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Groq's reasoning models (qwen/qwen3-32b, openai/gpt-oss-*, deepseek-r1-distill-*) return their thinking beside the answer when the request sets reasoning_format="parsed": message.reasoning on a completion, delta.reasoning on each streamed chunk, and usage.completion_tokens_details.reasoning_tokens for the count. The groq SDK has carried all three since 0.9 (ChatCompletionMessage.reasoning, ChoiceDelta.reasoning, CompletionTokensDetails.reasoning_tokens, all present in the 1.2.0 this package pins). The instrumentor read none of them: the span showed the answer with no reasoning part, and the completion token count with no reasoning breakdown. The OpenAI instrumentor in this repo already records both ({"type": "reasoning"} part and gen_ai.usage.reasoning_tokens), so this brings Groq in line with it.

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  • set_response_attributes: a {"type": "reasoning", "content": ...} part is appended after the text part when message.reasoning is set, the same order the OpenAI instrumentor uses for reasoning_content.
  • set_model_response_attributes and set_model_streaming_response_attributes: gen_ai.usage.reasoning_tokens is set from completion_tokens_details.reasoning_tokens when the API reports it, next to the existing cached_tokens handling.
  • Streaming: _process_streaming_chunk also returns the chunk's delta.reasoning, both stream processors accumulate it beside the content, and set_streaming_response_attributes records the same part. The three existing tests that unpack the tuple are updated for the extra field.

Responses without reasoning are unchanged: no part, no attribute.

Tests

tests/traces/test_reasoning.py runs the real Groq client over an httpx.MockTransport that serves a parsed-reasoning completion and the equivalent SSE stream, so there is no key and no cassette. The non-streaming and streaming tests both fail on main (the output messages have only the text part), and a third pins the no-reasoning response as unchanged. uv run pytest tests/ passes, 128 tests; ruff check is clean.

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  • If adding a new instrumentation or changing an existing one, I've added screenshots from some observability platform showing the change. (No platform at hand; the test asserts the recorded parts and attribute, and I can add a screenshot if you want one.)
  • PR name follows conventional commits format: feat(instrumentation): ... or fix(instrumentation): ....
  • (If applicable) I have updated the documentation accordingly. (Nothing to change.)

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  • New Features

    • Added support for capturing reasoning text from Groq reasoning models in both streaming and non-streaming responses.
    • Reasoning content is recorded alongside response content in output message attributes.
    • Added tracking for reasoning tokens when reported by the model.
    • Streaming responses preserve reasoning content across response chunks, including when streaming events are not emitted.
    • Responses without reasoning information continue to omit reasoning content and reasoning-token details.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for reasoning-enabled, streaming, non-streaming, and reasoning-free completions.

Groq reasoning models (qwen3, gpt-oss, deepseek-r1-distill) return their
thinking in message.reasoning, or delta.reasoning when streaming, and count
it in usage.completion_tokens_details.reasoning_tokens when the request asks
for reasoning_format="parsed". The instrumentor read none of these, so the
span showed the answer with no reasoning part and the completion token count
with no reasoning breakdown.

Non-streaming responses now get a {"type": "reasoning"} part after the text,
the same shape the OpenAI instrumentor emits for reasoning_content. Streaming
accumulates delta.reasoning beside delta.content and records the same part.
Both paths set gen_ai.usage.reasoning_tokens when the API reports it.

The tests serve a parsed-reasoning response and stream from an httpx
MockTransport, so they run without a key or a cassette, and fail on main.
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Groq instrumentation now captures reasoning text from streamed and non-streamed completions. It records reasoning output parts and reasoning-token usage attributes. Tests cover split streaming reasoning, non-streaming reasoning, and completions without reasoning.

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Groq reasoning telemetry

Layer / File(s) Summary
Streaming reasoning propagation
packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-groq/opentelemetry/instrumentation/groq/__init__.py, packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-groq/opentelemetry/instrumentation/groq/span_utils.py, packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-groq/tests/traces/test_init.py
Streaming chunk processing returns reasoning fragments. Sync and async processors accumulate the fragments and pass them to span attribute handling.
Response reasoning and token usage
packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-groq/opentelemetry/instrumentation/groq/span_utils.py, packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-groq/tests/traces/test_reasoning.py
Response helpers add reasoning parts and record GEN_AI_USAGE_REASONING_TOKENS when completion data provides it. Tests cover streamed, non-streamed, and reasoning-free completions.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant GroqStream
  participant StreamProcessor
  participant SpanAttributes
  GroqStream->>StreamProcessor: provide chunks with reasoning deltas
  StreamProcessor->>StreamProcessor: accumulate reasoning fragments
  StreamProcessor->>SpanAttributes: pass accumulated reasoning
  SpanAttributes->>StreamProcessor: record reasoning output part
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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 41a4b

Event-emitting streams omit reasoning from span output, and async reasoning accumulation lacks a regression test. These bounded telemetry risks make the change mergeable with follow-up.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 41a4b

Reasoning text becomes part of traces under the existing default-enabled content setting. Content opt-out remains effective, but the broader data footprint may expose sensitive information beyond the final answer.

Retained concerns

  • Low · security · inferred: Default-enabled content tracing now records raw reasoning in addition to existing output content. This expands the data available to telemetry recipients and could expose sensitive material absent from the final answer. The existing content gate limits exposure when disabled; confidential content or unauthorized recipients were not demonstrated.
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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The new exposure follows instrumented Groq calls that return reasoning and use output-message span attributes with content capture enabled. The observed path reaches the client span; downstream recipients, retention, and cross-tenant exposure cannot be determined from the supplied evidence.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

  • inferred — Request-influenced provider reasoning can flow into recorded span data under the existing content policy. This establishes an additional disclosure path, not a verified secret leak or privilege escalation; sensitive source content and unauthorized recipient access were not demonstrated.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — Both production wrappers return the original call when instrumentation suppression is active. Reasoning-content emission remains subject to the existing content gate; disabling it without an enabling context override prevents these setters from recording reasoning text.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — Consider independently selectable reasoning capture so deployments can retain ordinary content telemetry without automatically including reasoning. Treat this as additional privacy control, not remediation of a demonstrated capture-policy bypass.
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Hi! I've merged main into this branch, since #4439 touched the same Groq streaming code, and all 142 Groq tests pass on the merged result. A review would be great whenever someone has a moment. Happy to change anything. Thanks!

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1-138: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add an async streaming reasoning test.

test_chat_streaming_reasoning_is_accumulated uses Groq and consumes a synchronous response with list(response). It does not exercise _create_async_stream_processor. Add a matching AsyncGroq test with mocked async responses, consume the stream with async for, and assert the reasoning part and reasoning-token attribute. If async reasoning accumulation regresses, the current reasoning tests can still pass.

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Add a matching async streaming test alongside
test_chat_streaming_reasoning_is_accumulated, using AsyncGroq with a mocked
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set_streaming_response_attributes(
span, accumulated_content, finish_reason, tool_calls=tool_calls, accumulated_reasoning=accumulated_reasoning
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Keep reasoning on the span when events are enabled.

When should_emit_events() is true and event_logger is set, this branch skips set_streaming_response_attributes. The event call also receives no accumulated_reasoning. Since the established gen_ai.choice schema has no reasoning field, this path records no reasoning. Keep the event schema unchanged, but record the reasoning part on the span in this branch.

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Update the streaming branch guarded by should_emit_events() and event_logger so
it records accumulated_reasoning on the span even when it skips
set_streaming_response_attributes. Keep the gen_ai.choice event schema unchanged
and preserve the existing behavior for other streaming attributes.

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