Do not push a new scope on StartSpan

scope.go

@@ -302,6 +302,11 @@ func (scope *Scope) SetPropagationContext(propagationContext PropagationContext)
 	scope.propagationContext = propagationContext
 }
 
+// GetSpan returns the span from the current scope.
+func (scope *Scope) GetSpan() *Span {
+	return scope.span
+}
+
 // SetSpan sets a span for the current scope.
 func (scope *Scope) SetSpan(span *Span) {
 	scope.mu.Lock()

scope_test.go

@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ func TestScopeParentChangedInheritance(t *testing.T) {
 	assertEqual(t, User{ID: "foo"}, clone.user)
 	assertEqual(t, r1, clone.request)
 	assertEqual(t, p1, clone.propagationContext)
-	assertEqual(t, s1, clone.span)
+	assertEqual(t, s1, clone.GetSpan())
 
 	assertEqual(t, map[string]string{"foo": "baz"}, scope.tags)
 	assertEqual(t, map[string]Context{"foo": {"foo": "baz"}}, scope.contexts)
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ func TestScopeParentChangedInheritance(t *testing.T) {
 	assertEqual(t, []*Attachment{{Filename: "bar.txt", Payload: []byte("bar")}}, scope.attachments)
 	assertEqual(t, User{ID: "bar"}, scope.user)
 	assertEqual(t, r2, scope.request)
-	assertEqual(t, s2, scope.span)
+	assertEqual(t, s2, scope.GetSpan())
 }
 
 func TestScopeChildOverrideInheritance(t *testing.T) {
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ func TestScopeChildOverrideInheritance(t *testing.T) {
 	assertEqual(t, User{ID: "foo"}, clone.user)
 	assertEqual(t, r2, clone.request)
 	assertEqual(t, p2, clone.propagationContext)
-	assertEqual(t, s2, clone.span)
+	assertEqual(t, s2, clone.GetSpan())
 
 	assertEqual(t, map[string]string{"foo": "baz"}, scope.tags)
 	assertEqual(t, map[string]Context{"foo": {"foo": "baz"}}, scope.contexts)
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ func TestScopeChildOverrideInheritance(t *testing.T) {
 	assertEqual(t, User{ID: "bar"}, scope.user)
 	assertEqual(t, r1, scope.request)
 	assertEqual(t, p1, scope.propagationContext)
-	assertEqual(t, s1, scope.span)
+	assertEqual(t, s1, scope.GetSpan())
 
 	assertEqual(t, len(scope.eventProcessors), 1)
 	assertEqual(t, len(clone.eventProcessors), 2)
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ func TestClear(t *testing.T) {
 	assertEqual(t, []string{}, scope.fingerprint)
 	assertEqual(t, Level(""), scope.level)
 	assertEqual(t, (*http.Request)(nil), scope.request)
-	assertEqual(t, (*Span)(nil), scope.span)
+	assertEqual(t, (*Span)(nil), scope.GetSpan())
 }
 
 func TestClearAndReconfigure(t *testing.T) {
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ func TestClearAndReconfigure(t *testing.T) {
 	assertEqual(t, User{ID: "foo"}, scope.user)
 	assertEqual(t, r, scope.request)
 	assertEqual(t, p, scope.propagationContext)
-	assertEqual(t, s, scope.span)
+	assertEqual(t, s, scope.GetSpan())
 }
 
 func TestClearBreadcrumbs(t *testing.T) {

tracing.go

@@ -198,10 +198,6 @@ func StartSpan(ctx context.Context, operation string, options ...SpanOption) *Sp
 	clientOptions := span.clientOptions()
 	if clientOptions.EnableTracing {
 		hub := hubFromContext(ctx)
-		if !span.IsTransaction() {
-			// Push a new scope to stack for non transaction span
-			hub.PushScope()
-		}
 		hub.Scope().SetSpan(&span)
 	}
 
@@ -359,8 +355,9 @@ func (s *Span) doFinish() {
 
 	hub := hubFromContext(s.ctx)
 	if !s.IsTransaction() {
-		// Referenced to StartSpan function that pushes current non-transaction span to scope stack
-		defer hub.PopScope()
+		if s.parent != nil {
+			hub.Scope().SetSpan(s.parent)
+		}
 	}
 
 	if !s.Sampled.Bool() {