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[Bug] context.thread_local_storage.invocation_id does not correlate thread logs in Application Insights on Python 3.13 #1860

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Description

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Expected Behavior

According to the docs, setting context.thread_local_storage.invocation_id
inside a background thread enables log correlation for that thread:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/functions-reference-python#log-custom-telemetry

After calling:
context.thread_local_storage.invocation_id = context.invocation_id

...all logging.info() calls from that thread should appear in Application
Insights correlated to the function invocation (same InvocationId).

Actual Behavior

On Python 3.13, [THREAD] logs are completely absent from Application Insights.
[MAIN] logs appear correctly. The identical code works on Python 3.12.

Python 3.12 ✅
"Logging from main handler" → appears, InvocationId=37b57bfd-...
"Logging from a background thread" → appears, InvocationId=37b57bfd-...

Python 3.13 ❌
"Logging from main handler" → appears, InvocationId=48b27079-...
"Logging from a background thread" → ABSENT from App Insights entirely

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Deploy Azure Function App with Python 3.13, Azure Functions Runtime v4, Dedicated plan
  2. Use the code below (async HTTP trigger + asyncio.to_thread)
  3. Trigger the function via HTTP
  4. Check Application Insights traces — background thread log is missing
  5. Redeploy the same code with Python 3.12 — background thread log appears correctly

Relevant code being tried

import azure.functions as func
import logging
import asyncio

app = func.FunctionApp(http_auth_level=func.AuthLevel.ANONYMOUS)

def work(context: func.Context):
    context.thread_local_storage.invocation_id = context.invocation_id
    logging.info("Logging from a background thread")

@app.route(route="test")
async def test_async(req: func.HttpRequest, context: func.Context) -> func.HttpResponse:
    await asyncio.to_thread(work, context)
    logging.info("Logging from main handler")
    return func.HttpResponse("ok")

Relevant log output

requirements.txt file

azure-functions

Where are you facing this problem?

Production Environment (explain below)

Function app name

No response

Additional Information

Root cause: azure-functions-runtime (used on Python 3.13) has its own separate
threading.local object for log routing. context.thread_local_storage points to
azure-functions-worker's threading.local — a different object that the new
runtime's logging proxy never reads.

Workaround (confirmed working on Python 3.13):

from azure_functions_runtime.utils.executor import invocation_id_cv

def work():
    logging.info("Logging from a background thread")

@app.route(route="test")
async def test_async(req, context):
    invocation_id_cv.set(context.invocation_id)  # copied by asyncio.to_thread
    await asyncio.to_thread(work)

asyncio.to_thread copies ContextVars automatically, so the proxy finds the
invocation_id correctly.

Note: invocation_id_cv is an internal API — a public API for this use case
would be appreciated.

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