https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Cloud-platforms/GCP-functions-Node-js-integration-with-Dynatrace/m-p/294487#M2267 <P>Hello experts,&nbsp;</P> <P>I'm learning how to integrate GCP function traces with Dynatrace documentation for Node.js:&nbsp;</P> <P>1.<A href="https://docs.dynatrace.com/docs/ingest-from/google-cloud-platform/gcp-integrations/gcp-functions/opentelemetry-on-gcf#choose-config-method" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Set up OpenTelemetry monitoring for Google Cloud Functions — Dynatrace Docs</A></P> <P>2.&nbsp;<A href="https://docs.dynatrace.com/docs/ingest-from/google-cloud-platform/gcp-integrations/gcp-functions/opentelemetry-on-gcf-nodejs#starting-spans--start-an-active-span-recommended" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Integrate on Google Cloud Functions Node.js — Dynatrace Docs</A></P> <P>Sadly, I can't get the traces on Dynatrace's side using the doc samples for the code:</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>index.js (where helloHttp is my entry function):</P> <LI-CODE lang="javascript">const functions = require('@google-cloud/functions-framework'); const { Resource } = require('@opentelemetry/resources'); const { NodeTracerProvider } = require('@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-node'); const { SemanticResourceAttributes } = require('@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions'); const { DtSpanExporter, DtSpanProcessor, DtTextMapPropagator, DtSampler } = require('@dynatrace/opentelemetry-gcf'); const processor = new DtSpanProcessor(new DtSpanExporter()); const provider = new NodeTracerProvider({ resource: new Resource({ "my.resource.attribute": "My Resource", }), sampler: new DtSampler(), // for @opentelemetry/sdk-trace-node versions lower than 1.29.0 use `provider.addSpanProcessor(processor)` instead spanProcessors: [processor] // ...other configurations }); provider.register({ propagator: new DtTextMapPropagator(), // ...other configurations }); ///////////// // ...tracing initialization code const { startActiveHttpSpan, endHttpSpanAndFlush } = require('@dynatrace/opentelemetry-gcf'); // ...tracing initialization code async function handler(req, res) { await startActiveHttpSpan(req, async (span) =&gt; { let error; try { // do something console.log("Hello Console...") } catch (e) { error = e; } // status should be set before span ends res.status(error != null ? 500 : 200); /** * Span must be ended and flushed before handler sends response. * This limitiation comes from GCF, for details see: * https://cloud.google.com/functions/docs/concepts/nodejs-runtime#signal-termination */ await endHttpSpanAndFlush(span, res, error); res.send("hello world!"); }); } ///////////// functions.http('helloHttp', (req, res) =&gt; { handler(req,res); });</LI-CODE> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>I ran the same test with a Python function, and it worked without issues, which makes me think my code has an issue.&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Thank you in advance for any comment or recommendation; it is well appreciated.</P> Tue, 10 Feb 2026 08:46:54 GMT annam 2026-02-10T08:46:54Z https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Cloud-platforms/GCP-functions-Node-js-integration-with-Dynatrace/m-p/294487#M2267 <P>Hello experts,&nbsp;</P> <P>I'm learning how to integrate GCP function traces with Dynatrace documentation for Node.js:&nbsp;</P> <P>1.<A href="https://docs.dynatrace.com/docs/ingest-from/google-cloud-platform/gcp-integrations/gcp-functions/opentelemetry-on-gcf#choose-config-method" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Set up OpenTelemetry monitoring for Google Cloud Functions — Dynatrace Docs</A></P> <P>2.&nbsp;<A href="https://docs.dynatrace.com/docs/ingest-from/google-cloud-platform/gcp-integrations/gcp-functions/opentelemetry-on-gcf-nodejs#starting-spans--start-an-active-span-recommended" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Integrate on Google Cloud Functions Node.js — Dynatrace Docs</A></P> <P>Sadly, I can't get the traces on Dynatrace's side using the doc samples for the code:</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>index.js (where helloHttp is my entry function):</P> <LI-CODE lang="javascript">const functions = require('@google-cloud/functions-framework'); const { Resource } = require('@opentelemetry/resources'); const { NodeTracerProvider } = require('@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-node'); const { SemanticResourceAttributes } = require('@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions'); const { DtSpanExporter, DtSpanProcessor, DtTextMapPropagator, DtSampler } = require('@dynatrace/opentelemetry-gcf'); const processor = new DtSpanProcessor(new DtSpanExporter()); const provider = new NodeTracerProvider({ resource: new Resource({ "my.resource.attribute": "My Resource", }), sampler: new DtSampler(), // for @opentelemetry/sdk-trace-node versions lower than 1.29.0 use `provider.addSpanProcessor(processor)` instead spanProcessors: [processor] // ...other configurations }); provider.register({ propagator: new DtTextMapPropagator(), // ...other configurations }); ///////////// // ...tracing initialization code const { startActiveHttpSpan, endHttpSpanAndFlush } = require('@dynatrace/opentelemetry-gcf'); // ...tracing initialization code async function handler(req, res) { await startActiveHttpSpan(req, async (span) =&gt; { let error; try { // do something console.log("Hello Console...") } catch (e) { error = e; } // status should be set before span ends res.status(error != null ? 500 : 200); /** * Span must be ended and flushed before handler sends response. * This limitiation comes from GCF, for details see: * https://cloud.google.com/functions/docs/concepts/nodejs-runtime#signal-termination */ await endHttpSpanAndFlush(span, res, error); res.send("hello world!"); }); } ///////////// functions.http('helloHttp', (req, res) =&gt; { handler(req,res); });</LI-CODE> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>I ran the same test with a Python function, and it worked without issues, which makes me think my code has an issue.&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Thank you in advance for any comment or recommendation; it is well appreciated.</P> Tue, 10 Feb 2026 08:46:54 GMT https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Cloud-platforms/GCP-functions-Node-js-integration-with-Dynatrace/m-p/294487#M2267 annam 2026-02-10T08:46:54Z