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fix(instrumentation-grpc): instrument @grpc/grpc-js Client methods #3804

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@pichlermarc pichlermarc commented May 15, 2023

Which problem is this PR solving?

Traces when using the @openfeature/flagd-provider are not connected as the @grpc/grpc-js Client methods used by @protobuf-ts/grpc-transport are not instrumented, (see instance creation, makeUnaryRequest, makeServerStreamRequest, makeClientStreamRequest, makeBidiStreamRequest) .

This was presumably not added initially as the Client class is only used via its prototype in clients generated by makeGenericClientConstructor()/makeClientConstructor(), which means that patching the methods on the Client class would not cause the patched method ever to be used.

Because clients generated by makeGenericClientConstructor()/makeClientConstructor() do not use the patched methods, it is possible to add instrumentation to those methods and not affect telemetry generated by the existing instrumentation code. This PR patches these un-instrumented client methods to provide context propagation and telemetry generation when the Client is used directly.

Fixes #3775

Short description of the changes

Adds instrumentation for the client methods

  • makeUnaryRequest
  • makeClientStreamRequest
  • makeServerStreamRequest
  • makeBidiStreamRequest

Type of change

I'm unsure whether to categorize this as a bugfix or a new feature. The Client class in @grpc/grpc-js is public, therefore I think it is entirely possible that people would use the class directly, as is the case in @protobuf-ts/grpc-transport

  • Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
  • New feature? (non-breaking change which adds functionality)

How Has This Been Tested?

  • Added test cases based on the existing client tests for @grpc/grpc-js
  • Manual testing using the @openfeature/flagd-provider

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  • Followed the style guidelines of this project
  • Unit tests have been added
  • Documentation has been updated

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Merging #3804 (0753de5) into main (1a7488e) will increase coverage by 0.03%.
The diff coverage is 92.72%.

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@pichlermarc pichlermarc force-pushed the fix/instrument-grpc-client branch from 7e1976f to f0448f4 Compare May 23, 2023 14:24
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Anything blocking getting this merged? Ive run into this issue also

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Anything blocking getting this merged? Ive run into this issue also

Currently, this is just missing reviews from @open-telemetry/javascript-approvers - we'll need to get at least one green check to merge, though I'd like to have at least two as this is quite a significant change. I don't know if the original authors of this instrumentation are still around, which further complicates the process.

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left a few comments but as I'm not an grpc expert may review doesn't cover all these inner grpc details.

@pichlermarc pichlermarc force-pushed the fix/instrument-grpc-client branch from 1b468aa to 4b681f4 Compare June 13, 2023 07:56
@pichlermarc pichlermarc force-pushed the fix/instrument-grpc-client branch from 1bbe68d to 6e38f0f Compare June 26, 2023 11:26
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Sorry for the force-push - I must've messed up my history somewhere and there were too many commits to figure out where it went wrong. 😞

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@Flarna, thank you for the review; it has been extremely helpful as I'm not as familiar with writing instrumentations as I'd like to be - I made some quite substantial changes since the last review based on your suggestions. 🙂

I added a few questions to your comments - mostly regarding modifying the pre-existing code that I moved to helper functions.

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Really large change and I'm also not a grpc expert but it looks ok to me

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Hey @pichlermarc, would it be possible to merge this soon?

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Hey @pichlermarc, would it be possible to merge this soon?

Yes, sorry @beeme1mr, I was out for a while and did not notice we already have enough approvals now. Failing EOL tests are unrelated (see #4030)

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pichlermarc commented Jul 31, 2023

/easycla

Edit: looks like easycla is broken right now. communitybridge/easycla#4071, we'll have to wait until it's back.

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mydea commented Aug 10, 2023

I think this lead to #4053 (but not sure, just digging around a bit)!

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Disconnected traces when using @opentelemetry/instrumentation-grpc with @openfeature/flagd-provider
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