[Beta] Add startSpan, withSpan, Route Strategy

[MSNev]

• Attribute Container with inheritance
• Initial OTelAPI with span creation

Change API Surface

• Use IReadableSpan instead of IOTelSpan

Removed

• IOTelSpanContext (use IDistributedTraceContext instead)
• IOTelLink
• IOTelContext
• IOTelContextManager

Renamed

• IOTelTraceCfg -> ITraceCfg
• IOTelTraceApi -> ITraceApi

Changed

• IReadableSpan

  • removed droppedEventCount
  • removed droppedLinksCount
  • changed spanContext, parentSpanContext return IDistributedTraceContext instead

• ITraceApi

  • add getActiveSpan, setActiveSpan

• IOTelApi

  • removed context (IOTelContextManager)

• ITraceCfg

  • added suppressTracing config

• add additional tests

• Changed to only create OTel SDK after initialization

• Negative tests

• Refactor to use ITraceHost instead of core

• Add URL redaction

• Additional tests

• Remove truncation

• Change how OTel is lazily initialized and used

• Add 1ds MsWebSpan creation

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

This draft PR adds OpenTelemetry-compatible tracing API support to the Application Insights JavaScript SDK, including span creation, route strategy, and attribute containers with inheritance.

Changes:

• Adds comprehensive OpenTelemetry tracing API documentation
• Implements span creation helpers (startSpan, withSpan, useSpan)
• Adds route strategy and attribute container functionality
• Refactors sampling logic to use factory functions
• Introduces Request telemetry type support

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 53 out of 182 changed files in this pull request and generated 10 comments.

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File	Description
docs/OTel/otelApi.md	Complete API reference for OpenTelemetry functionality
docs/OTel/examples.md	Comprehensive examples and usage patterns
docs/OTel/README.md	Overview and quick start guide
common/Tests/Framework/src/Assert.ts	Adds doesNotThrow helper method
common/Tests/Framework/src/AITestClass.ts	Adds storage clearing methods for tests
channels/.../SamplingScoreGenerator.ts	Refactors to factory pattern
channels/.../HashCodeScoreGenerator.ts	Converts class to standalone function
channels/.../Sample.ts	Refactors to factory function pattern
channels/.../RequestData.ts	New file for Request telemetry data
channels/.../RemoteDependencyData.ts	New file for dependency telemetry
channels/.../Data.ts	Helper for creating data structures
channels/.../Serializer.ts	Refactors serialization logic
channels/.../Sender.ts	Updates for new telemetry types
channels/.../IRequestData.ts	Interface for Request telemetry
channels/.../EnvelopeCreator.ts	Adds Request envelope creator
channels/.../Sender.tests.ts	Updates test data type references
channels/.../Sample.tests.ts	Updates for refactored sampling
README.md	Adds OpenTelemetry section
AISKULight/src/index.ts	Adds IRequestTelemetry export
AISKULight/Tests/.../otelNegative.tests.ts	Negative tests for OTel without provider
AISKULight/Tests/.../aiskuliteunittests.ts	Registers new test suite
AISKULight/Tests/.../AISKULightSize.Tests.ts	Updates size thresholds
AISKU/src/internal/trace/spanUtils.ts	Core span utilities and telemetry conversion
AISKU/src/applicationinsights-web.ts	Exports OTel interfaces
AISKU/src/InternalConstants.ts	Adds UNDEFINED_VALUE constant
AISKU/src/Init.ts	Exports IRequestTelemetry
AISKU/src/IApplicationInsights.ts	Extends interface with OTel APIs
AISKU/src/AISku.ts	Implements OTel API initialization
AISKU/examples/span-usage-example.ts	Example of span usage
AISKU/Tests/.../applicationinsights.e2e.tests.ts	E2E tests for CDN and data types
AISKU/Tests/.../aiskuunittests.ts	Registers new OTel test suites
AISKU/Tests/.../WithSpan.Tests.ts	Comprehensive withSpan tests
AISKU/Tests/.../UseSpan.Tests.ts	Comprehensive useSpan tests
AISKU/Tests/.../TraceSuppression.Tests.ts	Tests for trace suppression
AISKU/Tests/.../OTelInit.Tests.ts	OTel initialization tests
AISKU/Tests/.../AISKUSize.Tests.ts	Updates size thresholds

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• Corrected spelling of 'Semabtic' to 'Semantic'

# OpenTelemetry Examples and Patterns