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FeatureSupport broken when using a wrapped IDbConnection

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Description

Our code uses a "wrapped connection" for APM tracing (inspired by mini profiler), and so this code in FeatureSupport.cs doesn't work:

public static FeatureSupport Get(IDbConnection connection) { string name = connection?.GetType().Name; if (string.Equals(name, "npgsqlconnection", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)) return Postgres; return Default; }

Essentially, connection is a "TracingDbConnection" that wraps and proxies an underlying "NpgsqlConnection" while sending traces to DataDog (that part isn't of concern here). There doesn't appear to be a way for code outside of Dapper to "correct" this.

It looks like using MiniProfiler has the same issue: https://github.com/MiniProfiler/dotnet/issues/319 (which makes sense, since our approach was inspired by MiniProfiler's)

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Research direction

Start in FeatureSupport.cs at FeatureSupport.Get(IDbConnection connection), then trace how wrapped connections reach this entry point. Compare the behavior for a direct NpgsqlConnection and the reported TracingDbConnection or MiniProfiler-style wrapper. Done means feature detection works for the wrapped connection without regressing direct connections; the payload does not name a test file.

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Assessment

Tech stack
csharp
Domain
backend, database
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
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Newbie friendliness
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