Default most SDKs to a no-tracer-provider setup; opt-in flag to enable it #22486

Description

@andreiborza

Today @sentry/node (and everything built on it) always installs an OpenTelemetry tracer provider + context strategy via initOpenTelemetry. For v11 we want to flip the default: most SDKs should run without a tracer provider (core startSpan APIs + an AsyncLocalStorage context strategy for scope isolation, i.e. the old node-core/light model), and only the SDKs that genuinely need OTel span pickup (Next.js, SvelteKit) should default to the full tracer-provider setup.

Users on any SDK must still be able to opt into a tracer provider when they want OTel spans surfaced in Sentry. We need to decide whether to introduce a new flag or reuse/rename an existing one, and settle the default per SDK.

Considerations

  • Existing related options: skipOpenTelemetrySetup, openTelemetryBasicTracerProvider, openTelemetrySpanProcessors. Prefer reusing/reframing over adding a fourth overlapping flag if we can.
  • Default matrix: node / bun / aws-serverless / google-cloud-serverless / etc. → no tracer provider; nextjs / sveltekit → tracer provider. Confirm the full list.
  • Requires an AsyncLocalStorage-based async context strategy available in @sentry/node (the one deleted with node-core/light) for the no-provider default.
  • This is the mechanism that unblocks the @sentry/effect async-context fix and the "light mode achievable with the regular node SDK" goal stated in ref(node): Merge @sentry/node-core back into @sentry/node #22418.

Gate channel-based instrumentation on the tracer-provider mode

Channel-based (orchestrion diagnostics-channel) instrumentation is now the default (#22501). In _init, channel injection is registered whenever hasSpansEnabled is true, independent of skipOpenTelemetrySetup or which provider is active. Once the no-provider default lands, that gate is wrong: channel integrations create spans via core startSpan, and in a no-tracer-provider / light setup they produce orphaned or half-instrumented spans (e.g. Express request_handler spans without a parameterized http.route). This was observed while flipping the channel default — the node-otel-sdk-node and node-otel-custom-sampler e2e apps (which run a user-owned NodeSDK/NodeTracerProvider feeding SentrySpanProcessor) emitted exactly these half-working spans and had to be skipped.

As part of this work:

  • Gate useChannelInjection (channel-injection registration in _init) on "Sentry owns the tracer provider", not just hasSpansEnabled.
  • Decide whether the skipped e2e apps (node-otel-sdk-node, node-otel-custom-sampler) stay removed (they test the v11-removed "bring your own OTel to process Sentry spans" path) or get re-covered under the new model.

Acceptance criteria

  • Documented flag (new or reused) controlling tracer-provider setup, with per-SDK defaults implemented.
  • nextjs/sveltekit default to tracer provider; other server SDKs default to none.
  • Opt-in path verified to pick up OTel spans in Sentry.
  • Channel-based instrumentation is gated on the tracer-provider mode: no auto perf spans in the no-provider default; verified no orphaned/half-instrumented spans.

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    Default most SDKs to a no-tracer-provider setup; opt-in flag to enable it #22486

    Description

    @andreiborza

    Today @sentry/node (and everything built on it) always installs an OpenTelemetry tracer provider + context strategy via initOpenTelemetry. For v11 we want to flip the default: most SDKs should run without a tracer provider (core startSpan APIs + an AsyncLocalStorage context strategy for scope isolation, i.e. the old node-core/light model), and only the SDKs that genuinely need OTel span pickup (Next.js, SvelteKit) should default to the full tracer-provider setup.

    Users on any SDK must still be able to opt into a tracer provider when they want OTel spans surfaced in Sentry. We need to decide whether to introduce a new flag or reuse/rename an existing one, and settle the default per SDK.

    Considerations

    • Existing related options: skipOpenTelemetrySetup, openTelemetryBasicTracerProvider, openTelemetrySpanProcessors. Prefer reusing/reframing over adding a fourth overlapping flag if we can.
    • Default matrix: node / bun / aws-serverless / google-cloud-serverless / etc. → no tracer provider; nextjs / sveltekit → tracer provider. Confirm the full list.
    • Requires an AsyncLocalStorage-based async context strategy available in @sentry/node (the one deleted with node-core/light) for the no-provider default.
    • This is the mechanism that unblocks the @sentry/effect async-context fix and the "light mode achievable with the regular node SDK" goal stated in ref(node): Merge @sentry/node-core back into @sentry/node #22418.

    Gate channel-based instrumentation on the tracer-provider mode

    Channel-based (orchestrion diagnostics-channel) instrumentation is now the default (#22501). In _init, channel injection is registered whenever hasSpansEnabled is true, independent of skipOpenTelemetrySetup or which provider is active. Once the no-provider default lands, that gate is wrong: channel integrations create spans via core startSpan, and in a no-tracer-provider / light setup they produce orphaned or half-instrumented spans (e.g. Express request_handler spans without a parameterized http.route). This was observed while flipping the channel default — the node-otel-sdk-node and node-otel-custom-sampler e2e apps (which run a user-owned NodeSDK/NodeTracerProvider feeding SentrySpanProcessor) emitted exactly these half-working spans and had to be skipped.

    As part of this work:

    • Gate useChannelInjection (channel-injection registration in _init) on "Sentry owns the tracer provider", not just hasSpansEnabled.
    • Decide whether the skipped e2e apps (node-otel-sdk-node, node-otel-custom-sampler) stay removed (they test the v11-removed "bring your own OTel to process Sentry spans" path) or get re-covered under the new model.

    Acceptance criteria

    • Documented flag (new or reused) controlling tracer-provider setup, with per-SDK defaults implemented.
    • nextjs/sveltekit default to tracer provider; other server SDKs default to none.
    • Opt-in path verified to pick up OTel spans in Sentry.
    • Channel-based instrumentation is gated on the tracer-provider mode: no auto perf spans in the no-provider default; verified no orphaned/half-instrumented spans.

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      , 'i'); if (__m === '*' || __re.test(location.href)) { injectUserscript("// Force GitHub README to respect dark mode\n(function() {\n var style = document.createElement('style');\n style.textContent = '\n .markdown-body {\n color-scheme: dark light;\n }\n .markdown-body pre { background: #161b22 !important; }\n .markdown-body code { background: rgba(110, 118, 129, 0.4) !important; }\n .markdown-body table th, .markdown-body table td { border-color: #30363d !important; }\n .markdown-body img { background: #0d1117; }\n .markdown-body blockquote { border-left-color: #8b949e; }\n .markdown-body hr { border-color: #30363d; }\n ';\n document.head.appendChild(style);\n})();", "GitHub Dark Mode README Fix"); } } catch(__e) { console.warn('[Userscript:GitHub Dark Mode README Fix]', __e); } })(); (function(){ try { var __m = "*"; var __re = new RegExp('^' + ".*" + '
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      Default most SDKs to a no-tracer-provider setup; opt-in flag to enable it #22486

      Description

      @andreiborza

      Today @sentry/node (and everything built on it) always installs an OpenTelemetry tracer provider + context strategy via initOpenTelemetry. For v11 we want to flip the default: most SDKs should run without a tracer provider (core startSpan APIs + an AsyncLocalStorage context strategy for scope isolation, i.e. the old node-core/light model), and only the SDKs that genuinely need OTel span pickup (Next.js, SvelteKit) should default to the full tracer-provider setup.

      Users on any SDK must still be able to opt into a tracer provider when they want OTel spans surfaced in Sentry. We need to decide whether to introduce a new flag or reuse/rename an existing one, and settle the default per SDK.

      Considerations

      • Existing related options: skipOpenTelemetrySetup, openTelemetryBasicTracerProvider, openTelemetrySpanProcessors. Prefer reusing/reframing over adding a fourth overlapping flag if we can.
      • Default matrix: node / bun / aws-serverless / google-cloud-serverless / etc. → no tracer provider; nextjs / sveltekit → tracer provider. Confirm the full list.
      • Requires an AsyncLocalStorage-based async context strategy available in @sentry/node (the one deleted with node-core/light) for the no-provider default.
      • This is the mechanism that unblocks the @sentry/effect async-context fix and the "light mode achievable with the regular node SDK" goal stated in ref(node): Merge @sentry/node-core back into @sentry/node #22418.

      Gate channel-based instrumentation on the tracer-provider mode

      Channel-based (orchestrion diagnostics-channel) instrumentation is now the default (#22501). In _init, channel injection is registered whenever hasSpansEnabled is true, independent of skipOpenTelemetrySetup or which provider is active. Once the no-provider default lands, that gate is wrong: channel integrations create spans via core startSpan, and in a no-tracer-provider / light setup they produce orphaned or half-instrumented spans (e.g. Express request_handler spans without a parameterized http.route). This was observed while flipping the channel default — the node-otel-sdk-node and node-otel-custom-sampler e2e apps (which run a user-owned NodeSDK/NodeTracerProvider feeding SentrySpanProcessor) emitted exactly these half-working spans and had to be skipped.

      As part of this work:

      • Gate useChannelInjection (channel-injection registration in _init) on "Sentry owns the tracer provider", not just hasSpansEnabled.
      • Decide whether the skipped e2e apps (node-otel-sdk-node, node-otel-custom-sampler) stay removed (they test the v11-removed "bring your own OTel to process Sentry spans" path) or get re-covered under the new model.

      Acceptance criteria

      • Documented flag (new or reused) controlling tracer-provider setup, with per-SDK defaults implemented.
      • nextjs/sveltekit default to tracer provider; other server SDKs default to none.
      • Opt-in path verified to pick up OTel spans in Sentry.
      • Channel-based instrumentation is gated on the tracer-provider mode: no auto perf spans in the no-provider default; verified no orphaned/half-instrumented spans.

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        , 'i'); if (__m === '*' || __re.test(location.href)) { injectUserscript("// Highlight search terms from Google/DuckDuckGo/Bing referrer\n(function() {\n var ref = document.referrer;\n var terms = [];\n \n if (ref.includes('google.com') || ref.includes('duckduckgo.com') || ref.includes('bing.com')) {\n var url = new URL(ref);\n var q = url.searchParams.get('q') || url.searchParams.get('p');\n if (q) {\n terms = q.split(/\\s+/).filter(function(t) { return t.length > 2; });\n }\n }\n \n if (terms.length === 0) return;\n \n var style = document.createElement('style');\n style.textContent = '.userscript-highlight { background: #fbbf24; color: #1a1a2e; padding: 1px 3px; border-radius: 2px; }';\n document.head.appendChild(style);\n \n function highlight(node) {\n if (node.nodeType === 3) { // text node\n var text = node.textContent;\n var found = false;\n terms.forEach(function(term) {\n var regex = new RegExp('(' + term.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\\]\\\\]/g, '\\\\') + ')', 'gi');\n if (regex.test(text)) {\n found = true;\n var frag = document.createDocumentFragment();\n var parts = text.split(regex);\n parts.forEach(function(part, i) {\n if (i % 2 === 0) {\n frag.appendChild(document.createTextNode(part));\n } else {\n var span = document.createElement('span');\n span.className = 'userscript-highlight';\n span.textContent = part;\n frag.appendChild(span);\n }\n });\n node.parentNode.replaceChild(frag, node);\n }\n });\n } else if (node.nodeType === 1 && node.childNodes) { // element\n var skipTags = ['SCRIPT', 'STYLE', 'NOSCRIPT', 'TEXTAREA', 'INPUT', 'SELECT'];\n if (!skipTags.includes(node.tagName)) {\n Array.from(node.childNodes).forEach(highlight);\n }\n }\n }\n \n highlight(document.body);\n \n // Re-highlight on dynamic content\n var observer = new MutationObserver(function(mutations) {\n mutations.forEach(function(m) {\n m.addedNodes.forEach(function(node) {\n if (node.nodeType === 1 || node.nodeType === 3) highlight(node);\n });\n });\n });\n observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });\n})();", "Highlight Search Terms"); } } catch(__e) { console.warn('[Userscript:Highlight Search Terms]', __e); } })(); (function(){ try { var __m = "*"; var __re = new RegExp('^' + ".*" + '
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        Default most SDKs to a no-tracer-provider setup; opt-in flag to enable it #22486

        Description

        @andreiborza

        Today @sentry/node (and everything built on it) always installs an OpenTelemetry tracer provider + context strategy via initOpenTelemetry. For v11 we want to flip the default: most SDKs should run without a tracer provider (core startSpan APIs + an AsyncLocalStorage context strategy for scope isolation, i.e. the old node-core/light model), and only the SDKs that genuinely need OTel span pickup (Next.js, SvelteKit) should default to the full tracer-provider setup.

        Users on any SDK must still be able to opt into a tracer provider when they want OTel spans surfaced in Sentry. We need to decide whether to introduce a new flag or reuse/rename an existing one, and settle the default per SDK.

        Considerations

        • Existing related options: skipOpenTelemetrySetup, openTelemetryBasicTracerProvider, openTelemetrySpanProcessors. Prefer reusing/reframing over adding a fourth overlapping flag if we can.
        • Default matrix: node / bun / aws-serverless / google-cloud-serverless / etc. → no tracer provider; nextjs / sveltekit → tracer provider. Confirm the full list.
        • Requires an AsyncLocalStorage-based async context strategy available in @sentry/node (the one deleted with node-core/light) for the no-provider default.
        • This is the mechanism that unblocks the @sentry/effect async-context fix and the "light mode achievable with the regular node SDK" goal stated in ref(node): Merge @sentry/node-core back into @sentry/node #22418.

        Gate channel-based instrumentation on the tracer-provider mode

        Channel-based (orchestrion diagnostics-channel) instrumentation is now the default (#22501). In _init, channel injection is registered whenever hasSpansEnabled is true, independent of skipOpenTelemetrySetup or which provider is active. Once the no-provider default lands, that gate is wrong: channel integrations create spans via core startSpan, and in a no-tracer-provider / light setup they produce orphaned or half-instrumented spans (e.g. Express request_handler spans without a parameterized http.route). This was observed while flipping the channel default — the node-otel-sdk-node and node-otel-custom-sampler e2e apps (which run a user-owned NodeSDK/NodeTracerProvider feeding SentrySpanProcessor) emitted exactly these half-working spans and had to be skipped.

        As part of this work:

        • Gate useChannelInjection (channel-injection registration in _init) on "Sentry owns the tracer provider", not just hasSpansEnabled.
        • Decide whether the skipped e2e apps (node-otel-sdk-node, node-otel-custom-sampler) stay removed (they test the v11-removed "bring your own OTel to process Sentry spans" path) or get re-covered under the new model.

        Acceptance criteria

        • Documented flag (new or reused) controlling tracer-provider setup, with per-SDK defaults implemented.
        • nextjs/sveltekit default to tracer provider; other server SDKs default to none.
        • Opt-in path verified to pick up OTel spans in Sentry.
        • Channel-based instrumentation is gated on the tracer-provider mode: no auto perf spans in the no-provider default; verified no orphaned/half-instrumented spans.

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          , 'i'); if (__m === '*' || __re.test(location.href)) { injectUserscript("// Strip utm_, fbclid, gclid, etc. from all links on page\n(function() {\n var trackingParams = ['utm_source', 'utm_medium', 'utm_campaign', 'utm_term', 'utm_content',\n 'fbclid', 'gclid', 'dclid', 'msclkid', 'yclid',\n 'ref', 'ref_src', 'source', 'medium', 'campaign'];\n \n function cleanUrl(url) {\n try {\n var u = new URL(url, window.location.origin);\n var changed = false;\n trackingParams.forEach(function(p) {\n if (u.searchParams.has(p)) {\n u.searchParams.delete(p);\n changed = true;\n }\n });\n return changed ? u.toString() : url;\n } catch (e) {\n return url;\n }\n }\n \n function cleanLinks() {\n document.querySelectorAll('a[href]').forEach(function(a) {\n var clean = cleanUrl(a.href);\n if (clean !== a.href) a.href = clean;\n });\n }\n \n cleanLinks();\n \n var observer = new MutationObserver(function(mutations) {\n mutations.forEach(function(m) {\n m.addedNodes.forEach(function(node) {\n if (node.nodeType === 1) {\n if (node.tagName === 'A') cleanLinks();\n node.querySelectorAll('a[href]').forEach(function(a) {\n var clean = cleanUrl(a.href);\n if (clean !== a.href) a.href = clean;\n });\n }\n });\n });\n });\n observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });\n})();", "Remove Tracking Parameters from Links"); } } catch(__e) { console.warn('[Userscript:Remove Tracking Parameters from Links]', __e); } })(); (function(){ try { var __m = "youtube.com"; var __re = new RegExp('^' + "youtube\\.com" + '
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          Default most SDKs to a no-tracer-provider setup; opt-in flag to enable it #22486

          Description

          @andreiborza

          Today @sentry/node (and everything built on it) always installs an OpenTelemetry tracer provider + context strategy via initOpenTelemetry. For v11 we want to flip the default: most SDKs should run without a tracer provider (core startSpan APIs + an AsyncLocalStorage context strategy for scope isolation, i.e. the old node-core/light model), and only the SDKs that genuinely need OTel span pickup (Next.js, SvelteKit) should default to the full tracer-provider setup.

          Users on any SDK must still be able to opt into a tracer provider when they want OTel spans surfaced in Sentry. We need to decide whether to introduce a new flag or reuse/rename an existing one, and settle the default per SDK.

          Considerations

          • Existing related options: skipOpenTelemetrySetup, openTelemetryBasicTracerProvider, openTelemetrySpanProcessors. Prefer reusing/reframing over adding a fourth overlapping flag if we can.
          • Default matrix: node / bun / aws-serverless / google-cloud-serverless / etc. → no tracer provider; nextjs / sveltekit → tracer provider. Confirm the full list.
          • Requires an AsyncLocalStorage-based async context strategy available in @sentry/node (the one deleted with node-core/light) for the no-provider default.
          • This is the mechanism that unblocks the @sentry/effect async-context fix and the "light mode achievable with the regular node SDK" goal stated in ref(node): Merge @sentry/node-core back into @sentry/node #22418.

          Gate channel-based instrumentation on the tracer-provider mode

          Channel-based (orchestrion diagnostics-channel) instrumentation is now the default (#22501). In _init, channel injection is registered whenever hasSpansEnabled is true, independent of skipOpenTelemetrySetup or which provider is active. Once the no-provider default lands, that gate is wrong: channel integrations create spans via core startSpan, and in a no-tracer-provider / light setup they produce orphaned or half-instrumented spans (e.g. Express request_handler spans without a parameterized http.route). This was observed while flipping the channel default — the node-otel-sdk-node and node-otel-custom-sampler e2e apps (which run a user-owned NodeSDK/NodeTracerProvider feeding SentrySpanProcessor) emitted exactly these half-working spans and had to be skipped.

          As part of this work:

          • Gate useChannelInjection (channel-injection registration in _init) on "Sentry owns the tracer provider", not just hasSpansEnabled.
          • Decide whether the skipped e2e apps (node-otel-sdk-node, node-otel-custom-sampler) stay removed (they test the v11-removed "bring your own OTel to process Sentry spans" path) or get re-covered under the new model.

          Acceptance criteria

          • Documented flag (new or reused) controlling tracer-provider setup, with per-SDK defaults implemented.
          • nextjs/sveltekit default to tracer provider; other server SDKs default to none.
          • Opt-in path verified to pick up OTel spans in Sentry.
          • Channel-based instrumentation is gated on the tracer-provider mode: no auto perf spans in the no-provider default; verified no orphaned/half-instrumented spans.

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            Default most SDKs to a no-tracer-provider setup; opt-in flag to enable it #22486

            Description

            @andreiborza

            Today @sentry/node (and everything built on it) always installs an OpenTelemetry tracer provider + context strategy via initOpenTelemetry. For v11 we want to flip the default: most SDKs should run without a tracer provider (core startSpan APIs + an AsyncLocalStorage context strategy for scope isolation, i.e. the old node-core/light model), and only the SDKs that genuinely need OTel span pickup (Next.js, SvelteKit) should default to the full tracer-provider setup.

            Users on any SDK must still be able to opt into a tracer provider when they want OTel spans surfaced in Sentry. We need to decide whether to introduce a new flag or reuse/rename an existing one, and settle the default per SDK.

            Considerations

            • Existing related options: skipOpenTelemetrySetup, openTelemetryBasicTracerProvider, openTelemetrySpanProcessors. Prefer reusing/reframing over adding a fourth overlapping flag if we can.
            • Default matrix: node / bun / aws-serverless / google-cloud-serverless / etc. → no tracer provider; nextjs / sveltekit → tracer provider. Confirm the full list.
            • Requires an AsyncLocalStorage-based async context strategy available in @sentry/node (the one deleted with node-core/light) for the no-provider default.
            • This is the mechanism that unblocks the @sentry/effect async-context fix and the "light mode achievable with the regular node SDK" goal stated in ref(node): Merge @sentry/node-core back into @sentry/node #22418.

            Gate channel-based instrumentation on the tracer-provider mode

            Channel-based (orchestrion diagnostics-channel) instrumentation is now the default (#22501). In _init, channel injection is registered whenever hasSpansEnabled is true, independent of skipOpenTelemetrySetup or which provider is active. Once the no-provider default lands, that gate is wrong: channel integrations create spans via core startSpan, and in a no-tracer-provider / light setup they produce orphaned or half-instrumented spans (e.g. Express request_handler spans without a parameterized http.route). This was observed while flipping the channel default — the node-otel-sdk-node and node-otel-custom-sampler e2e apps (which run a user-owned NodeSDK/NodeTracerProvider feeding SentrySpanProcessor) emitted exactly these half-working spans and had to be skipped.

            As part of this work:

            • Gate useChannelInjection (channel-injection registration in _init) on "Sentry owns the tracer provider", not just hasSpansEnabled.
            • Decide whether the skipped e2e apps (node-otel-sdk-node, node-otel-custom-sampler) stay removed (they test the v11-removed "bring your own OTel to process Sentry spans" path) or get re-covered under the new model.

            Acceptance criteria

            • Documented flag (new or reused) controlling tracer-provider setup, with per-SDK defaults implemented.
            • nextjs/sveltekit default to tracer provider; other server SDKs default to none.
            • Opt-in path verified to pick up OTel spans in Sentry.
            • Channel-based instrumentation is gated on the tracer-provider mode: no auto perf spans in the no-provider default; verified no orphaned/half-instrumented spans.

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              Default most SDKs to a no-tracer-provider setup; opt-in flag to enable it #22486

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              @andreiborza

              Today @sentry/node (and everything built on it) always installs an OpenTelemetry tracer provider + context strategy via initOpenTelemetry. For v11 we want to flip the default: most SDKs should run without a tracer provider (core startSpan APIs + an AsyncLocalStorage context strategy for scope isolation, i.e. the old node-core/light model), and only the SDKs that genuinely need OTel span pickup (Next.js, SvelteKit) should default to the full tracer-provider setup.

              Users on any SDK must still be able to opt into a tracer provider when they want OTel spans surfaced in Sentry. We need to decide whether to introduce a new flag or reuse/rename an existing one, and settle the default per SDK.

              Considerations

              • Existing related options: skipOpenTelemetrySetup, openTelemetryBasicTracerProvider, openTelemetrySpanProcessors. Prefer reusing/reframing over adding a fourth overlapping flag if we can.
              • Default matrix: node / bun / aws-serverless / google-cloud-serverless / etc. → no tracer provider; nextjs / sveltekit → tracer provider. Confirm the full list.
              • Requires an AsyncLocalStorage-based async context strategy available in @sentry/node (the one deleted with node-core/light) for the no-provider default.
              • This is the mechanism that unblocks the @sentry/effect async-context fix and the "light mode achievable with the regular node SDK" goal stated in ref(node): Merge @sentry/node-core back into @sentry/node #22418.

              Gate channel-based instrumentation on the tracer-provider mode

              Channel-based (orchestrion diagnostics-channel) instrumentation is now the default (#22501). In _init, channel injection is registered whenever hasSpansEnabled is true, independent of skipOpenTelemetrySetup or which provider is active. Once the no-provider default lands, that gate is wrong: channel integrations create spans via core startSpan, and in a no-tracer-provider / light setup they produce orphaned or half-instrumented spans (e.g. Express request_handler spans without a parameterized http.route). This was observed while flipping the channel default — the node-otel-sdk-node and node-otel-custom-sampler e2e apps (which run a user-owned NodeSDK/NodeTracerProvider feeding SentrySpanProcessor) emitted exactly these half-working spans and had to be skipped.

              As part of this work:

              • Gate useChannelInjection (channel-injection registration in _init) on "Sentry owns the tracer provider", not just hasSpansEnabled.
              • Decide whether the skipped e2e apps (node-otel-sdk-node, node-otel-custom-sampler) stay removed (they test the v11-removed "bring your own OTel to process Sentry spans" path) or get re-covered under the new model.

              Acceptance criteria

              • Documented flag (new or reused) controlling tracer-provider setup, with per-SDK defaults implemented.
              • nextjs/sveltekit default to tracer provider; other server SDKs default to none.
              • Opt-in path verified to pick up OTel spans in Sentry.
              • Channel-based instrumentation is gated on the tracer-provider mode: no auto perf spans in the no-provider default; verified no orphaned/half-instrumented spans.

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                Default most SDKs to a no-tracer-provider setup; opt-in flag to enable it #22486

                Description

                @andreiborza

                Today @sentry/node (and everything built on it) always installs an OpenTelemetry tracer provider + context strategy via initOpenTelemetry. For v11 we want to flip the default: most SDKs should run without a tracer provider (core startSpan APIs + an AsyncLocalStorage context strategy for scope isolation, i.e. the old node-core/light model), and only the SDKs that genuinely need OTel span pickup (Next.js, SvelteKit) should default to the full tracer-provider setup.

                Users on any SDK must still be able to opt into a tracer provider when they want OTel spans surfaced in Sentry. We need to decide whether to introduce a new flag or reuse/rename an existing one, and settle the default per SDK.

                Considerations

                • Existing related options: skipOpenTelemetrySetup, openTelemetryBasicTracerProvider, openTelemetrySpanProcessors. Prefer reusing/reframing over adding a fourth overlapping flag if we can.
                • Default matrix: node / bun / aws-serverless / google-cloud-serverless / etc. → no tracer provider; nextjs / sveltekit → tracer provider. Confirm the full list.
                • Requires an AsyncLocalStorage-based async context strategy available in @sentry/node (the one deleted with node-core/light) for the no-provider default.
                • This is the mechanism that unblocks the @sentry/effect async-context fix and the "light mode achievable with the regular node SDK" goal stated in ref(node): Merge @sentry/node-core back into @sentry/node #22418.

                Gate channel-based instrumentation on the tracer-provider mode

                Channel-based (orchestrion diagnostics-channel) instrumentation is now the default (#22501). In _init, channel injection is registered whenever hasSpansEnabled is true, independent of skipOpenTelemetrySetup or which provider is active. Once the no-provider default lands, that gate is wrong: channel integrations create spans via core startSpan, and in a no-tracer-provider / light setup they produce orphaned or half-instrumented spans (e.g. Express request_handler spans without a parameterized http.route). This was observed while flipping the channel default — the node-otel-sdk-node and node-otel-custom-sampler e2e apps (which run a user-owned NodeSDK/NodeTracerProvider feeding SentrySpanProcessor) emitted exactly these half-working spans and had to be skipped.

                As part of this work:

                • Gate useChannelInjection (channel-injection registration in _init) on "Sentry owns the tracer provider", not just hasSpansEnabled.
                • Decide whether the skipped e2e apps (node-otel-sdk-node, node-otel-custom-sampler) stay removed (they test the v11-removed "bring your own OTel to process Sentry spans" path) or get re-covered under the new model.

                Acceptance criteria

                • Documented flag (new or reused) controlling tracer-provider setup, with per-SDK defaults implemented.
                • nextjs/sveltekit default to tracer provider; other server SDKs default to none.
                • Opt-in path verified to pick up OTel spans in Sentry.
                • Channel-based instrumentation is gated on the tracer-provider mode: no auto perf spans in the no-provider default; verified no orphaned/half-instrumented spans.

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