Azure / Azure/azure-functions-dotnet-worker

Consider config for opting out of Worker Dependency logs

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Description

### Description

We should consider providing a config based way for customers to opt out of the default dependency logging the worker does on function invocations (code [here](https://github.com/Azure/azure-functions-dotnet-worker/blob/c4113d1c5936ab3235d7a73ec5a88596977c8335/src/DotNetWorker.Core/Diagnostics/FunctionActivitySourceFactory.cs#L32)). These logs show up as "Invoke" internal dependencies:

![Image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/69d00078-73fd-4df0-ac32-7d7e3f55f04c)

Currently the only way for customers to remove these Invoke dependency logs is to write a custom telemetry processr, as in [this](https://github.com/RohitRanjanMS/ApplicationInsightsDemo/blob/main/Isolated/IsolatedApplicationInsightsDemo/CustomTelemetryProcessor.cs) sample:

```csharp
public class CustomTelemetryProcessor : ITelemetryProcessor
{
private ITelemetryProcessor Next { get; set; }

// Link processors to each other in the chain.
public CustomTelemetryProcessor(ITelemetryProcessor next)
{
this.Next = next;
}

public void Process(ITelemetry telemetry)
{
if (telemetry is DependencyTelemetry dependency && dependency.Name == "Invoke")
{
// Do not send telemetry for the "Invoke" dependency.
return;
}
// Call the next processor in the chain.
this.Next.Process(telemetry);
}
}
```

This came up recently in CRI https://portal.microsofticm.com/imp/v5/incidents/details/564586958/summary.

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Research direction

Start with src/DotNetWorker.Core/Diagnostics/FunctionActivitySourceFactory.cs and compare its default dependency logging with the linked CustomTelemetryProcessor sample. Define the configuration entry point and verify that opting out suppresses only the "Invoke" dependency logs while preserving other telemetry.

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Tech stack
csharp
Domain
observability-sre
Issue type
Feature
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5/5
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Over a week
Activity status
Stale
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Needs clarification
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