open-telemetry / open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python

Object of type "None" is not subscriptable

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Description

Describe your environment

sdk 1.32.1

What happened?

errors in vscode/pyright with

Object of type "None" is not subscriptablePylance[reportOptionalSubscript](https://github.com/microsoft/pyright/blob/main/docs/configuration.md#reportOptionalSubscript)

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Steps to Reproduce
print(span.attributes["name"])
Expected Result

No type error because span.attributes can never be None.

Actual Result
Object of type "None" is not subscriptablePylance[reportOptionalSubscript](https://github.com/microsoft/pyright/blob/main/docs/configuration.md#reportOptionalSubscript)
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Research direction

Start by locating the type definition for span.attributes in the Python SDK and reproduce the reported access with Pyright or Pylance. Confirm that the annotation reflects attributes as non-None so the shown subscription produces no optional-subscript error.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
observability-sre
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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