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Fastapi: multiple http receive and send spans for single request
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Description
I am using opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi. Everything works great except I get many small spans of http receive and http send for a single request. (see the screenshot below) Is there a way to combine these spans?
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the multiple http receive and http send spans with opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi, using the linked screenshot as the expected symptom. Trace where these spans are created and review the existing issue comments; done means determining whether spans for one request can be combined and documenting or implementing the agreed behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- fastapi, python
- Domain
- backend, observability
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100