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How to Create a Mock OpenTelemetry Trace in Python

Create a mock OpenTelemetry trace in memory to test span creation, attributes, and parent-child relationships without exporting to a backend.

opentelemetry tracing testing
Python 
from opentelemetry import trace
from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import TracerProvider
from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import SimpleSpanProcessor
from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export.in_memory_span_exporter import InMemorySpanExporter


def create_mock_trace():
    tracer_provider = TracerProvider()
    span_exporter =…
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