fix(ts): childOf not being able to be set to null (#7452)

pabloerhard · web-flow · commit c57a18c5ac56 · 2026-02-06T21:56:36.000+01:00
* fix childOf not being able to be set to null

* Add integrationName into ts declaration file
diff --git a/docs/test.ts b/docs/test.ts
@@ -434,6 +434,8 @@ span = tracer.startSpan('test', {
     foo: 'bar'
   }
 });
+span = tracer.startSpan('test', { childOf: null })
+span = tracer.startSpan('test', { integrationName: 'testIntegration' })
 
 tracer.trace('test', () => {})
 tracer.trace('test', { tags: { foo: 'bar' } }, () => {})
diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
@@ -295,7 +295,18 @@ interface Plugins {
 }
 
 declare namespace tracer {
-  export type SpanOptions = opentracing.SpanOptions;
+  export type SpanOptions = Omit<opentracing.SpanOptions, 'childOf'> & {
+  /**
+   * Set childOf to 'null' to create a root span without a parent, even when a parent span
+   * exists in the current async context. If 'undefined' the parent will be inferred from the
+   * existing async context.
+   */
+    childOf?: opentracing.Span | opentracing.SpanContext | null;
+    /**
+     * Optional name of the integration that crated this span.
+     */
+    integrationName?: string;
+  };
   export { Tracer };
 
   export interface TraceOptions extends Analyzable {

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -434,6 +434,8 @@ span = tracer.startSpan('test', {`
`434`	`434`	`foo: 'bar'`
`435`	`435`	`}`
`436`	`436`	`});`
	`437`	`+span = tracer.startSpan('test', { childOf: null })`
	`438`	`+span = tracer.startSpan('test', { integrationName: 'testIntegration' })`
`437`	`439`
`438`	`440`	`tracer.trace('test', () => {})`
`439`	`441`	`tracer.trace('test', { tags: { foo: 'bar' } }, () => {})`