fix(mcp): never let instrumentation swallow the wrapped call - #4520
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_dont_throw_ was applied to whole wrappers, so any exception raised inside the traced call was logged at DEBUG and replaced with None: - a failed Client.__aenter__ let `async with` run its body with `c = None`, turning a connection error into an AttributeError later; - a failed __aexit__ reported a clean teardown for a dead transport; - a failed transport write looked like a successful send, because InstrumentedStreamWriter.send returned None after losing the message. The rule is that instrumentation guards only its own code. The three wrappers now guard their span plumbing explicitly (start, attribute setting, record_error, end - each failure logged via the new shared log_trace_failure) while exceptions from the wrapped call propagate untouched. Instrumentation failure stays fail-open: the span may be missing, but the client still enters and the message is still sent. The existing tests pinned the old swallowing behaviour and are updated to assert propagation instead; two new tests cover the other half - a tracer that cannot create spans must neither block the call nor drop the message. All fail on unmodified main.
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Navigate logical layers of code changes, visualize relationships, and explore their blast radius. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughMCP instrumentation now separates tracing failures from wrapped-operation failures. Failures in span setup or recording are logged without masking client or transport outcomes. Tests cover span-creation failures, message forwarding, and propagation of wrapped-operation failures. ChangesMCP failure handling
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium Suggested reviewers: Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Tracing failures can make a successful send appear to fail or prevent a client operation or message send. Contain these failures before merging. Security Architecture ReviewSecurity architecture risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Wrapped connection and transport failures now reach callers instead of appearing successful. One conditional failure path remains: if tracing fails while closing a span after a message was sent, the send reports an error. An application that retries could repeat the action. Retained concerns
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- Around line 683-685: Update the send flow in the method containing
`self.__wrapped__.send(item)` to retain the transport result and track whether
sending completed successfully. If span teardown then fails, log the
instrumentation failure and return the stored result; continue to propagate
transport failures unchanged.
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@packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mcp/opentelemetry/instrumentation/mcp/utils.py:
- Around line 80-94: Update log_trace_failure to catch exceptions raised by
Config.exception_logger so the callback cannot interrupt the wrapped operation
or replace its exception; log callback failures at debug level with traceback
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Handle span teardown failures separately from transport failures.
When self.__wrapped__.send(item) returns inside start_as_current_span, in_transport is already True. A failure from the span context manager during exit therefore reaches the outer except, which re-raises it and discards the successful transport result. This can cause callers to retry a message that was already sent.
Store the transport result and completion state. If teardown fails after a successful send, log the instrumentation failure and return the transport result.
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@packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mcp/opentelemetry/instrumentation/mcp/instrumentation.py
around lines 683 - 685, Update the send flow in the method containing
`self.__wrapped__.send(item)` to retain the transport result and track whether
sending completed successfully. If span teardown then fails, log the
instrumentation failure and return the stored result; continue to propagate
transport failures unchanged.
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| def log_trace_failure(logger: logging.Logger, origin: str, exc: BaseException) -> None: | ||
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| instrumentation failure is logged at debug and never reaches the caller, so | ||
| tracing can break without the traced program breaking. | ||
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| "OpenLLMetry failed to trace in %s, error: %s", | ||
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Contain failures from Config.exception_logger.
If the configured callback raises, catch that exception inside log_trace_failure. Otherwise, the callback can stop client entry before the wrapped operation runs, prevent ResponseStreamWriter.send from forwarding the item, or replace the wrapped transport exception.
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if Config.exception_logger:
- Config.exception_logger(exc)
+ try:
+ Config.exception_logger(exc)
+ except Exception:
+ logger.debug(
+ "OpenLLMetry exception logger failed in %s",
+ origin,
+ exc_info=True,
+ )🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In
@packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mcp/opentelemetry/instrumentation/mcp/utils.py
around lines 80 - 94, Update log_trace_failure to catch exceptions raised by
Config.exception_logger so the callback cannot interrupt the wrapped operation
or replace its exception; log callback failures at debug level with traceback
information.
After applying the fix, consider running `coderabbit review --agent` for local
review. Visit https://docs.coderabbit.ai/cli?utm_source=ghpr
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Fixes #4518
What happened
@dont_throwdecorated whole wrappers, so it swallowed exceptions raised inside the traced call and returnedNone:Client.__aenter__letasync withrun its body withc = Noneinstead of raising the connection error;__aexit__reported a clean teardown for a dead transport;InstrumentedStreamWriter.sendtold the caller the message went out while it never did.Change
The rule from the issue:
dont_throwguards the instrumentation's own code, never the call. The three wrappers now guard their span plumbing explicitly — span start, attribute setting,record_error, span end — through a new sharedlog_trace_failure(the logging half ofdont_throw, extracted so both paths emit the same debug line and feedConfig.exception_logger). Exceptions from the wrapped call propagate untouched.Instrumentation failure stays fail-open: if a span cannot be created the client still enters and the message is still sent — a span is worth less than a working call.
record_errorand the span-end calls are guarded too, so they cannot mask the original error (previously invisible underdont_throw).Tests
@dont_throw swallows Exception). They now assert the failure reaches the caller, while every span assertion — ended exactly once, status, detached context — is unchanged.test_instrumentation_failure_never_reaches_the_callerandtest_broken_tracer_does_not_drop_the_messagecover the fail-open half.Scope note
The same pattern exists in
patch_mcp_client(addressed by open #4464), and in__aiter__,ContextSavingStreamWriter.send, and the FastMCP init wrapper. Those stay untouched to keep this reviewable against the issue's three named sites — happy to follow up in a separate change if you want them in.Verification
uv run --frozen --group test pytest tests/ -qinpackages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mcp→ 29 passedruff checkclean on all four files. (ruff format --checkflags the same four files on unmodifiedmaintoo — the package is not format-enforced, so I didn't reformat unrelated lines.)Summary by CodeRabbit