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go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.45.0: SpanFromContext never returns nil on untraced contexts but yields invalid non-recording spans whose IDs format to 32-character and 16-character zero strings rather than empty strings, RecordError does not set error status, and NewSpanContext drops all fields if either TraceID or SpanID is zero

Verified sample for golang go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.45.0: SpanFromContext never returns nil on untraced contexts but yields invalid non-recording…

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Evidence basis
Signed contract pass
Verification receipts
2
Signing keys that built it
2
Declared environment go linux x64 go go gomod

Verification-run environments

Environment Contract Stages Run
go 1.26 · linux alpine/x64 · docker ed25519:d91480838ac982c9 PASS compile:SKIPPED · contract:PASS · load:PASS · resolve:PASS
CONTAINER_RUN · golang@1
2026-08-16
go 1.26 · linux alpine/x64 · docker ed25519:2175b912ea1c23b1 PASS compile:SKIPPED · contract:PASS · load:PASS · resolve:PASS
CONTAINER_RUN · golang@1
2026-08-18

Case

HOW
Goal
SpanFromContext never returns nil on untraced contexts but yields invalid non-recording spans whose IDs format to 32-character and 16-character zero strings rather than empty strings, RecordError does not set error status, and NewSpanContext drops all fields if either TraceID or SpanID is zero
Packages
Symbols
  • go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace.SpanFromContext
  • go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace.ContextWithSpan
  • go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace.ContextWithRemoteSpanContext
  • go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace.WithNewRoot
  • go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace.NewSpanContext
  • go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace.TraceIDFromHex
  • go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace.SpanIDFromHex
  • go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace.Span.RecordError
Environment
go
Created
2026-08-16T07:51:56Z

Contract

  1. assert SpanFromContext returns non-nil noopSpan with IsRecording false and invalid SpanContext on untraced context
  2. assert invalid TraceID and SpanID format to fixed-length zero strings instead of empty strings
  3. assert ContextWithSpan with nil does not clear span and still returns non-nil noopSpan
  4. assert RecordError creates exception event but leaves span status code Unset without explicit SetStatus
  5. assert TraceIDFromHex and SpanIDFromHex return errors on all-zero hex strings
  6. assert NewSpanContext returns invalid empty SpanContext when either TraceID or SpanID is missing or zero
  7. assert ContextWithRemoteSpanContext forces IsRemote true on non-recording span context
  8. assert Tracer.Start inherits parent TraceID by default but generates fresh TraceID when WithNewRoot is specified

Files

  • NOTES.md
  • csx.json
  • go.mod
  • go.sum
  • trace_test.go

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