Create spans on scope

MIGRATION_GUIDE.md

@@ -9,10 +9,13 @@ Looking to upgrade from Sentry SDK 2.x to 3.x? Here's a comprehensive list of wh
 
 ### Changed
 
+- `sentry_sdk.start_span` now only takes keyword arguments.
+
 ### Removed
 
 ### Deprecated
 
+- `sentry_sdk.start_transaction` is deprecated. Use `sentry_sdk.start_span` instead.
 
 ## Upgrading to 2.0
 

sentry_sdk/api.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import inspect
 
-from sentry_sdk import tracing, tracing_utils, Client
+from sentry_sdk import tracing_utils, Client
 from sentry_sdk._init_implementation import init
 from sentry_sdk.tracing import POTelSpan, Transaction, trace
 from sentry_sdk.crons import monitor
@@ -233,14 +233,26 @@ def flush(
 
 
 def start_span(
+    *,
+    span=None,
+    custom_sampling_context=None,
     **kwargs,  # type: Any
 ):
     # type: (...) -> POTelSpan
     """
-    Alias for tracing.POTelSpan constructor. The method signature is the same.
+    Start and return a span.
+
+    This is the entry point to manual tracing instrumentation.
+
+    A tree structure can be built by adding child spans to the span.
+    To start a new child span within the span, call the `start_child()` method.
+
+    When used as a context manager, spans are automatically finished at the end
+    of the `with` block. If not using context managers, call the `finish()`
+    method.
     """
     # TODO: Consider adding type hints to the method signature.
-    return tracing.POTelSpan(**kwargs)
+    return get_current_scope().start_span(span, custom_sampling_context, **kwargs)
 
 
 def start_transaction(
@@ -282,7 +294,11 @@ def start_transaction(
         constructor. See :py:class:`sentry_sdk.tracing.Transaction` for
         available arguments.
     """
-    return start_span(**kwargs)
+    return start_span(
+        span=transaction,
+        custom_sampling_context=custom_sampling_context,
+        **kwargs,
+    )
 
 
 def set_measurement(name, value, unit=""):

sentry_sdk/scope.py

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     NoOpSpan,
     Span,
     Transaction,
+    POTelSpan,
 )
 from sentry_sdk._types import TYPE_CHECKING
 from sentry_sdk.utils import (
@@ -963,6 +964,10 @@ def start_transaction(
     ):
         # type: (Optional[Transaction], Optional[SamplingContext], Unpack[TransactionKwargs]) -> Union[Transaction, NoOpSpan]
         """
+        .. deprecated:: 3.0.0
+            This function is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.
+            Use :py:meth:`sentry_sdk.start_span` instead.
+
         Start and return a transaction.
 
         Start an existing transaction if given, otherwise create and start a new
@@ -993,19 +998,12 @@ def start_transaction(
         """
         kwargs.setdefault("scope", self)
 
-        client = self.get_client()
-
         try_autostart_continuous_profiler()
 
         custom_sampling_context = custom_sampling_context or {}
 
-        # kwargs at this point has type TransactionKwargs, since we have removed
-        # the client and custom_sampling_context from it.
-        transaction_kwargs = kwargs  # type: TransactionKwargs
-
         # if we haven't been given a transaction, make one
-        if transaction is None:
-            transaction = Transaction(**transaction_kwargs)
+        transaction = transaction or POTelSpan(**kwargs)
 
         # use traces_sample_rate, traces_sampler, and/or inheritance to make a
         # sampling decision
@@ -1024,39 +1022,24 @@ def start_transaction(
 
             transaction._profile = profile
 
-            # we don't bother to keep spans if we already know we're not going to
-            # send the transaction
-            max_spans = (client.options["_experiments"].get("max_spans")) or 1000
-            transaction.init_span_recorder(maxlen=max_spans)
-
         return transaction
 
-    def start_span(self, **kwargs):
-        # type: (Any) -> Span
+    def start_span(self, span=None, custom_sampling_context=None, **kwargs):
+        # type: (Optional[Span], Optional[SamplingContext], Any) -> Span
         """
-        Start a span whose parent is the currently active span or transaction, if any.
+        Start a span whose parent is the currently active span, if any.
 
         The return value is a :py:class:`sentry_sdk.tracing.Span` instance,
         typically used as a context manager to start and stop timing in a `with`
         block.
 
-        Only spans contained in a transaction are sent to Sentry. Most
-        integrations start a transaction at the appropriate time, for example
-        for every incoming HTTP request. Use
-        :py:meth:`sentry_sdk.start_transaction` to start a new transaction when
-        one is not already in progress.
-
         For supported `**kwargs` see :py:class:`sentry_sdk.tracing.Span`.
-
-        The instrumenter parameter is deprecated for user code, and it will
-        be removed in the next major version. Going forward, it should only
-        be used by the SDK itself.
         """
         with new_scope():
             kwargs.setdefault("scope", self)
 
             # get current span or transaction
-            span = self.span or self.get_isolation_scope().span
+            span = span or self.span or self.get_isolation_scope().span
 
             if span is None:
                 # New spans get the `trace_id` from the scope
@@ -1065,7 +1048,7 @@ def start_span(self, **kwargs):
                     if propagation_context is not None:
                         kwargs["trace_id"] = propagation_context.trace_id
 
-                span = Span(**kwargs)
+                span = POTelSpan(**kwargs)
             else:
                 # Children take `trace_id`` from the parent span.
                 span = span.start_child(**kwargs)

sentry_sdk/tracing.py

@@ -1308,7 +1308,10 @@ def containing_transaction(self):
 
     def start_child(self, **kwargs):
         # type: (str, **Any) -> POTelSpan
-        pass
+        kwargs.setdefault("sampled", self.sampled)
+
+        span = POTelSpan(**kwargs)
+        return span
 
     @classmethod
     def continue_from_environ(
@@ -1317,7 +1320,9 @@ def continue_from_environ(
         **kwargs,  # type: Any
     ):
         # type: (...) -> POTelSpan
-        pass
+        # XXX actually propagate
+        span = POTelSpan(**kwargs)
+        return span
 
     @classmethod
     def continue_from_headers(
@@ -1326,7 +1331,9 @@ def continue_from_headers(
         **kwargs,  # type: Any
     ):
         # type: (...) -> POTelSpan
-        pass
+        # XXX actually propagate
+        span = POTelSpan(**kwargs)
+        return span
 
     def iter_headers(self):
         # type: () -> Iterator[Tuple[str, str]]
@@ -1339,7 +1346,9 @@ def from_traceparent(
         **kwargs,  # type: Any
     ):
         # type: (...) -> Optional[Transaction]
-        pass
+        # XXX actually propagate
+        span = POTelSpan(**kwargs)
+        return span
 
     def to_traceparent(self):
         # type: () -> str