fix(experiments): maintain propagated context in async experiments

langfuse/_client/utils.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 """
 
 import asyncio
+import contextvars
 import json
 import threading
 from hashlib import sha256
@@ -69,13 +70,14 @@ class _RunAsyncThread(threading.Thread):
 
     def __init__(self, coro: Coroutine[Any, Any, Any]) -> None:
         self.coro = coro
+        self.context = contextvars.copy_context()
         self.result: Any = None
         self.exception: Exception | None = None
         super().__init__()
 
     def run(self) -> None:
         try:
-            self.result = asyncio.run(self.coro)
+            self.result = self.context.run(asyncio.run, self.coro)
         except Exception as e:
             self.exception = e
 

tests/test_propagate_attributes.py

@@ -2295,6 +2295,36 @@ def test_tags_attribute_key_format(self, langfuse_client, memory_exporter):
 class TestPropagateAttributesExperiment(TestPropagateAttributesBase):
     """Tests for experiment attribute propagation."""
 
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_experiment_propagates_user_id_in_async_context(
+        self, langfuse_client, memory_exporter
+    ):
+        """Verify run_experiment keeps propagated attributes when called from async code."""
+        import asyncio
+
+        local_data = [{"input": "test input", "expected_output": "expected output"}]
+
+        async def async_task(*, item, **kwargs):
+            await asyncio.sleep(0.01)
+            return f"processed: {item['input']}"
+
+        with propagate_attributes(user_id="async-experiment-user"):
+            langfuse_client.run_experiment(
+                name="Async Experiment",
+                data=local_data,
+                task=async_task,
+            )
+
+        langfuse_client.flush()
+        time.sleep(0.1)
+
+        root_span = self.get_span_by_name(memory_exporter, "experiment-item-run")
+        self.verify_span_attribute(
+            root_span,
+            LangfuseOtelSpanAttributes.TRACE_USER_ID,
+            "async-experiment-user",
+        )
+
     def test_experiment_attributes_propagate_without_dataset(
         self, langfuse_client, memory_exporter
     ):

tests/test_utils.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """Test suite for utility functions in langfuse._client.utils module."""
 
 import asyncio
+import contextvars
 import threading
 from unittest import mock
 
@@ -81,6 +82,22 @@ async def check_thread_isolation():
         result = run_async_safely(check_thread_isolation())
         assert result == "isolated"
 
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_run_async_context_preserves_contextvars(self):
+        """Test that threaded execution preserves the caller's contextvars."""
+        request_id = contextvars.ContextVar("request_id")
+        token = request_id.set("req-123")
+
+        async def read_contextvar():
+            await asyncio.sleep(0.001)
+            return request_id.get()
+
+        try:
+            result = run_async_safely(read_contextvar())
+            assert result == "req-123"
+        finally:
+            request_id.reset(token)
+
     def test_multiple_calls_sync_context(self):
         """Test multiple sequential calls in sync context."""