From 66f20769e4dd3d8dc8c6a7c939b1a2d048ba075d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Neel Shah <neel.shah@sentry.io>
Date: Tue, 27 May 2025 17:31:55 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Cleanup meta references on flush

---
 sentry_sdk/opentelemetry/span_processor.py | 8 +++++++-
 sentry_sdk/opentelemetry/utils.py          | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sentry_sdk/opentelemetry/span_processor.py b/sentry_sdk/opentelemetry/span_processor.py
index b5279bccb0..a148fb0f62 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/opentelemetry/span_processor.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/opentelemetry/span_processor.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
     get_profile_context,
     get_sentry_meta,
     set_sentry_meta,
+    delete_sentry_meta,
 )
 from sentry_sdk.profiler.continuous_profiler import (
     try_autostart_continuous_profiler,
@@ -173,6 +174,7 @@ def _flush_root_span(self, span):
         # TODO-neel-potel sort and cutoff max spans
 
         sentry_sdk.capture_event(transaction_event)
+        self._cleanup_references([span] + collected_spans)
 
     def _append_child_span(self, span):
         # type: (ReadableSpan) -> None
@@ -253,7 +255,6 @@ def _root_span_to_transaction_event(self, span):
             profile.__exit__(None, None, None)
             if profile.valid():
                 event["profile"] = profile
-                set_sentry_meta(span, "profile", None)
 
         return event
 
@@ -314,6 +315,11 @@ def _common_span_transaction_attributes_as_json(self, span):
 
         return common_json
 
+    def _cleanup_references(self, spans):
+        # type: (List[ReadableSpan]) -> None
+        for span in spans:
+            delete_sentry_meta(span)
+
     def _log_debug_info(self):
         # type: () -> None
         import pprint
diff --git a/sentry_sdk/opentelemetry/utils.py b/sentry_sdk/opentelemetry/utils.py
index b9dbbd5f09..abee007a6b 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/opentelemetry/utils.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/opentelemetry/utils.py
@@ -464,6 +464,14 @@ def set_sentry_meta(span, key, value):
     span._sentry_meta = sentry_meta  # type: ignore[union-attr]
 
 
+def delete_sentry_meta(span):
+    # type: (Union[AbstractSpan, ReadableSpan]) -> None
+    try:
+        del span._sentry_meta  # type: ignore[union-attr]
+    except AttributeError:
+        pass
+
+
 def get_profile_context(span):
     # type: (ReadableSpan) -> Optional[dict[str, str]]
     if not span.attributes: