Fix client address is set to server address in new semconv

[y-young]

Description

With OTEL_SEMCONV_STABILITY_OPT_IN=http, the client.address in server span is wrongly set to server address.

It it because the middleware calls _set_http_host_server and the client.address is set for the first time to server address here:

opentelemetry-python-contrib/opentelemetry-instrumentation/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/_semconv.py

Line 357 in 3708604

set_string_attribute(result, CLIENT_ADDRESS, host)

When it calls _set_http_peer_ip_server later on, since the client.address is already set, this has no effect:

opentelemetry-python-contrib/opentelemetry-instrumentation/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/_semconv.py

Lines 368 to 371 in 3708604

	if _report_new(sem_conv_opt_in_mode):
	# Only populate if not already populated
	if not result.get(CLIENT_ADDRESS):
	set_string_attribute(result, CLIENT_ADDRESS, ip)

This was changed in #2814.

Fixes #3356.

Type of change

• Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)

How Has This Been Tested?

Tested with a minimal FastAPI application: https://github.com/y-young/opentelemetry-fastapi-test

Without patch

Without OTEL_SEMCONV_STABILITY_OPT_IN

Scope: {'type': 'http', 'asgi': {'version': '3.0', 'spec_version': '2.3'}, 'http_version': '1.1', 'server': ('127.0.0.1', 8000), 'client': ('127.0.0.1', 54737), 'scheme': 'http', 'root_path': ''}

Span:

{
    "name": "GET /",
    "context": {
        "trace_id": "0x3d94c2edf94a8c68e66a261883939a70",
        "span_id": "0x26a8e38e79afe0ae",
        "trace_state": "[]"
    },
    "kind": "SpanKind.SERVER",
    "parent_id": null,
    "start_time": "2025-03-11T14:42:33.575716Z",
    "end_time": "2025-03-11T14:42:33.582507Z",
    "status": {
        "status_code": "UNSET"
    },
    "attributes": {
        "http.scheme": "http",
        "http.host": "127.0.0.1:8000",
        "net.host.port": 8000,
        "http.flavor": "1.1",
        "http.target": "/",
        "http.url": "http://127.0.0.1:8000/",
        "http.method": "GET",
        "http.server_name": "127.0.0.1:8000",
        "http.user_agent": "",
        "net.peer.ip": "127.0.0.1",
        "net.peer.port": 54737,
        "http.route": "/",
        "http.status_code": 200
    },
    "events": [],
    "links": [],
    "resource": {
        "attributes": {
            "service.name": "test-app"
        },
        "schema_url": ""
    }
}

The net.peer.ip and net.peer.port here is correct.

With OTEL_SEMCONV_STABILITY_OPT_IN

Set os.environ["OTEL_SEMCONV_STABILITY_OPT_IN"] = "http" and restart the app:

Scope: {'type': 'http', 'asgi': {'version': '3.0', 'spec_version': '2.3'}, 'http_version': '1.1', 'server': ('127.0.0.1', 8000), 'client': ('127.0.0.1', 50644), 'scheme': 'http', 'root_path': ''}

Span:

{
    "name": "GET /",
    "context": {
        "trace_id": "0xc37fa0f9c920df31a3f6966771f70ce4",
        "span_id": "0x8799fdefa09e60b1",
        "trace_state": "[]"
    },
    "kind": "SpanKind.SERVER",
    "parent_id": null,
    "start_time": "2025-03-11T14:39:09.180212Z",
    "end_time": "2025-03-11T14:39:09.185639Z",
    "status": {
        "status_code": "UNSET"
    },
    "attributes": {
        "url.scheme": "http",
        "client.address": "127.0.0.1:8000",
        "server.port": 8000,
        "network.protocol.version": "1.1",
        "url.path": "/",
        "http.request.method": "GET",
        "user_agent.original": "",
        "client.port": 50644,
        "http.route": "/",
        "http.response.status_code": 200
    },
    "events": [],
    "links": [],
    "resource": {
        "attributes": {
            "service.name": "test-app"
        },
        "schema_url": ""
    }
}

The client.address is set to 127.0.0.1:8000, which is the server address.

Install patched local version

uv add ../opentelemetry-python-contrib

Scope: {'type': 'http', 'asgi': {'version': '3.0', 'spec_version': '2.3'}, 'http_version': '1.1', 'server': ('127.0.0.1', 8000), 'client': ('127.0.0.1', 62487), 'scheme': 'http', 'root_path': ''}

Span:

{
    "name": "GET /",
    "context": {
        "trace_id": "0xc669651b2543f96d4abc362360ff76da",
        "span_id": "0x79ed73755c5bee36",
        "trace_state": "[]"
    },
    "kind": "SpanKind.SERVER",
    "parent_id": null,
    "start_time": "2025-03-11T14:33:58.230421Z",
    "end_time": "2025-03-11T14:33:58.236676Z",
    "status": {
        "status_code": "UNSET"
    },
    "attributes": {
        "url.scheme": "http",
        "server.address": "127.0.0.1:8000",
        "server.port": 8000,
        "network.protocol.version": "1.1",
        "url.path": "/",
        "http.request.method": "GET",
        "user_agent.original": "",
        "client.address": "127.0.0.1",
        "client.port": 62487,
        "http.route": "/",
        "http.response.status_code": 200
    },
    "events": [],
    "links": [],
    "resource": {
        "attributes": {
            "service.name": "test-app"
        },
        "schema_url": ""
    }
}

The client.address is correct now.

Does This PR Require a Core Repo Change?

• Yes. - Link to PR:
• No.

Checklist:

See contributing.md for styleguide, changelog guidelines, and more.

• Followed the style guidelines of this project
• Changelogs have been updated
• Unit tests have been added
• Documentation has been updated

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[tammy-baylis-swi]

Thanks @y-young for the description and sample app.

I think the change makes sense based on semconv for CLIENT_ADDRESS and SERVER_ADDRESS. The detail addressed by the change is just not covered in the migration guide.

The ASGI unit tests are failing as the expected are also missing server.address. Please could these be updated? As well as the Changelog.

[tammy-baylis-swi]

Also, for paper trail please could you create a new bugfix Issue and link to this PR?

[emdneto]

I remember discussing #2814 with @lzchen and there was a good reason for that. Will try to remember the details

[lzchen]

Thanks for finding this. I think the change is good, although we should have _set_http_net_host take precedence if it exists already.

[y-young]

I guess this should be similar to CLIENT_ADDRESS? Updated.

[lzchen]

@emdneto

I remember discussing #2814 with @lzchen and there was a good reason for that. Will try to remember the details

I can't remember the reasoning for having http.host map to client.address, this was not properly defined in the migration guide. The deprecation notice says: Deprecated, use one of server.address, client.addressorhttp.request.header.host instead, depending on the usage.

[emdneto]

@emdneto

I remember discussing #2814 with @lzchen and there was a good reason for that. Will try to remember the details

I can't remember the reasoning for having http.host map to client.address, this was not properly defined in the migration guide. The deprecation notice says: Deprecated, use one of server.address, client.addressorhttp.request.header.host instead, depending on the usage.

I remember the deprecation notice; that's why I thought it made sense. Thanks @lzchen for the double-check