refactor(otel): Accept builder, remove custom sampling

Author: ayushiahjolia

examples/src/main/java/software/amazon/lambda/durable/examples/general/OtelExample.java

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 import software.amazon.lambda.durable.DurableContext;
 import software.amazon.lambda.durable.DurableHandler;
 import software.amazon.lambda.durable.examples.types.GreetingRequest;
-import software.amazon.lambda.durable.otel.DeterministicIdGenerator;
 import software.amazon.lambda.durable.otel.OpenTelemetryDurablePlugin;
 
 /**
@@ -40,12 +39,8 @@ public class OtelExample extends DurableHandler<GreetingRequest, String> {
 
     @Override
     protected DurableConfig createConfiguration() {
-        var idGenerator = new DeterministicIdGenerator();
-        var tracerProvider = SdkTracerProvider.builder()
-                .setIdGenerator(idGenerator)
-                .addSpanProcessor(SimpleSpanProcessor.create(LoggingSpanExporter.create()))
-                .build();
-        var otelPlugin = new OpenTelemetryDurablePlugin(tracerProvider, idGenerator);
+        var otelPlugin = new OpenTelemetryDurablePlugin(
+                SdkTracerProvider.builder().addSpanProcessor(SimpleSpanProcessor.create(LoggingSpanExporter.create())));
 
         return DurableConfig.builder().withPlugins(otelPlugin).build();
     }

otel-plugin/src/main/java/software/amazon/lambda/durable/otel/OpenTelemetryDurablePlugin.java

@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.TraceFlags;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.TraceState;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.Tracer;
-import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.TracerProvider;
 import io.opentelemetry.context.Context;
 import io.opentelemetry.context.Scope;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.SdkTracerProvider;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.SdkTracerProviderBuilder;
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -52,17 +52,15 @@ public class OpenTelemetryDurablePlugin implements DurableExecutionPlugin {
     private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(OpenTelemetryDurablePlugin.class);
     private static final String INSTRUMENTATION_NAME = "aws-durable-execution-sdk-java";
 
-    private final TracerProvider tracerProvider;
+    private final SdkTracerProvider tracerProvider;
     private final Tracer tracer;
     private final DeterministicIdGenerator idGenerator;
     private final ContextExtractor contextExtractor;
-    private final double samplingRate;
     private final boolean enableMdc;
 
     // Per-invocation state
     private volatile Span invocationSpan;
     private volatile String executionArn;
-    private volatile boolean sampled = true;
 
     // Thread-safe storage for operation spans (keyed by operationId) — open spans that need ending
     private final ConcurrentHashMap<String, Span> operationSpans = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
@@ -75,75 +73,52 @@ public class OpenTelemetryDurablePlugin implements DurableExecutionPlugin {
     private final ConcurrentHashMap<String, SpanContext> operationContexts = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
 
     /**
-     * Creates an OTel plugin with default settings: X-Ray context extraction, 100% sampling, MDC enabled.
+     * Creates an OTel plugin with default settings: X-Ray context extraction, MDC enabled.
      *
-     * @param tracerProvider the OTel tracer provider (should use {@link DeterministicIdGenerator})
-     * @param idGenerator the deterministic ID generator (same instance configured in the tracer provider)
+     * @param tracerProviderBuilder the tracer provider builder (ID generator will be overridden)
      */
-    public OpenTelemetryDurablePlugin(TracerProvider tracerProvider, DeterministicIdGenerator idGenerator) {
-        this(tracerProvider, idGenerator, new XRayContextExtractor(), 1.0, true);
+    public OpenTelemetryDurablePlugin(SdkTracerProviderBuilder tracerProviderBuilder) {
+        this(tracerProviderBuilder, new XRayContextExtractor(), true);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Creates an OTel plugin with a custom context extractor and sampling rate, MDC enabled.
+     * Creates an OTel plugin with a custom context extractor, MDC enabled.
      *
-     * @param tracerProvider the OTel tracer provider
-     * @param idGenerator the deterministic ID generator
+     * @param tracerProviderBuilder the tracer provider builder (ID generator will be overridden)
      * @param contextExtractor extracts parent trace context from the Lambda environment
-     * @param samplingRate value between 0.0 and 1.0 — fraction of executions to trace
      */
     public OpenTelemetryDurablePlugin(
-            TracerProvider tracerProvider,
-            DeterministicIdGenerator idGenerator,
-            ContextExtractor contextExtractor,
-            double samplingRate) {
-        this(tracerProvider, idGenerator, contextExtractor, samplingRate, true);
+            SdkTracerProviderBuilder tracerProviderBuilder, ContextExtractor contextExtractor) {
+        this(tracerProviderBuilder, contextExtractor, true);
     }
 
     /**
      * Creates an OTel plugin with full configuration.
      *
-     * @param tracerProvider the OTel tracer provider
-     * @param idGenerator the deterministic ID generator
+     * <p>The plugin internally creates a {@link DeterministicIdGenerator} and sets it on the provided builder before
+     * building the tracer provider. Customers configure exporters, span processors, and samplers on the builder — the
+     * plugin handles ID generation.
+     *
+     * @param tracerProviderBuilder the tracer provider builder (ID generator will be overridden)
      * @param contextExtractor extracts parent trace context from the Lambda environment
-     * @param samplingRate value between 0.0 and 1.0 — fraction of executions to trace
      * @param enableMdc if true, injects trace_id/span_id into SLF4J MDC for log correlation
      */
     public OpenTelemetryDurablePlugin(
-            TracerProvider tracerProvider,
-            DeterministicIdGenerator idGenerator,
-            ContextExtractor contextExtractor,
-            double samplingRate,
-            boolean enableMdc) {
-        this.tracerProvider = tracerProvider;
-        this.idGenerator = idGenerator;
+            SdkTracerProviderBuilder tracerProviderBuilder, ContextExtractor contextExtractor, boolean enableMdc) {
+        this.idGenerator = new DeterministicIdGenerator();
+        this.tracerProvider = tracerProviderBuilder.setIdGenerator(idGenerator).build();
         this.tracer = tracerProvider.get(INSTRUMENTATION_NAME);
         this.contextExtractor = contextExtractor;
-        this.samplingRate = samplingRate;
         this.enableMdc = enableMdc;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Creates an OTel plugin using a pre-configured {@link SdkTracerProvider}.
-     *
-     * @param sdkTracerProvider the SDK tracer provider
-     * @param idGenerator the deterministic ID generator
-     */
-    public OpenTelemetryDurablePlugin(SdkTracerProvider sdkTracerProvider, DeterministicIdGenerator idGenerator) {
-        this((TracerProvider) sdkTracerProvider, idGenerator);
-    }
-
     // ─── Invocation hooks ────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
     @Override
     public void onInvocationStart(InvocationInfo info) {
         this.executionArn = info.executionArn();
         idGenerator.setExecutionArn(info.executionArn());
 
-        // Determine sampling (consistent across all invocations of same execution)
-        this.sampled = SamplingUtil.shouldSampleExecution(info.executionArn(), samplingRate);
-        if (!sampled) return;
-
         // Extract parent context from Lambda environment (X-Ray, W3C, etc.)
         var extractedParentContext = contextExtractor.extract();
 
@@ -162,7 +137,7 @@ public void onInvocationStart(InvocationInfo info) {
 
     @Override
     public void onInvocationEnd(InvocationEndInfo info) {
-        if (!sampled || invocationSpan == null) return;
+        if (invocationSpan == null) return;
 
         // End any operation spans that are still open (operations that didn't complete in this invocation)
         for (var entry : operationSpans.entrySet()) {
@@ -196,19 +171,17 @@ public void onInvocationEnd(InvocationEndInfo info) {
         invocationSpan = null;
 
         // Flush spans before Lambda freezes
-        if (tracerProvider instanceof SdkTracerProvider sdkProvider) {
-            var flushResult = sdkProvider.forceFlush().join(5, java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.SECONDS);
-            if (!flushResult.isSuccess()) {
-                logger.warn("OTel span flush failed or timed out — some spans may be lost");
-            }
+        var flushResult = tracerProvider.forceFlush().join(5, java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+        if (!flushResult.isSuccess()) {
+            logger.warn("OTel span flush failed or timed out — some spans may be lost");
         }
     }
 
     // ─── Operation hooks ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
     @Override
     public void onOperationStart(OperationInfo info) {
-        if (!sampled || info.id() == null) return;
+        if (info.id() == null) return;
 
         idGenerator.setNextSpanOperationId(info.id());
 
@@ -239,7 +212,7 @@ public void onOperationStart(OperationInfo info) {
 
     @Override
     public void onOperationEnd(OperationEndInfo info) {
-        if (!sampled || info.id() == null) return;
+        if (info.id() == null) return;
 
         // End the operation span that was started in onOperationStart
         var span = operationSpans.remove(info.id());
@@ -257,7 +230,6 @@ public void onOperationEnd(OperationEndInfo info) {
 
     @Override
     public void onUserFunctionStart(UserFunctionStartInfo info) {
-        if (!sampled) return;
         var key = attemptKey(info.id(), info.attempt());
 
         // Use the operation span as parent for the attempt span
@@ -295,7 +267,6 @@ public void onUserFunctionStart(UserFunctionStartInfo info) {
 
     @Override
     public void onUserFunctionEnd(UserFunctionEndInfo info) {
-        if (!sampled) return;
         var key = attemptKey(info.id(), info.attempt());
 
         // Close scope first (must happen on same thread as makeCurrent)

otel-plugin/src/main/java/software/amazon/lambda/durable/otel/SamplingUtil.java

@@ -54,14 +54,11 @@ void inject_withNullArn_doesNotSetArn() {
     void plugin_withMdcEnabled_setsArnInMdc() {
         // Test MDC through the full plugin lifecycle (where makeCurrent is called on same thread)
         var spanExporter = InMemorySpanExporter.create();
-        var idGenerator = new DeterministicIdGenerator();
-        var tracerProvider = SdkTracerProvider.builder()
-                .setIdGenerator(idGenerator)
-                .addSpanProcessor(SimpleSpanProcessor.create(spanExporter))
-                .build();
 
         var plugin = new OpenTelemetryDurablePlugin(
-                tracerProvider, idGenerator, () -> io.opentelemetry.context.Context.root(), 1.0, true);
+                SdkTracerProvider.builder().addSpanProcessor(SimpleSpanProcessor.create(spanExporter)),
+                () -> io.opentelemetry.context.Context.root(),
+                true);
 
         plugin.onInvocationStart(new InvocationInfo("req-1", "arn:exec-mdc-test", true));
 

otel-plugin/src/test/java/software/amazon/lambda/durable/otel/MdcSpanEnricherTest.java

@@ -17,20 +17,15 @@ class OpenTelemetryDurablePluginTest {
 
     private InMemorySpanExporter spanExporter;
     private OpenTelemetryDurablePlugin plugin;
-    private DeterministicIdGenerator idGenerator;
 
     @BeforeEach
     void setUp() {
         spanExporter = InMemorySpanExporter.create();
-        idGenerator = new DeterministicIdGenerator();
-
-        var tracerProvider = SdkTracerProvider.builder()
-                .setIdGenerator(idGenerator)
-                .addSpanProcessor(SimpleSpanProcessor.create(spanExporter))
-                .build();
 
         plugin = new OpenTelemetryDurablePlugin(
-                tracerProvider, idGenerator, () -> io.opentelemetry.context.Context.root(), 1.0, false);
+                SdkTracerProvider.builder().addSpanProcessor(SimpleSpanProcessor.create(spanExporter)),
+                () -> io.opentelemetry.context.Context.root(),
+                false);
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -215,16 +210,13 @@ void operationNotCompleted_spanEndedAtInvocationEnd() {
     }
 
     @Test
-    void sampling_disabledExecution_producesNoSpans() {
+    void sampling_disabled_producesNoSpans() {
         spanExporter = InMemorySpanExporter.create();
         var sampledPlugin = new OpenTelemetryDurablePlugin(
                 SdkTracerProvider.builder()
-                        .setIdGenerator(idGenerator)
-                        .addSpanProcessor(SimpleSpanProcessor.create(spanExporter))
-                        .build(),
-                idGenerator,
+                        .setSampler(io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.samplers.Sampler.alwaysOff())
+                        .addSpanProcessor(SimpleSpanProcessor.create(spanExporter)),
                 () -> io.opentelemetry.context.Context.root(),
-                0.0, // 0% sampling — nothing should be traced
                 false);
 
         sampledPlugin.onInvocationStart(new InvocationInfo("req-1", "arn:exec1", true));