feat: Don't set ATTR_SERVICE_NAME in fastify instrumentation by bcomnes · Pull Request #70 · fastify/otel

bcomnes · 2025-06-24T22:01:55Z

This PR is adjacent to #69

In trying to understand how to use this otel instrument, I tried setting the SemanticResourceAttributes.SERVICE_NAME in the resource field of the NodeSDK instance in my otel setup. I was surprised to see that the fastify instrument wasn't inheriting this the way the other instruments were. I see that I can set this for both by exporting a OTEL_SERVICE_NAME, but if I set it in the NodeSDK constructor, I also have to pass a name to serverName in the fastify instrument, which is inconsistent with the other instruments.

According to the otel spec:

It seems like this is something that should be set on the resource, in the accompanying SDK and not something instruments should be concerned with.

For example, in the http instrument, ATTR_SERVICE_NAME is never set

https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/blob/main/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/src/utils.ts#L469-L481

Same with GRPC:

https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/blob/main/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/src/instrumentation.ts#L456

Also the way this is implemented is that if you omit serverName and don't have OTEL_SERVICE_NAME exported, but pass in a service name to NodeSDK, your fastify spans will get tagged with a service name of fastify as the fallback for serverName rather than your service name, which definitely doesn't seem correct.

This would either be a bug fix or a breaking change, but given how long its been around it should probably be breaking.

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run npm run test and npm run benchmark
tests and/or benchmarks are included
documentation is changed or added
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metcoder95

Can you add a tests that covers the NodeSDK path?

Eomm

I would like to understand more the issue here because it seems already handled to me

README.md

bcomnes · 2025-06-26T18:30:32Z

Can you add a tests that covers the NodeSDK path?

Yes, good idea. Will add something in.

chiawendt · 2025-08-12T17:04:12Z

I added a NodeSDK test in #86

chiawendt · 2025-09-05T07:48:39Z

Hi @bcomnes thanks you for your effort, can you rebase this PR? This bug is causing our spans to have wrong service_name=fastify.

bcomnes · 2025-09-05T13:58:33Z

Yes I will today

bcomnes · 2025-09-05T23:30:15Z

There were some conflicts I tried to address. Hopefully the tests still pass.

# Conflicts: # index.js # test/index.test.js

bcomnes · 2025-09-06T00:12:52Z

Took one final pass to remove a few more servername references. Definitely give it a one more once over but lets land it while its still fresh.

bcomnes · 2025-09-12T00:36:12Z

@Eomm Did these changes address your request? Sorry for the timeline on this one.

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Pull Request Overview

Align Fastify instrumentation with OpenTelemetry spec by removing explicit service.name span attributes and the servername option; rely on Resource for service naming.

Remove all ATTR_SERVICE_NAME usage and the servername configuration from the instrumentation.
Update tests to stop asserting on service.name span attributes; adjust docs to direct users to set service name via Resource (OTEL_SERVICE_NAME or NodeSDK).
Clean up typings/tests to reflect removal of servername.

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File	Description
index.js	Removes servername handling and all service.name attribute injections to follow OTel Resource semantics.
test/index.test.js	Updates expectations to no longer include service.name attributes.
test/sdk.test.js	Removes service.name assertions from spans when using NodeSDK.
test/env-vars.test.js	Renames test and drops service.name attribute assertions.
test/api.test.js	Removes API assertion for the servername option/property.
types/index.test-d.ts	Drops servername from config type assertions.
types/env-vars.test-d.ts	Removes servername from type assertions.
README.md	Documents that service name comes from Resource and removes servername option examples/docs.

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Copilot · 2025-09-19T02:55:02Z

index.js

  constructor (config) {
    super(PACKAGE_NAME, PACKAGE_VERSION, config)
-    this.servername = config?.servername ?? process.env.OTEL_SERVICE_NAME ?? 'fastify'
    this.logger = diag.createComponentLogger({ namespace: PACKAGE_NAME })


[nitpick] serverName/servername has been removed, but passing it now gets silently ignored. Please emit a deprecation warning if config.servername is provided to guide users to set service name via Resource (OTEL_SERVICE_NAME or NodeSDK resource). For example, after line 56: if (config && 'servername' in config) { this.logger.warn('FastifyOtelInstrumentation: "servername" is no longer supported; set service name via Resource (OTEL_SERVICE_NAME or NodeSDK resource).'); }

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this.logger = diag.createComponentLogger({ namespace: PACKAGE_NAME })

this.logger = diag.createComponentLogger({ namespace: PACKAGE_NAME })

// Deprecation warning for serverName/servername

if (config && ('serverName' in config || 'servername' in config)) {

this.logger.warn(

'FastifyOtelInstrumentation: "serverName"/"servername" is no longer supported; set service name via Resource (OTEL_SERVICE_NAME or NodeSDK resource).'

)

}

Copilot · 2025-09-19T02:55:03Z

README.md

+
+// Service name should be set via environment variable:
+// export OTEL_SERVICE_NAME=my-server
+// or via NodeSDK resource configuration


[nitpick] Consider adding an explicit migration note here to make the breaking change clear for users: // Note: the 'serverName'/'servername' option has been removed; set the service name via OTEL_SERVICE_NAME or NodeSDK Resource.

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// or via NodeSDK resource configuration

// or via NodeSDK resource configuration

// Note: The 'serverName'/'servername' option has been removed.

// Set the service name via the OTEL_SERVICE_NAME environment variable or NodeSDK Resource.

bcomnes · 2025-09-25T21:37:11Z

Ping @Eomm in case you might have time this week 😅

chiawendt · 2025-09-30T06:58:24Z

Hi @gurgunday, can you help review this one?

mcollina

lgtm

mcollina · 2025-10-06T05:39:03Z

@bcomnes it's time to ship

bcomnes · 2025-10-06T07:09:58Z

I need someone to merge for me :)

Eomm

Sorry - I'm late 🙌

bcomnes · 2025-10-06T16:38:15Z

No worries thank you for reviewing!

This was referenced Jun 24, 2025

Make README example less pseudo-y #69

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test: add a NodeSDK test #86

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Remove serverName

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# Conflicts: # index.js # test/index.test.js

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metcoder95 changed the title ~~Don't set ATTR_SERVICE_NAME in fastify instrumentation~~ feat: Don't set ATTR_SERVICE_NAME in fastify instrumentation Oct 2, 2025

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feat(node): Bump to latest @fastify/otel getsentry/sentry-javascript#19452

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-    this.logger = diag.createComponentLogger({ namespace: PACKAGE_NAME })
+    this.logger = diag.createComponentLogger({ namespace: PACKAGE_NAME })
+    // Deprecation warning for serverName/servername
+    if (config && ('serverName' in config || 'servername' in config)) {
+      this.logger.warn(
+        'FastifyOtelInstrumentation: "serverName"/"servername" is no longer supported; set service name via Resource (OTEL_SERVICE_NAME or NodeSDK resource).'
+      )
+    }

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