Add span links

src/Observability/Runtime/Tracing/Contracts/SpanDetails.cs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // Licensed under the MIT License.
 
 using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 
 namespace Microsoft.Agents.A365.Observability.Runtime.Tracing.Contracts
@@ -20,16 +21,20 @@ public sealed class SpanDetails
         /// to obtain an <see cref="ActivityContext"/> from HTTP headers containing a W3C traceparent.</param>
         /// <param name="startTime">Optional explicit start time as a <see cref="DateTimeOffset"/>.</param>
         /// <param name="endTime">Optional explicit end time as a <see cref="DateTimeOffset"/>.</param>
+        /// <param name="spanLinks">Optional span links to associate with this span, establishing causal
+        /// relationships to other spans (e.g. linking a batch operation to individual trigger spans).</param>
         public SpanDetails(
             ActivityKind? spanKind = null,
             ActivityContext? parentContext = null,
             DateTimeOffset? startTime = null,
-            DateTimeOffset? endTime = null)
+            DateTimeOffset? endTime = null,
+            ActivityLink[]? spanLinks = null)
         {
             SpanKind = spanKind;
             ParentContext = parentContext;
             StartTime = startTime;
             EndTime = endTime;
+            SpanLinks = spanLinks;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -51,5 +56,10 @@ public SpanDetails(
         /// Gets the optional explicit end time.
         /// </summary>
         public DateTimeOffset? EndTime { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the optional span links to associate with this span.
+        /// </summary>
+        public ActivityLink[]? SpanLinks { get; }
     }
 }

src/Observability/Runtime/Tracing/Scopes/ExecuteToolScope.cs

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public sealed class ExecuteToolScope : OpenTelemetryScope
         /// <param name="details">Details of the tool call (name, args, type, call ID, description, endpoint).</param>
         /// <param name="agentDetails">Information about the agent executing the tool (service, version, identifiers).</param>
         /// <param name="userDetails">Optional human user details.</param>
-        /// <param name="spanDetails">Optional span configuration (parent context, timing, kind).</param>
+        /// <param name="spanDetails">Optional span configuration (parent context, timing, kind, span links).</param>
         /// <param name="threatDiagnosticsSummary">Optional threat diagnostics summary containing security-related information about blocked actions.</param>
         /// <returns>A new ExecuteToolScope instance.</returns>
         /// <remarks>
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ private ExecuteToolScope(Request request, ToolCallDetails details, AgentDetails
                 operationName: OperationName,
                 activityName: $"{OperationName} {details.ToolName}",
                 agentDetails: agentDetails,
-                spanDetails: new SpanDetails(spanDetails?.SpanKind ?? ActivityKind.Internal, spanDetails?.ParentContext, spanDetails?.StartTime, spanDetails?.EndTime),
+                spanDetails: new SpanDetails(spanDetails?.SpanKind ?? ActivityKind.Internal, spanDetails?.ParentContext, spanDetails?.StartTime, spanDetails?.EndTime, spanDetails?.SpanLinks),
                 userDetails: userDetails)
         {
             var (toolName, arguments, toolCallId, description, toolType, endpoint, toolServerName) = details;

src/Observability/Runtime/Tracing/Scopes/InferenceScope.cs

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public sealed class InferenceScope : OpenTelemetryScope
         /// <param name="details">Details of the inference call (operation name, model, provider, token usage, finish reasons, response ID).</param>
         /// <param name="agentDetails">Information about the agent executing the inference (service, version, identifiers).</param>
         /// <param name="userDetails">Optional human user details.</param>
-        /// <param name="spanDetails">Optional span configuration (parent context, timing).</param>
+        /// <param name="spanDetails">Optional span configuration (parent context, timing, span links).</param>
         /// <returns>A new InferenceScope instance.</returns>
         /// <remarks>
         /// <para>

src/Observability/Runtime/Tracing/Scopes/InvokeAgentScope.cs

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public sealed class InvokeAgentScope : OpenTelemetryScope
         /// <param name="scopeDetails">Scope-level configuration (endpoint).</param>
         /// <param name="agentDetails">The details of the agent being invoked.</param>
         /// <param name="callerDetails">Optional composite caller details (human user and/or calling agent for A2A scenarios).</param>
-        /// <param name="spanDetails">Optional span configuration (parent context, timing, kind).</param>
+        /// <param name="spanDetails">Optional span configuration (parent context, timing, kind, span links).</param>
         /// <param name="threatDiagnosticsSummary">Optional threat diagnostics summary containing security-related information about blocked actions.</param>
         /// <returns>A new InvokeAgentScope instance.</returns>
         /// <remarks>
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ private InvokeAgentScope(
                     ? OperationName
                     : $"invoke_agent {agentDetails!.AgentName}",
                 agentDetails: agentDetails!,
-                spanDetails: new SpanDetails(spanDetails?.SpanKind ?? ActivityKind.Client, spanDetails?.ParentContext, spanDetails?.StartTime, spanDetails?.EndTime),
+                spanDetails: new SpanDetails(spanDetails?.SpanKind ?? ActivityKind.Client, spanDetails?.ParentContext, spanDetails?.StartTime, spanDetails?.EndTime, spanDetails?.SpanLinks),
                 userDetails: callerDetails?.UserDetails)
         {
             SetTagMaybe(OpenTelemetryConstants.SessionIdKey, request?.SessionId);

src/Observability/Runtime/Tracing/Scopes/OpenTelemetryScope.cs

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public abstract class OpenTelemetryScope : IDisposable
         /// <param name="activityName">The name of the activity for display purposes.</param>
         /// <param name="agentDetails">Optional agent details. Tenant ID is read from <see cref="AgentDetails.TenantId"/>.</param>
         /// <param name="spanDetails">Optional span configuration including parent context, start/end times,
-        /// and span kind. Subclasses may override <see cref="SpanDetails.SpanKind"/> before calling this constructor;
+        /// span kind, and span links. Subclasses may override <see cref="SpanDetails.SpanKind"/> before calling this constructor;
         /// defaults to <see cref="ActivityKind.Client"/>.</param>
         /// <param name="userDetails">Optional human caller identity details (id, email, name, client IP).</param>
         protected OpenTelemetryScope(string operationName, string activityName, AgentDetails agentDetails, SpanDetails? spanDetails = null, UserDetails? userDetails = null)
@@ -50,12 +50,13 @@ protected OpenTelemetryScope(string operationName, string activityName, AgentDet
             var parentContext = spanDetails?.ParentContext;
             var startTime = spanDetails?.StartTime;
             var endTime = spanDetails?.EndTime;
+            var spanLinks = spanDetails?.SpanLinks;
 
             customStartTime = startTime;
             customEndTime = endTime;
             activity = parentContext.HasValue && parentContext.Value.TraceId != default
-                ? ActivitySource.CreateActivity(activityName, kind, parentContext.Value)
-                : ActivitySource.CreateActivity(activityName, kind, default(ActivityContext));
+                ? ActivitySource.CreateActivity(activityName, kind, parentContext.Value, links: spanLinks)
+                : ActivitySource.CreateActivity(activityName, kind, default(ActivityContext), links: spanLinks);
 
             if (startTime != null) 
             {

src/Observability/Runtime/Tracing/Scopes/OutputScope.cs

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public sealed class OutputScope : OpenTelemetryScope
         /// <param name="response">Response containing output messages.</param>
         /// <param name="agentDetails">Information about the agent producing the output.</param>
         /// <param name="userDetails">Optional human user details.</param>
-        /// <param name="spanDetails">Optional span configuration (parent context, timing).</param>
+        /// <param name="spanDetails">Optional span configuration (parent context, timing, span links).</param>
         /// <returns>A new OutputScope instance.</returns>
         public static OutputScope Start(Request request, Response response, AgentDetails agentDetails, UserDetails? userDetails = null, SpanDetails? spanDetails = null)
             => new OutputScope(request, response, agentDetails, userDetails, spanDetails);

src/Tests/Microsoft.Agents.A365.Observability.Runtime.Tests/Tracing/Scopes/SpanLinksTest.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
+// Licensed under the MIT License.
+
+namespace Microsoft.Agents.A365.Observability.Tests.Tracing.Scopes;
+
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using FluentAssertions;
+using Microsoft.Agents.A365.Observability.Runtime.Tracing.Contracts;
+using Microsoft.Agents.A365.Observability.Runtime.Tracing.Scopes;
+
+[TestClass]
+public sealed class SpanLinksTest : ActivityTest
+{
+    private static readonly ActivityLink[] SampleLinks = new[]
+    {
+        new ActivityLink(
+            new ActivityContext(
+                ActivityTraceId.CreateFromString("0aa4621e5ae09963a3de354f3d18aa65"),
+                ActivitySpanId.CreateFromString("c1aaa519600b1bf0"),
+                ActivityTraceFlags.Recorded)),
+        new ActivityLink(
+            new ActivityContext(
+                ActivityTraceId.CreateFromString("bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb"),
+                ActivitySpanId.CreateFromString("aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"),
+                ActivityTraceFlags.None),
+            new ActivityTagsCollection(new[] { new KeyValuePair<string, object?>("link.reason", "retry") })),
+    };
+
+    [TestMethod]
+    public void ExecuteToolScope_RecordsSpanLinks_WithFullContextAndAttributes()
+    {
+        var activity = ListenForActivity(() =>
+        {
+            using var scope = ExecuteToolScope.Start(
+                Util.GetDefaultRequest(),
+                new ToolCallDetails("my-tool", "args"),
+                Util.GetAgentDetails(),
+                spanDetails: new SpanDetails(spanLinks: SampleLinks));
+        });
+
+        var links = activity.Links.ToList();
+        links.Should().HaveCount(2);
+        links[0].Context.TraceId.ToHexString().Should().Be("0aa4621e5ae09963a3de354f3d18aa65");
+        links[0].Context.SpanId.ToHexString().Should().Be("c1aaa519600b1bf0");
+        links[0].Context.TraceFlags.Should().Be(ActivityTraceFlags.Recorded);
+        links[1].Context.TraceId.ToHexString().Should().Be("bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb");
+        links[1].Context.SpanId.ToHexString().Should().Be("aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa");
+        links[1].Tags.Should().Contain(new KeyValuePair<string, object?>("link.reason", "retry"));
+    }
+
+    [TestMethod]
+    public void ExecuteToolScope_HasEmptyLinks_WhenSpanLinksOmitted()
+    {
+        var activity = ListenForActivity(() =>
+        {
+            using var scope = ExecuteToolScope.Start(
+                Util.GetDefaultRequest(),
+                new ToolCallDetails("my-tool", "args"),
+                Util.GetAgentDetails());
+        });
+
+        activity.Links.Should().BeEmpty();
+    }
+
+    [TestMethod]
+    public void InvokeAgentScope_ForwardsSpanLinks()
+    {
+        var activity = ListenForActivity(() =>
+        {
+            using var scope = InvokeAgentScope.Start(
+                Util.GetDefaultRequest(),
+                ScopeDetails,
+                TestAgentDetails,
+                spanDetails: new SpanDetails(spanLinks: SampleLinks));
+        });
+
+        var links = activity.Links.ToList();
+        links.Should().HaveCount(2);
+        links[0].Context.TraceId.ToHexString().Should().Be("0aa4621e5ae09963a3de354f3d18aa65");
+        links[0].Context.SpanId.ToHexString().Should().Be("c1aaa519600b1bf0");
+        links[0].Context.TraceFlags.Should().Be(ActivityTraceFlags.Recorded);
+        links[1].Context.TraceId.ToHexString().Should().Be("bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb");
+        links[1].Context.SpanId.ToHexString().Should().Be("aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa");
+        links[1].Context.TraceFlags.Should().Be(ActivityTraceFlags.None);
+        links[1].Tags.Should().Contain(new KeyValuePair<string, object?>("link.reason", "retry"));
+    }
+
+    [TestMethod]
+    public void InferenceScope_ForwardsSpanLinks()
+    {
+        var details = new InferenceCallDetails(
+            InferenceOperationType.Chat, "gpt-4", "openai");
+
+        var activity = ListenForActivity(() =>
+        {
+            using var scope = InferenceScope.Start(
+                Util.GetDefaultRequest(),
+                details,
+                Util.GetAgentDetails(),
+                spanDetails: new SpanDetails(spanLinks: SampleLinks));
+        });
+
+        var links = activity.Links.ToList();
+        links.Should().HaveCount(2);
+        links[0].Context.TraceId.ToHexString().Should().Be("0aa4621e5ae09963a3de354f3d18aa65");
+        links[0].Context.SpanId.ToHexString().Should().Be("c1aaa519600b1bf0");
+    }
+
+    [TestMethod]
+    public void OutputScope_ForwardsSpanLinks()
+    {
+        var response = new Response(new[] { "hello" });
+
+        var activity = ListenForActivity(() =>
+        {
+            using var scope = OutputScope.Start(
+                Util.GetDefaultRequest(),
+                response,
+                Util.GetAgentDetails(),
+                spanDetails: new SpanDetails(spanLinks: SampleLinks));
+        });
+
+        var links = activity.Links.ToList();
+        links.Should().HaveCount(2);
+        links[0].Context.TraceId.ToHexString().Should().Be("0aa4621e5ae09963a3de354f3d18aa65");
+        links[0].Context.SpanId.ToHexString().Should().Be("c1aaa519600b1bf0");
+    }
+
+    [TestMethod]
+    public void SpanLinks_PreservesTypedAttributes()
+    {
+        var linksWithAttrs = new[]
+        {
+            new ActivityLink(
+                new ActivityContext(
+                    ActivityTraceId.CreateFromString("aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"),
+                    ActivitySpanId.CreateFromString("bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb"),
+                    ActivityTraceFlags.Recorded),
+                new ActivityTagsCollection(new[]
+                {
+                    new KeyValuePair<string, object?>("link.type", "causal"),
+                    new KeyValuePair<string, object?>("link.index", 0),
+                })),
+        };
+
+        var activity = ListenForActivity(() =>
+        {
+            using var scope = InvokeAgentScope.Start(
+                Util.GetDefaultRequest(),
+                ScopeDetails,
+                new AgentDetails("attr-agent"),
+                spanDetails: new SpanDetails(spanLinks: linksWithAttrs));
+        });
+
+        var links = activity.Links.ToList();
+        links.Should().HaveCount(1);
+        links[0].Tags.Should().Contain(new KeyValuePair<string, object?>("link.type", "causal"));
+        links[0].Tags.Should().Contain(new KeyValuePair<string, object?>("link.index", 0));
+    }
+}