: 'static' | 'stream'): Span[] {
+    const client = new TestClient(
+      getDefaultTestClientOptions({
+        dsn: 'https://public@dsn.ingest.sentry.io/1337',
+        tracesSampleRate: 1,
+        traceLifecycle,
+      }),
+    );
+    setCurrentClient(client);
+    client.init();
+
+    const endedSpans: Span[] = [];
+    client.on('spanEnd', span => endedSpans.push(span));
+    return endedSpans;
+  }
+
+  async function invokeGraph(compileOptions: Record<string, unknown>): Promise<void> {
+    const invoke = instrumentCompiledGraphInvoke(
+      async () => ({ messages: [] }),
+      {} as CompiledGraph,
+      compileOptions,
+      {},
+    );
+    await invoke({});
+  }
+
+  it('names the span `{operation} {agent}` when an agent name is present', async () => {
+    const endedSpans = setupClient('stream');
+    await invokeGraph({ name: 'weather_assistant' });
+
+    expect(spanToStaticSpanJSON(endedSpans[0]!).description).toBe('invoke_agent weather_assistant');
+  });
+
+  it('uses the operation name when the agent name is missing and span streaming is enabled', async () => {
+    const endedSpans = setupClient('stream');
+    await invokeGraph({});
+
+    expect(spanToStaticSpanJSON(endedSpans[0]!).description).toBe('invoke_agent');
+  });
+});

packages/server-utils/test/integrations/vercel-ai/invoke-agent-span-names.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { GEN_AI_FUNCTION_ID } from '@sentry/conventions/attributes';
+import { getMainCarrier, setCurrentClient, spanToStaticSpanJSON } from '@sentry/core';
+import type { Span } from '@sentry/core';
+import { createSpanFromMessage } from '../../../src/integrations/vercel-ai/vercel-ai-dc-subscriber';
+import { getDefaultTestClientOptions, TestClient } from '../../mocks/client';
+
+describe('Vercel AI invoke_agent span names', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    getMainCarrier().__SENTRY__ = undefined;
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    getMainCarrier().__SENTRY__ = undefined;
+  });
+
+  function setupClient(traceLifecycle: 'static' | 'stream'): Span[] {
+    const client = new TestClient(
+      getDefaultTestClientOptions({
+        dsn: 'https://public@dsn.ingest.sentry.io/1337',
+        tracesSampleRate: 1,
+        traceLifecycle,
+      }),
+    );
+    setCurrentClient(client);
+    client.init();
+
+    const endedSpans: Span[] = [];
+    client.on('spanEnd', span => endedSpans.push(span));
+    return endedSpans;
+  }
+
+  function startInvokeAgentSpan(functionId?: string): void {
+    const span = createSpanFromMessage(
+      {
+        type: 'generateText',
+        event: functionId ? { functionId } : {},
+      } as Parameters<typeof createSpanFromMessage>[0],
+      {} as Parameters<typeof createSpanFromMessage>[1],
+    );
+    span?.end();
+  }
+
+  // `functionId` is a developer-supplied label, so it is bounded and stays in the name in both
+  // lifecycles, the same way a tool name does on `gen_ai.execute_tool` spans.
+  it.each(['static', 'stream'] as const)('keeps `invoke_agent {functionId}` in %s mode', traceLifecycle => {
+    const endedSpans = setupClient(traceLifecycle);
+    startInvokeAgentSpan('weather_agent');
+
+    const span = spanToStaticSpanJSON(endedSpans[0]!);
+    expect(span.description).toBe('invoke_agent weather_agent');
+    expect(span.data?.[GEN_AI_FUNCTION_ID]).toBe('weather_agent');
+  });
+
+  it.each(['static', 'stream'] as const)('uses `invoke_agent` without a functionId in %s mode', traceLifecycle => {
+    const endedSpans = setupClient(traceLifecycle);
+    startInvokeAgentSpan();
+
+    expect(spanToStaticSpanJSON(endedSpans[0]!).description).toBe('invoke_agent');
+  });
+});