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Summary

Bifrost's HTTP telemetry does not follow the stable OpenTelemetry HTTP semantic conventions, so semconv-driven backends cannot build service views from it. In New Relic, the OTel APM Summary for a Bifrost service shows "Required metrics are missing" because it needs http.server.request.duration keyed on http.request.method and http.route. This PR emits that metric and moves the root HTTP span to the stable attribute names.

Changes

• plugins/otel: RecordHTTPMetrics also records http.server.request.duration (unit s) with http.request.method, http.route and http.response.status_code. The existing Prometheus-named metrics are unchanged.
• http.route is read from the matched route template on the request context (BifrostContextKeyHTTPRoute), and omitted when no route matched, so raw paths never become label values.
• The exported RecordHTTPMetrics signature is unchanged, so transports keeps building against the currently pinned plugins/otel version.
• transports/bifrost-http/handlers/middlewares.go: the root span sets http.request.method, url.path, http.route, http.response.status_code and user_agent.original in place of http.method, http.url, http.status_code and http.user_agent.
• The root span name is ctx.Path() instead of ctx.RequestURI(), so the query string no longer appears in span names.
• Docs: new metric listed in docs/features/observability/otel.mdx.

Type of change

• Bug fix
• Feature
• Refactor
• Documentation
• Chore/CI

Affected areas

• Core (Go)
• Transports (HTTP)
• Providers/Integrations
• Plugins
• UI (React)
• Docs

How to test

cd plugins/otel && go test ./...          # includes TestRecordHTTPMetricsEmitsSemconvServerDuration
cd transports && go test ./bifrost-http/handlers/   # includes TestTracingMiddleware_RootSpanUsesStableHTTPSemconv

End to end, I built bifrost-http from this branch with a local go.work, enabled the otel plugin with metrics_enabled: true, and exported to a local OTLP sink. Observed output:

root span  /v1/chat/completions
  http.request.method=POST  http.route=/v1/chat/completions  url.path=/v1/chat/completions
  http.response.status_code=200  user_agent.original=curl/8.7.1
metric     http.server.request.duration (s)
  {http.request.method=POST, http.route=/v1/chat/completions, http.response.status_code=200} count=3

I also exported the same build to New Relic's US OTLP endpoint (/v1/traces and /v1/metrics). Before this change the service's APM Summary showed "Required metrics are missing". With this build it renders throughput and latency. Note: that run needed "insecure": false, because the HTTP metrics exporter otherwise disables TLS for an https:// endpoint (#7446).

Screenshots/Recordings

N/A

Breaking changes

• Yes
• No

The root span no longer carries http.method, http.url, http.status_code or http.user_agent. Dashboards or queries keyed on those span attributes should switch to http.request.method, url.path (or http.route), http.response.status_code and user_agent.original. url.path and the root span name exclude the query string, which http.url and the old span name included. No metric names or labels change.

Related issues

Closes #7438

Security considerations

url.path replaces http.url, and the root span name drops the query string, so query strings no longer land on the root span. That reduces the chance of tokens or PII in query parameters being exported.

Checklist

• I read docs/contributing/README.md and followed the guidelines
• I added/updated tests where appropriate
• I updated documentation where needed
• I verified builds succeed (Go and UI)
• I verified the CI pipeline passes locally if applicable

Go builds verified. UI was not rebuilt; this PR has no UI changes.

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• New Features

  • Added OpenTelemetry HTTP server-duration metrics with standard request, route, and status attributes.
  • HTTP tracing now includes standardized route, method, URL path, user-agent, and response status fields.

• Bug Fixes

  • Metrics and tracing use matched route information when available, with fallback behavior when no route is matched.
  • HTTP span names no longer include query strings, keeping query parameters out of span attributes.

• Documentation

  • Updated observability docs and changelog to reflect the new metric and attribute conventions.

Walkthrough

The root HTTP span now uses stable OpenTelemetry semantic-convention attributes and omits the query string from its name. The OTel metrics exporter also records an http.server.request.duration histogram with method, status code, and matched route attributes.

Changes

HTTP telemetry

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Root span attributes transports/bifrost-http/handlers/middlewares.go, transports/bifrost-http/handlers/middlewares_test.go, transports/changelog.md	The root span uses http.request.method, url.path, user_agent.original, and http.response.status_code. It adds http.route when a matched route is available. Its name uses the request path instead of the full request URI. The test checks the attribute names and verifies that the query string is not included.
HTTP server duration metric plugins/otel/metrics.go, plugins/otel/main.go, plugins/otel/http_metrics_test.go, plugins/otel/changelog.md, docs/features/observability/otel.mdx	The exporter records http.server.request.duration in seconds with semantic-convention attributes. The test checks matched and unmatched routes. The changelog and observability documentation describe the metric.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 1407a

Use the named route key consistently across the HTTP pipeline before merging so route telemetry remains intact while complying with the repository’s context-key contract.

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Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	[#7438] The root HTTP span now uses http.request.method, url.path, http.route when a route matches, integer http.response.status_code, and user_agent.original. It uses ctx.Path() for the s…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The middleware and metric changes implement [#7438]. The tests, observability documentation, and changelog entries verify or document those changes. The reviewed changes show no unrelated scope.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 6 functions across 5 files. (3 skipped: 3 …
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🟠 Major · Use ctx.Path() or the matched route for the root span name instead of… · middlewares.go:1511

transports/bifrost-http/handlers/middlewares.go:1511
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Sensitive Data Exposure

Reachability: External
Exploitability: Trivial
CWE: CWE-200 — Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Use ctx.Path() or the matched route for the root span name instead of ctx.RequestURI().

The StartSpan method at line 1511 passes ctx.RequestURI() to set the span name. This name is stored in the Span.Name field and is exported when traces are flushed. Query strings remain in the exported span name, exposing query parameters (which may contain API keys, user IDs, or other sensitive values) and creating high-cardinality span names for the same logical endpoint.

The adjacent code at line 1519 already sets the url.path attribute using ctx.Path() without the query string. The metrics middleware in transports/bifrost-http/server/server.go (lines 2615–2668) uses the matched route template when available to avoid path-parameter cardinality. Apply the same pattern to the span name to be consistent and to protect sensitive data.

Proposed fix

-			spanCtx, rootSpan := tracer.StartSpan(ctx, string(ctx.RequestURI()), schemas.SpanKindHTTPRequest)
+			spanName := string(ctx.Path())
+			if route, ok := ctx.UserValue(string(schemas.BifrostContextKeyHTTPRoute)).(string); ok && route != "" {
+				spanName = route
+			}
+			spanCtx, rootSpan := tracer.StartSpan(ctx, spanName, schemas.SpanKindHTTPRequest)

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In `@transports/bifrost-http/handlers/middlewares.go` at line 1511, Update the
root span name passed to StartSpan in the middleware to use ctx.Path() instead
of ctx.RequestURI(), excluding query parameters; use the matched route template
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In `@docs/features/observability/otel.mdx`:
- Line 1119: Update the `http.server.request.duration` metric documentation to
clarify that `http.route` is included only when a route template matches and is
omitted for unmatched routes; keep the documented metric and other attributes
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In `@plugins/otel/http_metrics_test.go`:
- Line 58: Replace deprecated Emit() calls on the status attribute values in the
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preserving their existing assertions.

In `@plugins/otel/main.go`:
- Line 850: Update the route-key access in the OpenTelemetry span logic around
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In `@transports/bifrost-http/handlers/middlewares.go`:
- Line 1511: Update the root span name passed to StartSpan in the middleware to
use ctx.Path() instead of ctx.RequestURI(), excluding query parameters; use the
matched route template from BifrostContextKeyHTTPRoute when available to avoid
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Re the outside-diff finding on middlewares.go:1511 (root span name uses ctx.RequestURI()): fixed in e6dea1f. The span name is now ctx.Path(), so query parameters no longer reach exported span names. TestTracingMiddleware_RootSpanUsesStableHTTPSemconv failed on this before the fix (span name = "/v1/chat/completions?api_key=secret") and passes after it.

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