tracium 1.0.3
Official Python SDK for the Tracium telemetry and evaluation API. Automatic tracing for OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, LangChain, and LangGraph.
Requires Python: >=3.10
Keywords: tracium, telemetry, observability, llm, openai, anthropic, claude, gemini, langchain, monitoring, evaluation

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  <h1>Tracium Python SDK - Developer Guide</h1>
  <p>Official Python SDK for Tracium telemetry and evaluation API</p>

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This is the development guide for the Tracium Python SDK. For user documentation, see [https://docs.tracium.ai](https://docs.tracium.ai).

**Version:** 1.0.2

## Project Overview

The Tracium Python SDK provides automatic instrumentation and tracing for LLM applications. It supports OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, LangChain, and LangGraph with minimal configuration. The SDK also includes web framework support for Flask, Django, FastAPI (with uvicorn), and Celery, with WSGI compatibility.

## Development Setup

### Prerequisites

- Python 3.9 or higher
- pip
- git

### Initial Setup

```bash
# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/AntonijSimonovski/tracium-python.git
cd tracium-python/tracium

# Create a virtual environment
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate

# Install the package in editable mode with dev dependencies
# This automatically handles PYTHONPATH for src/ directory
pip install -e ".[dev]"
```

### Environment Variables

For local development and testing, you may need to set:

```bash
export TRACIUM_API_KEY="sk_test_..."  # Required for integration tests only
export TRACIUM_BASE_URL="https://api.tracium.ai"  # Optional: override API endpoint
```

## Project Structure

```
tracium/
├── src/
│   └── tracium/
│       ├── __init__.py              # Public API entrypoint
│       ├── api/                     # HTTP client and API endpoints
│       │   ├── endpoints.py         # API endpoint definitions
│       │   └── http_client.py       # HTTP client implementation
│       ├── context/                 # Context management
│       │   ├── context_propagation.py  # Thread context propagation
│       │   ├── tenant_context.py    # Multi-tenant context
│       │   └── trace_context.py     # Trace context management
│       ├── core/                    # Core SDK components
│       │   ├── client.py            # Main TraciumClient class
│       │   ├── config.py            # Configuration classes
│       │   └── version.py           # Version information
│       ├── helpers/                 # Utility modules
│       │   ├── call_hierarchy.py    # Call hierarchy tracking
│       │   ├── embeddings.py        # Embedding computation
│       │   ├── global_state.py      # Global SDK state
│       │   ├── logging_config.py    # Logging configuration
│       │   ├── parallel_tracker.py # Parallel execution tracking
│       │   ├── retry_async.py       # Async retry logic
│       │   ├── retry.py              # Sync retry logic
│       │   ├── security.py          # Security utilities
│       │   ├── thread_helpers.py    # Threading utilities
│       │   └── validation.py        # Input validation
│       ├── instrumentation/         # Auto-instrumentation
│       │   ├── auto_detection.py    # Library detection
│       │   ├── auto_instrumentation.py  # Main instrumentation logic
│       │   ├── auto_trace_tracker.py    # Automatic trace tracking
│       │   ├── decorators.py        # Decorator-based instrumentation
│       │   └── web_frameworks/      # Web framework integrations
│       │       ├── flask.py         # Flask integration
│       │       ├── django.py        # Django integration
│       │       ├── fastapi.py       # FastAPI/Starlette integration
│       │       ├── celery.py        # Celery integration
│       │       └── generic.py       # Generic WSGI middleware
│       ├── integrations/            # Library-specific integrations
│       │   ├── anthropic.py         # Anthropic/Claude integration
│       │   ├── google.py            # Google Gemini integration
│       │   ├── langchain.py         # LangChain integration
│       │   ├── langgraph.py        # LangGraph integration
│       │   └── openai.py            # OpenAI integration
│       ├── models/                  # Data models
│       │   ├── span_handle.py       # Span management
│       │   ├── trace_handle.py      # Trace management
│       │   └── trace_state.py       # Trace state management
│       └── utils/                   # Additional utilities
│           ├── datetime_utils.py    # Date/time utilities
│           ├── span_registry.py     # Span registry
│           ├── tags.py              # Tag utilities
│           └── validation.py        # Additional validation
├── tests/                           # Test suite (if exists)
├── pyproject.toml                   # Project configuration
├── LICENSE                          # MIT License
└── README.md                        # This file
```

## Key Modules

### Core Components

- **`core/client.py`**: Main `TraciumClient` class that handles all API communication
- **`core/config.py`**: Configuration classes (`TraciumClientConfig`, `RetryConfig`)
- **`__init__.py`**: Public API surface with convenience functions (`init()`, `trace()`, `start_trace()`)

### Instrumentation

- **`instrumentation/auto_instrumentation.py`**: Main orchestration for auto-instrumentation
- **`instrumentation/auto_detection.py`**: Detects which libraries are installed
- **`integrations/*.py`**: Library-specific instrumentation hooks
- **`instrumentation/web_frameworks/*.py`**: Web framework integrations (Flask, Django, FastAPI, Celery)

### Context Management

- **`context/trace_context.py`**: Manages active trace context (thread-local)
- **`context/context_propagation.py`**: Propagates context across threads/async boundaries
- **`context/tenant_context.py`**: Multi-tenant context management

### Helpers

- **`helpers/global_state.py`**: Global SDK state (client instance, default options)
- **`helpers/retry.py`** & **`helpers/retry_async.py`**: Retry logic with exponential backoff
- **`helpers/validation.py`**: Input validation utilities
- **`helpers/parallel_tracker.py`**: Tracks parallel execution contexts

## Development Workflow

### Running Tests

If you installed with `pip install -e ".[dev]"`, `pytest` will automatically find the `src` package.

```bash
# Run all tests
pytest

# Run with coverage
pytest --cov=tracium --cov-report=html

# Run specific test file
pytest tests/test_specific.py

# Run with verbose output
pytest -v
```

If you encounter `ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'tracium'`, ensure you are in the virtual environment and have installed the package in editable mode, or run:

```bash
PYTHONPATH=src pytest
```

### Code Quality

```bash
# Run linter
ruff check tracium/

# Auto-fix linting issues
ruff check --fix tracium/

# Run type checker
mypy tracium/

# Format code
ruff format tracium/
```

### Pre-commit Checks

Before committing, ensure:

1. All tests pass: `pytest`
2. Linting passes: `ruff check tracium/`
3. Type checking passes: `mypy tracium/`
4. Code is formatted: `ruff format tracium/`

## Architecture Notes

### Thread Context Propagation

The SDK patches `ThreadPoolExecutor` and `Thread` classes at import time to automatically propagate trace context across threads. This happens in `__init__.py` before any user code runs.

### Auto-Instrumentation

Auto-instrumentation works by:

1. Detecting installed libraries (`auto_detection.py`)
2. Monkey-patching library methods to intercept calls
3. Creating traces/spans automatically
4. Sending data to Tracium API

### Global State

The SDK uses a global state pattern (`helpers/global_state.py`) to store:

- The initialized client instance
- Default options (agent name, version, tags, metadata)
- Instrumentation configuration

### Retry Logic

Both sync and async retry logic are implemented:

- Exponential backoff with configurable parameters
- Max retry attempts
- Fail-open behavior (errors don't break user code)

## Building and Releasing

### Building the Package

```bash
# Build source distribution
python -m build

# Build wheel
python -m build --wheel
```

### Version Management

Version is defined in `src/tracium/core/version.py`. Update this file when releasing a new version.

### Release Checklist

1. Update version in `src/tracium/core/version.py`
2. Update version in `pyproject.toml`
3. Update `CHANGELOG.md` (if exists)
4. Run all tests: `pytest`
5. Run linting: `ruff check tracium/`
6. Run type checking: `mypy tracium/`
7. Build package: `python -m build`
8. Test installation: `pip install dist/tracium_sdk-*.whl`
9. Tag release: `git tag v0.2.0`
10. Push tags: `git push --tags`
11. Publish to TestPyPI: The GitHub Actions workflow will automatically publish to TestPyPI when a version tag is pushed

## Testing Strategy

### Unit Tests

Test individual functions and classes in isolation.

### Integration Tests

Test interactions between components (e.g., client → API, instrumentation → client).

### Library Integration Tests

Test auto-instrumentation with actual library calls (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.). These may require API keys.

### Mocking

Use mocks for:

- HTTP requests to Tracium API
- External library calls when testing instrumentation
- Time-dependent operations

## Code Style

- **Line length**: 100 characters (configured in `pyproject.toml`)
- **Formatter**: Ruff (black-compatible)
- **Linter**: Ruff
- **Type checker**: mypy
- **Python version**: 3.9+

### Type Hints

Use type hints throughout the codebase. The package includes `py.typed` marker for PEP 561 compliance.

### Docstrings

Use Google-style docstrings for public APIs:

```python
def my_function(param1: str, param2: int) -> bool:
    """
    Brief description.

    Args:
        param1: Description of param1
        param2: Description of param2

    Returns:
        Description of return value

    Raises:
        ValueError: When something goes wrong
    """
```

## Common Development Tasks

### Adding a New Integration

1. Create a new file in `integrations/` (e.g., `integrations/new_library.py`) or `instrumentation/web_frameworks/` for web frameworks
2. Implement instrumentation hooks
3. Register in `instrumentation/auto_instrumentation.py`
4. Add detection logic in `instrumentation/auto_detection.py`
5. Add tests
6. Update documentation

### Adding a New API Endpoint

1. Define endpoint in `api/endpoints.py`
2. Add method to `TraciumClient` in `core/client.py`
3. Update HTTP client if needed (`api/http_client.py`)
4. Add tests
5. Update public API in `__init__.py` if needed

### Debugging

Enable debug logging:

```python
from tracium import configure_logging
import logging

configure_logging(level=logging.DEBUG)
```

This will show:

- API request/response details (with sensitive data redacted)
- Retry attempts
- Instrumentation activity
- Context propagation

## Event Loss Prevention & Queue Management

The SDK uses a background queue to send telemetry data without blocking your application. To prevent event loss under high load:

### Configuration Options

```python
import tracium

client = tracium.init(
    api_key="sk_live_...",
    config=tracium.TraciumClientConfig(
        # Queue size configuration
        max_queue_size=20000,          # Default: 10000
        
        # Event loss prevention
        block_on_full_queue=True,      # Default: False - wait instead of dropping
        queue_timeout=10.0,            # Default: 5.0 - max time to wait when blocking
        
        # Monitoring
        queue_warning_threshold=0.9,   # Default: 0.8 - warn at 90% capacity
    )
)
```

### Monitoring Queue Health

```python
import tracium

# Get queue statistics
stats = tracium.get_queue_stats()

print(f"Queue size: {stats['queue_size']}/{stats['max_queue_size']}")
print(f"Capacity: {stats['capacity_percent']:.1f}%")
print(f"Healthy: {stats['is_healthy']}")
print(f"Total enqueued: {stats['total_enqueued']}")
print(f"Total sent: {stats['total_sent']}")
print(f"Total dropped: {stats['total_dropped']}")
print(f"Success rate: {stats['success_rate']:.1%}")
print(f"Drop rate: {stats['drop_rate']:.1%}")
```

### Best Practices

1. **For High-Volume Applications**: Increase `max_queue_size` based on your event rate
   ```python
   # If generating 1000 events/second, consider:
   config=TraciumClientConfig(max_queue_size=50000)
   ```

2. **To Prevent ANY Event Loss**: Enable blocking mode
   ```python
   config=TraciumClientConfig(
       block_on_full_queue=True,
       queue_timeout=30.0  # Adjust based on tolerance
   )
   ```
   **Warning**: This may slow down your application if the queue fills up

3. **Monitor in Production**: Check queue stats periodically
   ```python
   stats = tracium.get_queue_stats()
   if stats['total_dropped'] > 0:
       logger.warning(f"Dropped {stats['total_dropped']} telemetry events!")
   if stats['capacity_percent'] > 80:
       logger.warning("Queue approaching capacity!")
   ```

4. **Alert on Event Loss**: Integrate with your monitoring system
   ```python
   stats = tracium.get_queue_stats()
   your_metrics.gauge('tracium.queue.capacity', stats['capacity_percent'])
   your_metrics.counter('tracium.events.dropped', stats['total_dropped'])
   ```

### What Happens When Queue is Full?

**Default Behavior (`block_on_full_queue=False`)**:
- New events are **dropped** immediately
- WARNING log message is emitted with drop count
- Your application continues without delay
- Use when: Application performance is more important than complete telemetry

**Blocking Mode (`block_on_full_queue=True`)**:
- New events **wait** for up to `queue_timeout` seconds
- If timeout expires, event is dropped with ERROR log
- Your application may slow down during high load
- Use when: Complete telemetry is critical and some latency is acceptable

## Dependencies

### Core Dependencies

- `httpx>=0.27,<0.29`: HTTP client
- `python-dotenv>=1.0.0`: Environment variable management

### Integration Dependencies

These are optional and only needed if you want to test specific integrations:

- `openai>=1.0.0`: OpenAI integration
- `anthropic>=0.18.0`: Anthropic integration
- `google-generativeai>=0.3.0`: Google Gemini integration
- `langchain>=0.1.0`: LangChain integration
- `langgraph>=0.0.1`: LangGraph integration

### Web Framework Support

The SDK includes automatic instrumentation for popular web frameworks:

- **Flask**: Automatic route detection and response tracking
- **Django**: Request/response lifecycle tracking
- **FastAPI/Starlette**: ASGI support (works with uvicorn)
- **Celery**: Background task tracking
- **WSGI**: Generic middleware support for WSGI-compatible servers

### Dev Dependencies

- `pytest>=7.0`: Testing framework
- `pytest-cov>=4.0`: Coverage reporting
- `pytest-asyncio>=0.21.0`: Async test support
- `ruff>=0.1.0`: Linting and formatting
- `mypy>=1.0`: Type checking
- `types-httpx`: Type stubs for httpx

## Troubleshooting

### Import Errors

If you see import errors, ensure:

1. Virtual environment is activated
2. Package is installed in editable mode: `pip install -e ".[dev]"`
3. Python path includes `src/` directory

### Type Checking Errors

Run `mypy tracium/` to see specific type errors. Some may require type annotations or `# type: ignore` comments.

### Test Failures

- Check that required environment variables are set
- Ensure all dependencies are installed
- Check for API key issues (use test keys for integration tests)

## Contributing

1. Create a feature branch: `git checkout -b feature/my-feature`
2. Make your changes
3. Run tests: `pytest`
4. Run linting: `ruff check tracium/`
5. Run type checking: `mypy tracium/`
6. Format code: `ruff format tracium/`
7. Commit with descriptive messages
8. Push and create a pull request

## Resources

- **Repository**: https://github.com/AntonijSimonovski/tracium-python
- **Issue Tracker**: https://github.com/AntonijSimonovski/tracium-python/issues
- **User Documentation**: https://docs.tracium.ai
- **PyPI Package**: https://pypi.org/project/tracium/

## License

[MIT License](https://github.com/AntonijSimonovski/tracium-python/blob/main/tracium/LICENSE) © Tracium