fix(ollama): record failed spans when API raises exceptions by Charan-place · Pull Request #4127 · traceloop/openllmetry

Charan-place · 2026-05-11T17:43:00Z

Problem

Fixes #412

When Client._request or AsyncClient._request raises an exception
(e.g. HTTP error, connection refused, model not found), the ollama
instrumentation:

Never set span.status to ERROR
Never called span.record_exception()
Never called span.end()

The span leaked open and errors were invisible in traces.

Fix

Wrapped the wrapped(*args, **kwargs) call in both _wrap and _awrap
with try/except:

try:
    response = wrapped(*args, **kwargs)
except Exception as e:
    span.set_status(Status(StatusCode.ERROR, str(e)))
    span.record_exception(e)
    span.end()
    raise


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## Summary by CodeRabbit

* **Bug Fixes**
  * Ollama instrumentation now marks spans as errored and records exception details when synchronous or asynchronous requests fail, including during streaming response processing. Exceptions continue to be re-raised.

* **Tests**
  * Added coverage confirming that failed synchronous chat and generate requests, and asynchronous chat requests, produce spans with error status and exception details.
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When `Client._request` or `AsyncClient._request` raises, the span was left without an error status and was never ended. Wrap both `_wrap` and `_awrap` API calls in try/except so exceptions are captured via `set_status(ERROR)`, `record_exception`, and `span.end()` before re-raising. Fixes traceloop#412 Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Walkthrough

Synchronous and asynchronous Ollama request and streaming paths now set span error status and record exceptions when errors occur. New tests cover synchronous chat, synchronous generate, and asynchronous chat failures.

Changes: Exception Handling and Validation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Request and streaming exception handling `packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-ollama/opentelemetry/instrumentation/ollama/__init__.py`	Request exception paths set error status and record exceptions before the existing handler ends the span and re-raises. Streaming response handlers set error status, record exceptions, and re-raise when response processing fails.
Exception behavior tests `packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-ollama/tests/test_exceptions.py`	Adds tests for sync chat, sync generate, and async chat failures. The tests assert that each call re-raises and that the span has error status, the exception message, and an exception event.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Merge Risk: Critical · up to 05e69

The Ollama instrumentation module no longer parses, so importing or enabling it fails for every user. Failed requests would also record each exception twice. Fix the syntax in both streaming helpers before merging.

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Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: recording failed Ollama spans when API calls raise exceptions.
Linked Issues check		The only directly linked issue, `#412`, is closed. The issue marks itself as historical context only. No active directly linked target remains, so no linked-issue coding requirements apply. The issue te…
Out of Scope Changes check		All changed production code is in packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-ollama/opentelemetry/instrumentation/ollama/init.py. The added test module is packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-ollama…
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The only directly linked issue, #412, is closed. The issue marks itself as historical context only. No active directly linked target remains, so no linked-issue coding requirements apply. The issue text gives no acceptance criteria. Separately, the reviewed head has defects that prevent the intended fix from working. Both _accumulate_streaming_response and _aaccumulate_streaming_response in packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-ollama/opentelemetry/instrumentation/ollama/init.py contain a stray ')' after the response_data expression. Both also add an 'except Exception' clause after the 'else:' clause of an existing try/except/else block. These constructs are invalid Python syntax, so the module cannot be imported. The new tests in tests/test_exceptions.py cannot run against this code. These defects do not establish a failed issue requirement. They are noted for the author.

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All changed production code is in packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-ollama/opentelemetry/instrumentation/ollama/init.py. The added test module is packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-ollama/tests/test_exceptions.py. Both paths belong to the Ollama instrumentation that the PR targets. The changes add error status, exception recording, and re-raise behavior to the Ollama request wrappers and streaming accumulators. This matches the PR objective of recording failed spans. No unrelated file or package changes were found in the whole-PR scope. The changes contain defects that are not scope issues: the duplicated set_status and record_exception calls in _wrap and _awrap, and the syntax errors described under linkedIssuesAssessment. The test module was not read directly. Its content is taken from the raw summary only.

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packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-ollama/tests/test_exceptions.py (1)

11-98: ⚡ Quick win

Add regression tests for streaming failures after _request returns

These tests validate call-time exceptions, but not stream-consumption exceptions. Please add sync/async stream=True cases where the iterator raises mid-stream, then assert span is ended and marked StatusCode.ERROR with an exception event.

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In `@packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-ollama/tests/test_exceptions.py`
around lines 11 - 98, Add two new tests mirroring the existing ones but using
stream=True to exercise streaming failures: for sync, patch
OllamaClient._request to return an iterator that yields one item then raises an
Exception("stream error"), call ollama.chat(..., stream=True) and iterate to
trigger the error; for async, patch OllamaAsyncClient._request to return an
async iterator that yields then raises and await iteration from
ollama.AsyncClient().chat(..., stream=True). In both tests instrument with
OllamaInstrumentor (instrument/uninstrument as in the other tests) and after the
exception assert exactly one finished span exists, that span.status.status_code
== StatusCode.ERROR, span.status.description contains the error message, and
that span.events contains an event with name "exception" to confirm span.end()
and exception recording.

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In
`@packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-ollama/opentelemetry/instrumentation/ollama/__init__.py`:
- Around line 312-318: The try/except around the immediate call only handles
call-time exceptions and misses errors raised while consuming streaming
iterators; update the streaming-paths so that any exception raised during
iteration in _accumulate_streaming_response and _aaccumulate_streaming_response
is caught, call span.set_status(Status(StatusCode.ERROR, str(e))) and
span.record_exception(e), ensure span.end() is always called before re-raising
the exception, and likewise wrap the generator/async-generator returned for
stream=True so iteration failures trigger the same error recording and span
closure (refer to span, _accumulate_streaming_response,
_aaccumulate_streaming_response and the stream-returning wrapper functions).

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-ollama/tests/test_exceptions.py`:
- Around line 11-98: Add two new tests mirroring the existing ones but using
stream=True to exercise streaming failures: for sync, patch
OllamaClient._request to return an iterator that yields one item then raises an
Exception("stream error"), call ollama.chat(..., stream=True) and iterate to
trigger the error; for async, patch OllamaAsyncClient._request to return an
async iterator that yields then raises and await iteration from
ollama.AsyncClient().chat(..., stream=True). In both tests instrument with
OllamaInstrumentor (instrument/uninstrument as in the other tests) and after the
exception assert exactly one finished span exists, that span.status.status_code
== StatusCode.ERROR, span.status.description contains the error message, and
that span.events contains an event with name "exception" to confirm span.end()
and exception recording.

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Streaming errors raised while consuming _accumulate_streaming_response or _aaccumulate_streaming_response were not caught, leaving spans open without an error status. Wrap both generator loops in try/except/finally so that: - iteration errors set span status to ERROR and record the exception - span.end() is always called via finally (success and error paths)

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@packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-ollama/opentelemetry/instrumentation/ollama/__init__.py:
- Around line 344-346: In `_wrap` and `_awrap`, keep
`span.set_attribute(ERROR_TYPE, e.__class__.__name__)` but remove the duplicate
`span.record_exception(e)` and `span.set_status(...)` calls; preserve the
existing exception recording and status handling in the request handlers.
- Line 151: Fix the response-handling blocks in both streaming helpers so the
module parses: remove the extra closing parenthesis after the response_data
expression and place every except clause before else or finally, using a nested
try where needed. Preserve the existing response and exception handling
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coderabbitai · 2026-11-04T11:12:00Z

            if last_response and hasattr(last_response, 'model_dump')
            else last_response
+        )
        ) or {}


Critical · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Fix the invalid streaming exception blocks.

Both helpers add an extra ) after the response_data expression. They also place a second except after the else suite. Python requires all except clauses to appear before else and finally, so this module cannot be imported. Remove the extra parenthesis and restructure the response-handling exception path as a nested try or as one outer try/except/finally block. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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        span.set_attribute(ERROR_TYPE, e.__class__.__name__)
        span.record_exception(e)
        span.set_status(Status(StatusCode.ERROR, str(e)))


Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Record request exceptions only once.

The existing handlers already call set_status() and record_exception(). These added lines call both methods a second time in _wrap and _awrap, which creates duplicate exception events for one failed request. Keep set_attribute(ERROR_TYPE, ...), but remove the repeated record_exception() and set_status() calls. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

Also applies to: 428-430

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