Report Sidekiq jobs that call other jobs

[kaylareopelle]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

The New Relic Ruby agent cannot accurately report on Sidekiq jobs that call other jobs.

For example, if I invoke the following code using OutsideJob.perform_later, InsideJob would be the name of the transaction, and OutsideJob would not appear as a transaction or as a segment within another transaction.

class OutsideJob < ApplicationJob
  queue_as :high

  def perform
    NewRelic::Agent::Tracer.start_transaction_or_segment(name: 'OutsideJob', category: :background) do
      puts "OutsideJob: start"
      InsideJob.perform_now
      puts "OutsideJob: finish"
    end
  end
end

class InsideJob < ApplicationJob
  queue_as :high

  def perform
    puts "InsideJob: start"
    sleep 1
    puts "InsideJob: finish"
  end
end

Feature Description

Sidekiq jobs that call other Sidekiq jobs are reported to New Relic.

Using the scenario above as an example, OutsideJob will be used as the root of a non-web transaction and InsideJob will be a segment/span nested within the OutsideJob transaction.

Describe Alternatives

If someone encounters this problem, try using custom instrumentation to set the correct transaction name. We suggest you explore:

• add_transaction_tracer
• NewRelic::Agent::Tracer.start_transaction_or_segment

However, we have not tested these APIs with this scenario, so YMMV.

Additional context

Internal - Slack

Priority

TBD

[workato-integration]

https://new-relic.atlassian.net/browse/NR-200738

[kaylareopelle]

Blocked by: #2195

This issue is scoped to setting up an integration test for this particular scenario once the work in #2195 is complete.