fix: filter dropped spans in upsert_span to match export behavior (#1118)

Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: saksharthakkar

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "uipath"
-version = "2.4.23"
+version = "2.4.24"
 description = "Python SDK and CLI for UiPath Platform, enabling programmatic interaction with automation services, process management, and deployment tools."
 readme = { file = "README.md", content-type = "text/markdown" }
 requires-python = ">=3.11"

src/uipath/tracing/_otel_exporters.py

@@ -188,6 +188,9 @@ def upsert_span(
         Returns:
             SpanExportResult indicating success or failure
         """
+        if self._should_drop_span(span):
+            return SpanExportResult.SUCCESS
+
         span_data = _SpanUtils.otel_span_to_uipath_span(
             span, custom_trace_id=self.trace_id, serialize_attributes=False
         ).to_dict(serialize_attributes=False)

tests/tracing/test_otel_exporters.py

@@ -737,6 +737,16 @@ def test_upsert_span_failure_retries(self, exporter_with_mocks, mock_span):
             assert result == SpanExportResult.FAILURE
             assert exporter_with_mocks.http_client.post.call_count == 4  # max_retries=4
 
+    def test_upsert_span_filters_dropped_spans(self, exporter_with_mocks):
+        """upsert_span should skip spans marked with telemetry.filter=drop."""
+        span = MagicMock(spec=ReadableSpan)
+        span.attributes = {"telemetry.filter": "drop"}
+
+        result = exporter_with_mocks.upsert_span(span)
+
+        assert result == SpanExportResult.SUCCESS
+        exporter_with_mocks.http_client.post.assert_not_called()
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()