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Fixes #4362

Root cause

In streaming, `_process_response_item` copied the `message_delta` stop_reason only onto the per-content-block events it had already collected. A turn with no content blocks had no events, so the stop_reason was thrown away. `set_streaming_response_attributes` also returned early when the events list was empty. Together these meant `gen_ai.response.finish_reasons` was never set for streamed turns with empty content. The non-streaming path reads `response.stop_reason` directly, so it was not affected.

Change

Streamed turns with an empty content array now record `gen_ai.response.finish_reasons`.

- `_process_response_item` stores the `message_delta` stop_reason as `complete_response["stop_reason"]`.
- `_handle_streaming_response` passes it to `set_streaming_response_attributes` (new optional `stop_reason` argument). With no events, the function no longer returns early if a stop_reason exists, and falls back to the mapped stop_reason when no per-event finish reason exists.
- The sync and async stream wrappers both use `_handle_streaming_response`, so both are covered.
- `gen_ai.output.messages` is still omitted when there are no content parts, matching non-streaming.

A parametrized regression test feeds synthetic stream items through the accumulation path. The empty-content case failed before the fix with a KeyError on `gen_ai.response.finish_reasons`. The content case checks existing behaviour is unchanged. After the fix, `tests/test_semconv_span_attrs.py` and `tests/test_messages.py` pass (115 tests) and ruff is clean.

Behaviour changes: streamed responses with no content blocks now set `gen_ai.response.finish_reasons` (for example `["stop"]`); before, none was recorded.
Not addressed: event mode (`use_attributes=False`) still emits no choice event for a streamed empty-content turn. Whether to emit one is a design choice, and the issue only concerns span attributes.

Regression evidence

Each test below failed on the base commit and passes with this change, run offline in the heal harness:

  • opentelemetry-instrumentation-anthropic:tests/test_semconv_span_attrs.py::test_streaming_finish_reason_recorded_from_message_delta (failed before: exception)

Package suites: no new failures against the offline baseline.
Ruff: clean.

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Streamed turns with an empty content array now keep the message_delta stop_reason. `_process_response_item` saves it as `complete_response["stop_reason"]`. `set_streaming_response_attributes` uses it as a fallback when no content-block event carries a finish reason, so `gen_ai.response.finish_reasons` is now set. The sync and async stream wrappers both go through `_handle_streaming_response`, so both get the fix. A parametrized test covers the empty-content and content cases through the real accumulation path. Event mode is still not handled, and the fixer's report says so.

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    • Streaming responses now report the correct finish reason even when they contain no content blocks. Output messages continue to be recorded when content is present.

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The Anthropic streaming path now retains message-level stop reasons and records a mapped finish reason when event-derived finish reasons are absent. Tests cover streams with and without content.

Changes: Anthropic streaming stop reason recording

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Capture and record streaming stop reasons
packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-anthropic/opentelemetry/instrumentation/anthropic/streaming.py, packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-anthropic/opentelemetry/instrumentation/anthropic/span_utils.py, packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-anthropic/tests/test_semconv_span_attrs.py
The stream accumulator stores message_delta.stop_reason and passes it to span attribute recording. The recorder uses it when no event-derived finish reason exists. Tests check the mapped stop reason with and without content. Event-derived finish reasons retain precedence.

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Merge Risk: Minimal · previous review 67be1

Empty-content streams record their finish reason in span mode. No actionable merge-blocking risk was identified.

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The title names the fix (recording finish reasons for streamed Anthropic turns with empty content), which matches the main change: stop_reason from message_delta is stored and passed to set_streaming_response_attributes as a fallback. The raw summary and objectives confirm the streaming.py, span_utils.py, and test changes all serve this purpose. The title is specific and concise, and it omits no critical part of the change beyond the event-mode exclusion, which is a scope note rather than a title issue.

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Issue #4362 requires streamed empty-content turns to record gen_ai.response.finish_reasons. The change stores message_delta.stop_reason in complete_response, passes it to set_streaming_response_attributes, and uses the mapped reason when no content-block event supplies one. The regression test covers empty-content and content-bearing streams. The change keeps gen_ai.output.messages omitted when no content parts exist, which the issue permits. Both sync and async wrappers use the shared completion path.

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The reported changes are limited to streaming stop-reason propagation, streaming span-attribute handling, and a focused regression test in the Anthropic instrumentation package. These changes support issue #4362. The unmodified event mode is not unrelated scope because the issue concerns span attributes and does not require an empty-content choice event.

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🐛 Bug Report: [anthropic] Streaming spans drop gen_ai.response.finish_reasons and gen_ai.output.messages for turns with empty content

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