Opentelemetry spans names have changed when changed tracing_provider

Author: shipnrunCreated Aug 30, 2023Updated Jul 30, 2026

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Describe the bug

Since I changed to tracing_provider from "datadog" to "otel" the traces received in datadog has changed. To do that I followed this guide https://docs.datadoghq.com/opentelemetry/otel_collector_datadog_exporter/?tab=onahost.

The env vars used to set the tracing configuration are:

TRACING_SERVICE_NAME="hydra"
TRACING_PROVIDER="otel"
TRACING_PROVIDERS_OTLP_INSECURE=true
TRACING_PROVIDERS_OTLP_SAMPLING_SAMPLING_RATIO=0.4
TRACING_PROVIDERS_OTLP_SERVER_URL="my.otel.collector:4318"
OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES="service.name=hydra,deployment.environment=pre,service.version=2.1.2"

The otel collector image used is "otel/opentelemetry-collector-contrib:0.81.0" and the config used:

receivers:
  otlp:
    protocols:
      http:
      grpc:
  # The hostmetrics receiver is required to get correct infrastructure metrics in Datadog.
  hostmetrics:
    collection_interval: 10s
    scrapers:
      paging:
        metrics:
          system.paging.utilization:
            enabled: true
      cpu:
        metrics:
          system.cpu.utilization:
            enabled: true
      disk:
      filesystem:
        metrics:
          system.filesystem.utilization:
            enabled: true
      load:
      memory:
      network:
      processes:
  # The prometheus receiver scrapes metrics needed for the OpenTelemetry Collector Dashboard.
  prometheus:
    config:
      scrape_configs:
      - job_name: 'otelcol'
        scrape_interval: 10s
        static_configs:
        - targets: ['0.0.0.0:8888']

processors:
  batch:
    send_batch_max_size: 100
    send_batch_size: 10
    timeout: 10s

exporters:
  logging:
    verbosity: detailed
    sampling_initial: 5
    sampling_thereafter: 200
  datadog:
    api:
      site: datadoghq.eu
      key: MY_DATADOG_KEY

service:
  pipelines:
    metrics:
      receivers: [hostmetrics, prometheus, otlp]
      processors: [batch]
      exporters: [otlp/elastic]
    traces:
      receivers: [otlp]
      processors: [batch]
      exporters: [otlp/elastic]
    logs:
      receivers: [otlp]
      processors: [batch]
      exporters: [otlp/elastic]

One of the changes I have noticed is that the spans have changed. Before: old4 (2) After: new4 (2)

And the other changed I've noticed is that resource name requested has changed as well. Before: old3 (2) After: new3 (2)

I can't tell if both changes are related.

The previous version of hydra used was 1.11.7 and the new version is 2.1.2.

Reproducing the bug

1 - Set these env vars:

TRACING_SERVICE_NAME="hydra"
TRACING_PROVIDER="otel"
TRACING_PROVIDERS_OTLP_INSECURE=true
TRACING_PROVIDERS_OTLP_SAMPLING_SAMPLING_RATIO=0.4
TRACING_PROVIDERS_OTLP_SERVER_URL="my.otel.collector:4318"
OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES="service.name=hydra,deployment.environment=pre,service.version=2.1.2"

2- Run a otel collector with this config:

receivers:
  otlp:
    protocols:
      http:
      grpc:
  # The hostmetrics receiver is required to get correct infrastructure metrics in Datadog.
  hostmetrics:
    collection_interval: 10s
    scrapers:
      paging:
        metrics:
          system.paging.utilization:
            enabled: true
      cpu:
        metrics:
          system.cpu.utilization:
            enabled: true
      disk:
      filesystem:
        metrics:
          system.filesystem.utilization:
            enabled: true
      load:
      memory:
      network:
      processes:
  # The prometheus receiver scrapes metrics needed for the OpenTelemetry Collector Dashboard.
  prometheus:
    config:
      scrape_configs:
      - job_name: 'otelcol'
        scrape_interval: 10s
        static_configs:
        - targets: ['0.0.0.0:8888']

processors:
  batch:
    send_batch_max_size: 100
    send_batch_size: 10
    timeout: 10s

exporters:
  logging:
    verbosity: detailed
    sampling_initial: 5
    sampling_thereafter: 200
  datadog:
    api:
      site: datadoghq.eu
      key: MY_DATADOG_KEY

service:
  pipelines:
    metrics:
      receivers: [hostmetrics, prometheus, otlp]
      processors: [batch]
      exporters: [otlp/elastic]
    traces:
      receivers: [otlp]
      processors: [batch]
      exporters: [otlp/elastic]
    logs:
      receivers: [otlp]
      processors: [batch]
      exporters: [otlp/elastic]

Relevant log output

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Relevant configuration

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Version

2.1.2

On which operating system are you observing this issue?

Linux

In which environment are you deploying?

Docker

Additional Context

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Source: ory/hydra

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