fix: fix context propagation in distributed tracing

cmd/optimizely/main.go

@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/optimizely/agent/config"
 	"github.com/optimizely/agent/pkg/metrics"
-	"github.com/optimizely/agent/pkg/middleware"
 	"github.com/optimizely/agent/pkg/optimizely"
 	"github.com/optimizely/agent/pkg/routers"
 	"github.com/optimizely/agent/pkg/server"
@@ -52,6 +51,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdouttrace"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/propagation"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/resource"
 	sdktrace "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace"
 	semconv "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/semconv/v1.4.0"
@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@ func getStdOutTraceProvider(conf config.OTELTracingConfig) (*sdktrace.TracerProv
 	return sdktrace.NewTracerProvider(
 		sdktrace.WithBatcher(exp),
 		sdktrace.WithResource(res),
-		sdktrace.WithIDGenerator(middleware.NewTraceIDGenerator(conf.TraceIDHeaderKey)),
 	), nil
 }
 
@@ -206,7 +205,6 @@ func getRemoteTraceProvider(conf config.OTELTracingConfig) (*sdktrace.TracerProv
 		sdktrace.WithSampler(sdktrace.ParentBased(sdktrace.TraceIDRatioBased(conf.Services.Remote.SampleRate))),
 		sdktrace.WithResource(res),
 		sdktrace.WithSpanProcessor(bsp),
-		sdktrace.WithIDGenerator(middleware.NewTraceIDGenerator(conf.TraceIDHeaderKey)),
 	), nil
 }
 
@@ -253,6 +251,7 @@ func main() {
 			}
 		}()
 		otel.SetTracerProvider(tp)
+		otel.SetTextMapPropagator(propagation.TraceContext{})
 		log.Info().Msg(fmt.Sprintf("Tracing enabled with service %q", conf.Tracing.OpenTelemetry.Default))
 	} else {
 		log.Info().Msg("Tracing disabled")
@@ -282,7 +281,7 @@ func main() {
 		cancel()
 	}()
 
-	apiRouter := routers.NewDefaultAPIRouter(optlyCache, *conf, agentMetricsRegistry)
+	apiRouter := routers.NewDefaultAPIRouter(optlyCache, conf.API, agentMetricsRegistry)
 	adminRouter := routers.NewAdminRouter(*conf)
 
 	log.Info().Str("version", conf.Version).Msg("Starting services.")

config.yaml

@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ log:
 ##
 ## tracing: tracing configuration
 ##
+## For distributed tracing, trace context should be sent on "traceparent" header
+## The value set in HTTP Header must be a hex compliant with the W3C trace-context specification.
+## See more at https://www.w3.org/TR/trace-context/#trace-id
 tracing:
     ## bydefault tracing is disabled
     ## to enable tracing set enabled to true
@@ -43,10 +46,6 @@ tracing:
         ## tracing environment name
         ## example: for production environment env can be set as "prod"
         env: "dev"
-        ## HTTP Header Key for TraceID in Distributed Tracing
-        ## The value set in HTTP Header must be a hex compliant with the W3C trace-context specification.
-        ## See more at https://www.w3.org/TR/trace-context/#trace-id
-        traceIDHeaderKey: "X-Optimizely-Trace-ID"
         ## tracing service configuration
         services:
             ## stdout exporter configuration

config/config.go

@@ -225,11 +225,10 @@ const (
 )
 
 type OTELTracingConfig struct {
-	Default          TracingServiceType   `json:"default"`
-	ServiceName      string               `json:"serviceName"`
-	Env              string               `json:"env"`
-	TraceIDHeaderKey string               `json:"traceIDHeaderKey"`
-	Services         TracingServiceConfig `json:"services"`
+	Default     TracingServiceType   `json:"default"`
+	ServiceName string               `json:"serviceName"`
+	Env         string               `json:"env"`
+	Services    TracingServiceConfig `json:"services"`
 }
 
 type TracingServiceConfig struct {

pkg/middleware/trace.go

@@ -18,75 +18,22 @@
 package middleware
 
 import (
-	"context"
-	crand "crypto/rand"
-	"encoding/binary"
-	"math/rand"
 	"net/http"
-	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5/middleware"
-	"github.com/optimizely/agent/config"
-	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/propagation"
 	semconv "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/semconv/v1.4.0"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
-type traceIDGenerator struct {
-	sync.Mutex
-	randSource       *rand.Rand
-	traceIDHeaderKey string
-}
-
-func NewTraceIDGenerator(traceIDHeaderKey string) *traceIDGenerator {
-	var rngSeed int64
-	_ = binary.Read(crand.Reader, binary.LittleEndian, &rngSeed)
-	return &traceIDGenerator{
-		randSource:       rand.New(rand.NewSource(rngSeed)),
-		traceIDHeaderKey: traceIDHeaderKey,
-	}
-}
-
-func (gen *traceIDGenerator) NewSpanID(ctx context.Context, traceID trace.TraceID) trace.SpanID {
-	gen.Lock()
-	defer gen.Unlock()
-	sid := trace.SpanID{}
-	_, _ = gen.randSource.Read(sid[:])
-	return sid
-}
-
-func (gen *traceIDGenerator) NewIDs(ctx context.Context) (trace.TraceID, trace.SpanID) {
-	gen.Lock()
-	defer gen.Unlock()
-	tid := trace.TraceID{}
-	_, _ = gen.randSource.Read(tid[:])
-	sid := trace.SpanID{}
-	_, _ = gen.randSource.Read(sid[:])
-
-	// read trace id from header if provided
-	traceIDHeader := ctx.Value(gen.traceIDHeaderKey)
-	if val, ok := traceIDHeader.(string); ok {
-		if val != "" {
-			headerTraceId, err := trace.TraceIDFromHex(val)
-			if err == nil {
-				tid = headerTraceId
-			} else {
-				log.Error().Err(err).Msg("failed to parse trace id from header, invalid trace id")
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	return tid, sid
-}
-
-func AddTracing(conf config.TracingConfig, tracerName, spanName string) func(http.Handler) http.Handler {
+func AddTracing(tracerName, spanName string) func(http.Handler) http.Handler {
 	return func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
 		fn := func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-			pctx := context.WithValue(r.Context(), conf.OpenTelemetry.TraceIDHeaderKey, r.Header.Get(conf.OpenTelemetry.TraceIDHeaderKey))
+			prop := otel.GetTextMapPropagator()
+			propCtx := prop.Extract(r.Context(), propagation.HeaderCarrier(r.Header))
 
-			ctx, span := otel.Tracer(tracerName).Start(pctx, spanName)
+			ctx, span := otel.Tracer(tracerName).Start(propCtx, spanName)
 			defer span.End()
 
 			span.SetAttributes(

pkg/middleware/trace_test.go

@@ -18,14 +18,9 @@
 package middleware
 
 import (
-	"context"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/optimizely/agent/config"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
 func TestAddTracing(t *testing.T) {
@@ -37,7 +32,7 @@ func TestAddTracing(t *testing.T) {
 
 	req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/", nil)
 	rr := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	middleware := http.Handler(AddTracing(config.TracingConfig{}, "test-tracer", "test-span")(handler))
+	middleware := http.Handler(AddTracing("test-tracer", "test-span")(handler))
 
 	// Serve the request through the middleware
 	middleware.ServeHTTP(rr, req)
@@ -54,43 +49,3 @@ func TestAddTracing(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Expected Content-Type header %v, but got %v", "application/text", typeHeader)
 	}
 }
-
-func TestNewIDs(t *testing.T) {
-	gen := NewTraceIDGenerator("")
-	n := 1000
-
-	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
-		traceID, spanID := gen.NewIDs(context.Background())
-		assert.Truef(t, traceID.IsValid(), "trace id: %s", traceID.String())
-		assert.Truef(t, spanID.IsValid(), "span id: %s", spanID.String())
-	}
-}
-
-func TestNewSpanID(t *testing.T) {
-	gen := NewTraceIDGenerator("")
-	testTraceID := [16]byte{123, 123}
-	n := 1000
-
-	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
-		spanID := gen.NewSpanID(context.Background(), testTraceID)
-		assert.Truef(t, spanID.IsValid(), "span id: %s", spanID.String())
-	}
-}
-
-func TestNewSpanIDWithInvalidTraceID(t *testing.T) {
-	gen := NewTraceIDGenerator("")
-	spanID := gen.NewSpanID(context.Background(), trace.TraceID{})
-	assert.Truef(t, spanID.IsValid(), "span id: %s", spanID.String())
-}
-
-func TestTraceIDWithGivenHeaderValue(t *testing.T) {
-	traceHeader := "X-Trace-ID"
-	traceID := "9b8eac67e332c6f8baf1e013de6891bb"
-
-	gen := NewTraceIDGenerator(traceHeader)
-
-	ctx := context.WithValue(context.Background(), traceHeader, traceID)
-	genTraceID, _ := gen.NewIDs(ctx)
-	assert.Truef(t, genTraceID.IsValid(), "trace id: %s", genTraceID.String())
-	assert.Equal(t, traceID, genTraceID.String())
-}

pkg/routers/api.go

@@ -63,8 +63,7 @@ func forbiddenHandler(message string) http.HandlerFunc {
 }
 
 // NewDefaultAPIRouter creates a new router with the default backing optimizely.Cache
-func NewDefaultAPIRouter(optlyCache optimizely.Cache, agentConf config.AgentConfig, metricsRegistry *metrics.Registry) http.Handler {
-	conf := agentConf.API
+func NewDefaultAPIRouter(optlyCache optimizely.Cache, conf config.APIConfig, metricsRegistry *metrics.Registry) http.Handler {
 	authProvider := middleware.NewAuth(&conf.Auth)
 	if authProvider == nil {
 		log.Error().Msg("unable to initialize api auth middleware.")
@@ -109,19 +108,19 @@ func NewDefaultAPIRouter(optlyCache optimizely.Cache, agentConf config.AgentConf
 		corsHandler:         corsHandler,
 	}
 
-	return NewAPIRouter(spec, agentConf.Tracing)
+	return NewAPIRouter(spec)
 }
 
 // NewAPIRouter returns HTTP API router backed by an optimizely.Cache implementation
-func NewAPIRouter(opt *APIOptions, traceConf config.TracingConfig) *chi.Mux {
+func NewAPIRouter(opt *APIOptions) *chi.Mux {
 	r := chi.NewRouter()
-	WithAPIRouter(opt, r, traceConf)
+	WithAPIRouter(opt, r)
 	return r
 }
 
 // WithAPIRouter appends routes and middleware to the given router.
 // See https://godoc.org/github.com/go-chi/chi/v5#Mux.Group for usage
-func WithAPIRouter(opt *APIOptions, r chi.Router, traceConf config.TracingConfig) {
+func WithAPIRouter(opt *APIOptions, r chi.Router) {
 	getConfigTimer := middleware.Metricize("get-config", opt.metricsRegistry)
 	getDatafileTimer := middleware.Metricize("get-datafile", opt.metricsRegistry)
 	activateTimer := middleware.Metricize("activate", opt.metricsRegistry)
@@ -134,17 +133,17 @@ func WithAPIRouter(opt *APIOptions, r chi.Router, traceConf config.TracingConfig
 	createAccesstokenTimer := middleware.Metricize("create-api-access-token", opt.metricsRegistry)
 	contentTypeMiddleware := chimw.AllowContentType("application/json")
 
-	configTracer := middleware.AddTracing(traceConf, "configHandler", "OptimizelyConfig")
-	datafileTracer := middleware.AddTracing(traceConf, "datafileHandler", "OptimizelyDatafile")
-	activateTracer := middleware.AddTracing(traceConf, "activateHandler", "Activate")
-	decideTracer := middleware.AddTracing(traceConf, "decideHandler", "Decide")
-	trackTracer := middleware.AddTracing(traceConf, "trackHandler", "Track")
-	overrideTracer := middleware.AddTracing(traceConf, "overrideHandler", "Override")
-	lookupTracer := middleware.AddTracing(traceConf, "lookupHandler", "Lookup")
-	saveTracer := middleware.AddTracing(traceConf, "saveHandler", "Save")
-	sendOdpEventTracer := middleware.AddTracing(traceConf, "sendOdpEventHandler", "SendOdpEvent")
-	nStreamTracer := middleware.AddTracing(traceConf, "notificationHandler", "SendNotificationEvent")
-	authTracer := middleware.AddTracing(traceConf, "authHandler", "AuthToken")
+	configTracer := middleware.AddTracing("configHandler", "OptimizelyConfig")
+	datafileTracer := middleware.AddTracing("datafileHandler", "OptimizelyDatafile")
+	activateTracer := middleware.AddTracing("activateHandler", "Activate")
+	decideTracer := middleware.AddTracing("decideHandler", "Decide")
+	trackTracer := middleware.AddTracing("trackHandler", "Track")
+	overrideTracer := middleware.AddTracing("overrideHandler", "Override")
+	lookupTracer := middleware.AddTracing("lookupHandler", "Lookup")
+	saveTracer := middleware.AddTracing("saveHandler", "Save")
+	sendOdpEventTracer := middleware.AddTracing("sendOdpEventHandler", "SendOdpEvent")
+	nStreamTracer := middleware.AddTracing("notificationHandler", "SendNotificationEvent")
+	authTracer := middleware.AddTracing("authHandler", "AuthToken")
 
 	if opt.maxConns > 0 {
 		// Note this is NOT a rate limiter, but a concurrency threshold

pkg/routers/api_test.go

@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ func (suite *APIV1TestSuite) SetupTest() {
 		corsHandler:         testCorsHandler,
 	}
 
-	suite.mux = NewAPIRouter(opts, config.TracingConfig{})
+	suite.mux = NewAPIRouter(opts)
 }
 
 func (suite *APIV1TestSuite) TestValidRoutes() {
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ func (suite *APIV1TestSuite) TestValidRoutes() {
 		}
 		return http.HandlerFunc(fn)
 	}
-	suite.mux = NewAPIRouter(opts, config.TracingConfig{})
+	suite.mux = NewAPIRouter(opts)
 
 	routes := []struct {
 		method string
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ func TestAPIV1TestSuite(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestNewDefaultAPIV1Router(t *testing.T) {
-	client := NewDefaultAPIRouter(MockCache{}, config.AgentConfig{}, metricsRegistry)
+	client := NewDefaultAPIRouter(MockCache{}, config.APIConfig{}, metricsRegistry)
 	assert.NotNil(t, client)
 }
 
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ func TestNewDefaultAPIV1RouterInvalidHandlerConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		EnableNotifications: false,
 		EnableOverrides:     false,
 	}
-	client := NewDefaultAPIRouter(MockCache{}, config.AgentConfig{API: invalidAPIConfig}, metricsRegistry)
+	client := NewDefaultAPIRouter(MockCache{}, invalidAPIConfig, metricsRegistry)
 	assert.Nil(t, client)
 }
 
@@ -371,12 +371,12 @@ func TestNewDefaultClientRouterInvalidMiddlewareConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		EnableNotifications: false,
 		EnableOverrides:     false,
 	}
-	client := NewDefaultAPIRouter(MockCache{}, config.AgentConfig{API: invalidAPIConfig}, metricsRegistry)
+	client := NewDefaultAPIRouter(MockCache{}, invalidAPIConfig, metricsRegistry)
 	assert.Nil(t, client)
 }
 
 func TestForbiddenRoutes(t *testing.T) {
-	mux := NewDefaultAPIRouter(MockCache{}, config.AgentConfig{}, metricsRegistry)
+	mux := NewDefaultAPIRouter(MockCache{}, config.APIConfig{}, metricsRegistry)
 
 	routes := []struct {
 		method string