Set error.type on OpenTelemetry spans

elastic · Jun 18, 2024 · 83742d5 · 83742d5
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diff --git a/src/Transport.ts b/src/Transport.ts
@@ -697,9 +697,10 @@ export default class Transport {
         let response
         try {
           response = await _request()
-        } catch (err) {
+        } catch (err: any) {
           otelSpan.recordException(err as Exception)
           otelSpan.setStatus({ code: SpanStatusCode.ERROR })
+          otelSpan.setAttribute('error.type', err.name ?? 'Error')
 
           throw err
         } finally {

diff --git a/test/unit/transport.test.ts b/test/unit/transport.test.ts
@@ -2330,7 +2330,7 @@ test('OpenTelemetry', t => {
   })
 
   t.test('span records error state', async t => {
-    t.plan(2)
+    t.plan(3)
 
     const pool = new WeightedConnectionPool({ Connection: MockConnectionTimeout })
     pool.addConnection('http://localhost:9200')
@@ -2351,6 +2351,7 @@ test('OpenTelemetry', t => {
 
     const spans = exporter.getFinishedSpans()
 
+    t.equal(spans[0].attributes['error.type'], 'TimeoutError')
     t.not(spans[0].status.code, 0)
   })