diff --git a/.github/workflows/backport.yml b/.github/workflows/backport.yml
index da0714ae1f..f308c5757b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backport.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backport.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           NUMBER: ${{ github.event.inputs.number }}
           # not using secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN since pull requests from that token do not run workflows
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.BOT_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.OPENTELEMETRYBOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           commit=$(gh pr view $NUMBER --json mergeCommit --jq .mergeCommit.oid)
           title=$(gh pr view $NUMBER --json title --jq .title)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/prepare-patch-release.yml b/.github/workflows/prepare-patch-release.yml
index 93c4fc74fd..42e287f981 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prepare-patch-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prepare-patch-release.yml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create pull request
         env:
           # not using secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN since pull requests from that token do not run workflows
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.BOT_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.OPENTELEMETRYBOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           message="Prepare release ${STABLE_VERSION}/${UNSTABLE_VERSION}"
           branch="opentelemetrybot/prepare-release-${STABLE_VERSION}-${UNSTABLE_VERSION}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/prepare-release-branch.yml b/.github/workflows/prepare-release-branch.yml
index f8edb3bef7..229c8ac7e6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prepare-release-branch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prepare-release-branch.yml
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create pull request against the release branch
         env:
           # not using secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN since pull requests from that token do not run workflows
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.BOT_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.OPENTELEMETRYBOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           message="Prepare release ${STABLE_VERSION}/${UNSTABLE_VERSION}"
           branch="opentelemetrybot/prepare-release-${STABLE_VERSION}-${UNSTABLE_VERSION}"
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create pull request against main
         env:
           # not using secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN since pull requests from that token do not run workflows
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.BOT_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.OPENTELEMETRYBOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           message="Update version to ${STABLE_NEXT_VERSION}/${UNSTABLE_NEXT_VERSION}"
           body="Update version to \`${STABLE_NEXT_VERSION}/${UNSTABLE_NEXT_VERSION}\`."
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 818ccdc68a..710514df19 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create pull request against main
         env:
           # not using secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN since pull requests from that token do not run workflows
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.BOT_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.OPENTELEMETRYBOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           message="Copy change log updates from $GITHUB_REF_NAME"
           body="Copy log updates from \`$GITHUB_REF_NAME\`."
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4331bb599c..5680e5fe3c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   ([#1435](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/1435))
 - mongo db - fix db statement capturing
   ([#1512](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/1512))
+- Add commit method for ConfluentKafkaInstrumentor's ProxiedConsumer
+  ([#1656](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/1656))
 
 ## Version 1.15.0/0.36b0 (2022-12-10)
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-client/tests/test_aiohttp_client_integration.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-client/tests/test_aiohttp_client_integration.py
index 524b93faeb..9210dae702 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-client/tests/test_aiohttp_client_integration.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-client/tests/test_aiohttp_client_integration.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 from pkg_resources import iter_entry_points
 
 from opentelemetry import context
+from opentelemetry import trace as trace_api
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation import aiohttp_client
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.aiohttp_client import (
     AioHttpClientInstrumentor,
@@ -434,6 +435,18 @@ async def create_session(server: aiohttp.test_utils.TestServer):
         run_with_test_server(create_session, self.URL, self.default_handler)
         self.assert_spans(1)
 
+    def test_no_op_tracer_provider(self):
+        AioHttpClientInstrumentor().uninstrument()
+        AioHttpClientInstrumentor().instrument(
+            tracer_provider=trace_api.NoOpTracerProvider()
+        )
+
+        run_with_test_server(
+            self.get_default_request(), self.URL, self.default_handler
+        )
+        spans_list = self.memory_exporter.get_finished_spans()
+        self.assertEqual(len(spans_list), 0)
+
     def test_uninstrument(self):
         AioHttpClientInstrumentor().uninstrument()
         run_with_test_server(
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-confluent-kafka/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/confluent_kafka/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-confluent-kafka/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/confluent_kafka/__init__.py
index 5d77e1c8e6..e4912313fb 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-confluent-kafka/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/confluent_kafka/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-confluent-kafka/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/confluent_kafka/__init__.py
@@ -173,6 +173,9 @@ def __init__(self, consumer: Consumer, tracer: Tracer):
     def committed(self, partitions, timeout=-1):
         return self._consumer.committed(partitions, timeout)
 
+    def commit(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self._consumer.commit(*args, **kwargs)
+
     def consume(
         self, num_messages=1, *args, **kwargs
     ):  # pylint: disable=keyword-arg-before-vararg
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-confluent-kafka/tests/test_instrumentation.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-confluent-kafka/tests/test_instrumentation.py
index e9462d7898..d78d128760 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-confluent-kafka/tests/test_instrumentation.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-confluent-kafka/tests/test_instrumentation.py
@@ -58,3 +58,18 @@ def test_instrument_api(self) -> None:
 
         consumer = instrumentation.uninstrument_consumer(consumer)
         self.assertEqual(consumer.__class__, Consumer)
+
+    def test_consumer_commit_method_exists(self) -> None:
+        instrumentation = ConfluentKafkaInstrumentor()
+
+        consumer = Consumer(
+            {
+                "bootstrap.servers": "localhost:29092",
+                "group.id": "mygroup",
+                "auto.offset.reset": "earliest",
+            }
+        )
+
+        consumer = instrumentation.instrument_consumer(consumer)
+        self.assertEqual(consumer.__class__, ProxiedConsumer)
+        self.assertTrue(hasattr(consumer, "commit"))
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-dbapi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/dbapi/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-dbapi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/dbapi/__init__.py
index d2bb76061a..6d7e37a45f 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-dbapi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/dbapi/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-dbapi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/dbapi/__init__.py
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ def instrument_connection(
     Returns:
         An instrumented connection.
     """
-    if isinstance(connection, _TracedConnectionProxy):
+    if isinstance(connection, wrapt.ObjectProxy):
         _logger.warning("Connection already instrumented")
         return connection
 
@@ -230,8 +230,8 @@ def uninstrument_connection(connection):
     Returns:
         An uninstrumented connection.
     """
-    if isinstance(connection, _TracedConnectionProxy):
-        return connection._connection
+    if isinstance(connection, wrapt.ObjectProxy):
+        return connection.__wrapped__
 
     _logger.warning("Connection is not instrumented")
     return connection
@@ -320,22 +320,14 @@ def get_connection_attributes(self, connection):
             self.span_attributes[SpanAttributes.NET_PEER_PORT] = port
 
 
-class _TracedConnectionProxy:
-    pass
-
-
 def get_traced_connection_proxy(
     connection, db_api_integration, *args, **kwargs
 ):
     # pylint: disable=abstract-method
-    class TracedConnectionProxy(type(connection), _TracedConnectionProxy):
-        def __init__(self, connection):
-            self._connection = connection
-
-        def __getattr__(self, name):
-            return object.__getattribute__(
-                object.__getattribute__(self, "_connection"), name
-            )
+    class TracedConnectionProxy(wrapt.ObjectProxy):
+        # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+        def __init__(self, connection, *args, **kwargs):
+            wrapt.ObjectProxy.__init__(self, connection)
 
         def __getattribute__(self, name):
             if object.__getattribute__(self, name):
@@ -347,16 +339,17 @@ def __getattribute__(self, name):
 
         def cursor(self, *args, **kwargs):
             return get_traced_cursor_proxy(
-                self._connection.cursor(*args, **kwargs), db_api_integration
+                self.__wrapped__.cursor(*args, **kwargs), db_api_integration
             )
 
-        # For some reason this is necessary as trying to access the close
-        # method of self._connection via __getattr__ leads to unexplained
-        # errors.
-        def close(self):
-            self._connection.close()
+        def __enter__(self):
+            self.__wrapped__.__enter__()
+            return self
+
+        def __exit__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+            self.__wrapped__.__exit__(*args, **kwargs)
 
-    return TracedConnectionProxy(connection)
+    return TracedConnectionProxy(connection, *args, **kwargs)
 
 
 class CursorTracer:
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-dbapi/tests/test_dbapi_integration.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-dbapi/tests/test_dbapi_integration.py
index a7fb608c27..0d19ce8373 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-dbapi/tests/test_dbapi_integration.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-dbapi/tests/test_dbapi_integration.py
@@ -325,14 +325,14 @@ def test_callproc(self):
 
     @mock.patch("opentelemetry.instrumentation.dbapi")
     def test_wrap_connect(self, mock_dbapi):
-        dbapi.wrap_connect(self.tracer, MockConnectionEmpty(), "connect", "-")
+        dbapi.wrap_connect(self.tracer, mock_dbapi, "connect", "-")
         connection = mock_dbapi.connect()
         self.assertEqual(mock_dbapi.connect.call_count, 1)
-        self.assertIsInstance(connection._connection, mock.Mock)
+        self.assertIsInstance(connection.__wrapped__, mock.Mock)
 
     @mock.patch("opentelemetry.instrumentation.dbapi")
     def test_unwrap_connect(self, mock_dbapi):
-        dbapi.wrap_connect(self.tracer, MockConnectionEmpty(), "connect", "-")
+        dbapi.wrap_connect(self.tracer, mock_dbapi, "connect", "-")
         connection = mock_dbapi.connect()
         self.assertEqual(mock_dbapi.connect.call_count, 1)
 
@@ -342,21 +342,19 @@ def test_unwrap_connect(self, mock_dbapi):
         self.assertIsInstance(connection, mock.Mock)
 
     def test_instrument_connection(self):
-        connection = MockConnectionEmpty()
+        connection = mock.Mock()
         # Avoid get_attributes failing because can't concatenate mock
-        # pylint: disable=attribute-defined-outside-init
         connection.database = "-"
         connection2 = dbapi.instrument_connection(self.tracer, connection, "-")
-        self.assertIs(connection2._connection, connection)
+        self.assertIs(connection2.__wrapped__, connection)
 
     def test_uninstrument_connection(self):
-        connection = MockConnectionEmpty()
+        connection = mock.Mock()
         # Set connection.database to avoid a failure because mock can't
         # be concatenated
-        # pylint: disable=attribute-defined-outside-init
         connection.database = "-"
         connection2 = dbapi.instrument_connection(self.tracer, connection, "-")
-        self.assertIs(connection2._connection, connection)
+        self.assertIs(connection2.__wrapped__, connection)
 
         connection3 = dbapi.uninstrument_connection(connection2)
         self.assertIs(connection3, connection)
@@ -372,12 +370,10 @@ def mock_connect(*args, **kwargs):
     server_host = kwargs.get("server_host")
     server_port = kwargs.get("server_port")
     user = kwargs.get("user")
-    return MockConnectionWithAttributes(
-        database, server_port, server_host, user
-    )
+    return MockConnection(database, server_port, server_host, user)
 
 
-class MockConnectionWithAttributes:
+class MockConnection:
     def __init__(self, database, server_port, server_host, user):
         self.database = database
         self.server_port = server_port
@@ -410,7 +406,3 @@ def executemany(self, query, params=None, throw_exception=False):
     def callproc(self, query, params=None, throw_exception=False):
         if throw_exception:
             raise Exception("Test Exception")
-
-
-class MockConnectionEmpty:
-    pass
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/tests/test_middleware_asgi.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/tests/test_middleware_asgi.py
index 784f8e24ec..a78501bcb8 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/tests/test_middleware_asgi.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/tests/test_middleware_asgi.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 from django.test import SimpleTestCase
 from django.test.utils import setup_test_environment, teardown_test_environment
 
+from opentelemetry import trace as trace_api
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.django import (
     DjangoInstrumentor,
     _DjangoMiddleware,
@@ -424,6 +425,16 @@ async def test_tracer_provider_traced(self):
             span.resource.attributes["resource-key"], "resource-value"
         )
 
+    async def test_no_op_tracer_provider(self):
+        _django_instrumentor.uninstrument()
+        _django_instrumentor.instrument(
+            tracer_provider=trace_api.NoOpTracerProvider()
+        )
+
+        await self.async_client.post("/traced/")
+        spans = self.exporter.get_finished_spans()
+        self.assertEqual(len(spans), 0)
+
 
 @patch.dict(
     "os.environ",
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask/tests/test_automatic.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask/tests/test_automatic.py
index b4ed9eb0bc..16d299085d 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask/tests/test_automatic.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask/tests/test_automatic.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 from werkzeug.test import Client
 from werkzeug.wrappers import Response
 
+from opentelemetry import trace as trace_api
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.flask import FlaskInstrumentor
 from opentelemetry.test.wsgitestutil import WsgiTestBase
 
@@ -78,3 +79,18 @@ def test_exluded_urls_explicit(self):
         self.assertEqual([b"Hello: 456"], list(resp.response))
         span_list = self.memory_exporter.get_finished_spans()
         self.assertEqual(len(span_list), 1)
+
+    def test_no_op_tracer_provider(self):
+        FlaskInstrumentor().uninstrument()
+        FlaskInstrumentor().instrument(
+            tracer_provider=trace_api.NoOpTracerProvider()
+        )
+
+        self.app = flask.Flask(__name__)
+        self.app.route("/hello/<int:helloid>")(self._hello_endpoint)
+        # pylint: disable=attribute-defined-outside-init
+        self.client = Client(self.app, Response)
+        self.client.get("/hello/123")
+
+        span_list = self.memory_exporter.get_finished_spans()
+        self.assertEqual(len(span_list), 0)
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql/tests/test_mysql_integration.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql/tests/test_mysql_integration.py
index 8274851ff1..3614febffd 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql/tests/test_mysql_integration.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql/tests/test_mysql_integration.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-from unittest.mock import Mock, patch
+from unittest import mock
 
 import mysql.connector
 
@@ -23,15 +23,6 @@
 from opentelemetry.test.test_base import TestBase
 
 
-def mock_connect(*args, **kwargs):
-    class MockConnection:
-        def cursor(self):
-            # pylint: disable=no-self-use
-            return Mock()
-
-    return MockConnection()
-
-
 def connect_and_execute_query():
     cnx = mysql.connector.connect(database="test")
     cursor = cnx.cursor()
@@ -47,9 +38,9 @@ def tearDown(self):
         with self.disable_logging():
             MySQLInstrumentor().uninstrument()
 
-    @patch("mysql.connector.connect", new=mock_connect)
+    @mock.patch("mysql.connector.connect")
     # pylint: disable=unused-argument
-    def test_instrumentor(self):
+    def test_instrumentor(self, mock_connect):
         MySQLInstrumentor().instrument()
 
         connect_and_execute_query()
@@ -71,8 +62,9 @@ def test_instrumentor(self):
         spans_list = self.memory_exporter.get_finished_spans()
         self.assertEqual(len(spans_list), 1)
 
-    @patch("mysql.connector.connect", new=mock_connect)
-    def test_custom_tracer_provider(self):
+    @mock.patch("mysql.connector.connect")
+    # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+    def test_custom_tracer_provider(self, mock_connect):
         resource = resources.Resource.create({})
         result = self.create_tracer_provider(resource=resource)
         tracer_provider, exporter = result
@@ -86,9 +78,9 @@ def test_custom_tracer_provider(self):
 
         self.assertIs(span.resource, resource)
 
-    @patch("mysql.connector.connect", new=mock_connect)
+    @mock.patch("mysql.connector.connect")
     # pylint: disable=unused-argument
-    def test_instrument_connection(self):
+    def test_instrument_connection(self, mock_connect):
         cnx, query = connect_and_execute_query()
 
         spans_list = self.memory_exporter.get_finished_spans()
@@ -101,8 +93,8 @@ def test_instrument_connection(self):
         spans_list = self.memory_exporter.get_finished_spans()
         self.assertEqual(len(spans_list), 1)
 
-    @patch("mysql.connector.connect", new=mock_connect)
-    def test_instrument_connection_no_op_tracer_provider(self):
+    @mock.patch("mysql.connector.connect")
+    def test_instrument_connection_no_op_tracer_provider(self, mock_connect):
         tracer_provider = trace_api.NoOpTracerProvider()
         MySQLInstrumentor().instrument(tracer_provider=tracer_provider)
         connect_and_execute_query()
@@ -110,9 +102,9 @@ def test_instrument_connection_no_op_tracer_provider(self):
         spans_list = self.memory_exporter.get_finished_spans()
         self.assertEqual(len(spans_list), 0)
 
-    @patch("mysql.connector.connect", new=mock_connect)
+    @mock.patch("mysql.connector.connect")
     # pylint: disable=unused-argument
-    def test_uninstrument_connection(self):
+    def test_uninstrument_connection(self, mock_connect):
         MySQLInstrumentor().instrument()
         cnx, query = connect_and_execute_query()
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pymysql/tests/test_pymysql_integration.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pymysql/tests/test_pymysql_integration.py
index 42dd94f2da..587ebc1b53 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pymysql/tests/test_pymysql_integration.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pymysql/tests/test_pymysql_integration.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-from unittest.mock import Mock, patch
+from unittest import mock
 
 import pymysql
 
@@ -22,24 +22,15 @@
 from opentelemetry.test.test_base import TestBase
 
 
-def mock_connect(*args, **kwargs):
-    class MockConnection:
-        def cursor(self):
-            # pylint: disable=no-self-use
-            return Mock()
-
-    return MockConnection()
-
-
 class TestPyMysqlIntegration(TestBase):
     def tearDown(self):
         super().tearDown()
         with self.disable_logging():
             PyMySQLInstrumentor().uninstrument()
 
-    @patch("pymysql.connect", new=mock_connect)
+    @mock.patch("pymysql.connect")
     # pylint: disable=unused-argument
-    def test_instrumentor(self):
+    def test_instrumentor(self, mock_connect):
         PyMySQLInstrumentor().instrument()
 
         cnx = pymysql.connect(database="test")
@@ -67,9 +58,9 @@ def test_instrumentor(self):
         spans_list = self.memory_exporter.get_finished_spans()
         self.assertEqual(len(spans_list), 1)
 
-    @patch("pymysql.connect", new=mock_connect)
+    @mock.patch("pymysql.connect")
     # pylint: disable=unused-argument
-    def test_custom_tracer_provider(self):
+    def test_custom_tracer_provider(self, mock_connect):
         resource = resources.Resource.create({})
         result = self.create_tracer_provider(resource=resource)
         tracer_provider, exporter = result
@@ -87,9 +78,9 @@ def test_custom_tracer_provider(self):
 
         self.assertIs(span.resource, resource)
 
-    @patch("pymysql.connect", new=mock_connect)
+    @mock.patch("pymysql.connect")
     # pylint: disable=unused-argument
-    def test_instrument_connection(self):
+    def test_instrument_connection(self, mock_connect):
         cnx = pymysql.connect(database="test")
         query = "SELECT * FROM test"
         cursor = cnx.cursor()
@@ -105,9 +96,9 @@ def test_instrument_connection(self):
         spans_list = self.memory_exporter.get_finished_spans()
         self.assertEqual(len(spans_list), 1)
 
-    @patch("pymysql.connect", new=mock_connect)
+    @mock.patch("pymysql.connect")
     # pylint: disable=unused-argument
-    def test_uninstrument_connection(self):
+    def test_uninstrument_connection(self, mock_connect):
         PyMySQLInstrumentor().instrument()
         cnx = pymysql.connect(database="test")
         query = "SELECT * FROM test"
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-wsgi/tests/test_wsgi_middleware.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-wsgi/tests/test_wsgi_middleware.py
index 6073b9daa7..ffe2982052 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-wsgi/tests/test_wsgi_middleware.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-wsgi/tests/test_wsgi_middleware.py
@@ -484,6 +484,21 @@ def test_basic_wsgi_call(self):
         response = app(self.environ, self.start_response)
         self.validate_response(response, exporter)
 
+    def test_no_op_tracer_provider(self):
+        app = otel_wsgi.OpenTelemetryMiddleware(
+            simple_wsgi, tracer_provider=trace_api.NoOpTracerProvider()
+        )
+
+        response = app(self.environ, self.start_response)
+        while True:
+            try:
+                value = next(response)
+                self.assertEqual(value, b"*")
+            except StopIteration:
+                break
+        span_list = self.memory_exporter.get_finished_spans()
+        self.assertEqual(len(span_list), 0)
+
 
 class TestWsgiMiddlewareWrappedWithAnotherFramework(WsgiTestBase):
     def test_mark_span_internal_in_presence_of_span_from_other_framework(self):