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  • Adds OpenTelemetry span instrumentation to mcp_auth.py and mcp_servers.py with safe, high-level metadata attributes (server name, provider_id, operation, counts, deleted status)
  • Registers five new SpanAttributes (MCP_SERVER_NAME, MCP_SERVER_PROVIDER_ID, MCP_SERVERS_COUNT, MCP_OPERATION, MCP_SERVER_DELETED) in otel_tracing.py
  • Error cases (409 Conflict, 403 Forbidden) are automatically captured via start_as_current_span
  • No tokens, authorization headers, or secrets appear in any span attributes

Spans

┌─────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│          Span Name          │           Endpoint           │                    Key Attributes                      │
├─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ mcp_auth.get_client_options │ GET /mcp-auth/client-options │ mcp.operation, mcp.servers.count                       │
├─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ mcp_server.register         │ POST /mcp-servers            │ mcp.operation, mcp.server.name, mcp.server.provider_id │
├─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ mcp_server.list             │ GET /mcp-servers             │ mcp.operation, mcp.servers.count                       │
├─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ mcp_server.delete           │ DELETE /mcp-servers/{name}   │ mcp.operation, mcp.server.name, mcp.server.deleted     │
└─────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

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    • Added OpenTelemetry tracing for MCP authentication options and server registration, listing, and deletion operations.
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    • Sensitive authentication information is excluded from telemetry.
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    • Added coverage verifying tracing attributes, empty results, successful and failed operations, and idempotent deletions.

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MCP authentication and server endpoints now create OpenTelemetry spans. The spans record operations, server metadata, counts, and deletion status. Unit tests verify span attributes, error states, and exclusion of sensitive authentication data.

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MCP OpenTelemetry instrumentation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Tracing contract and client options instrumentation
src/utils/otel_tracing.py, src/app/endpoints/mcp_auth.py, tests/unit/app/endpoints/test_mcp_auth.py
Added MCP span attributes and tracing for client-auth options discovery. Tests verify metadata, empty results, and sensitive-data exclusion.
MCP server lifecycle instrumentation
src/app/endpoints/mcp_servers.py, tests/unit/app/endpoints/test_mcp_servers.py
Added tracing for server registration, listing, and deletion. Tests verify attributes, counts, deletion outcomes, error statuses, and sensitive-data exclusion.

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

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to d72a7

The PR adds tracing to MCP endpoints, but server-list responses remain unbounded and may consume excessive memory or produce oversized responses as registrations grow; one registration span may also report an inaccurate provider ID. Merge should wait for bounded list results or explicit owner acceptance, along with the telemetry correction.

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In `@src/app/endpoints/mcp_servers.py`:
- Around line 142-161: Add bounded pagination or an equivalent strict result
limit to both the MCP server listing flow in src/app/endpoints/mcp_servers.py
lines 142-161 and client-auth server discovery in src/app/endpoints/mcp_auth.py
lines 74-102. Update the relevant list response construction so each endpoint
returns only a bounded subset, preserving existing filtering and response
semantics while preventing unbounded materialization of
configuration.mcp_servers.
- Around line 77-86: Update the MCP registration span attributes in the register
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Comment on lines +77 to +86
with tracer.start_as_current_span("mcp_server.register") as span:
set_span_attributes(
span,
{
SpanAttributes.MCP_OPERATION: "register",
SpanAttributes.MCP_SERVER_NAME: body.name,
SpanAttributes.MCP_SERVER_PROVIDER_ID: body.provider_id
or "model-context-protocol",
},
)

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Record the actual provider ID.

provider_id accepts "". Registration preserves that value, but Lines 83-84 record "model-context-protocol" in the span. This makes the trace disagree with the response and registered server.

Proposed fix
-                SpanAttributes.MCP_SERVER_PROVIDER_ID: body.provider_id
-                or "model-context-protocol",
+                SpanAttributes.MCP_SERVER_PROVIDER_ID: body.provider_id,
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with tracer.start_as_current_span("mcp_server.register") as span:
set_span_attributes(
span,
{
SpanAttributes.MCP_OPERATION: "register",
SpanAttributes.MCP_SERVER_NAME: body.name,
SpanAttributes.MCP_SERVER_PROVIDER_ID: body.provider_id
or "model-context-protocol",
},
)
with tracer.start_as_current_span("mcp_server.register") as span:
set_span_attributes(
span,
{
SpanAttributes.MCP_OPERATION: "register",
SpanAttributes.MCP_SERVER_NAME: body.name,
SpanAttributes.MCP_SERVER_PROVIDER_ID: body.provider_id,
},
)
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In `@src/app/endpoints/mcp_servers.py` around lines 77 - 86, Update the MCP
registration span attributes in the register endpoint to record body.provider_id
directly, preserving an empty string instead of substituting
"model-context-protocol"; keep the registered server and response behavior
unchanged.

Comment on lines +142 to +161
with tracer.start_as_current_span("mcp_server.list") as span:
set_span_attributes(span, {SpanAttributes.MCP_OPERATION: "list"})

servers = [
MCPServerInfo(
name=mcp.name,
url=mcp.url,
provider_id=mcp.provider_id,
source="api" if configuration.is_dynamic_mcp_server(mcp.name) else "config",
)
for mcp in configuration.mcp_servers
]
check_configuration_loaded(configuration)

return MCPServerListResponse(servers=servers)
servers = [
MCPServerInfo(
name=mcp.name,
url=mcp.url,
provider_id=mcp.provider_id,
source=(
"api" if configuration.is_dynamic_mcp_server(mcp.name) else "config"
),
)
for mcp in configuration.mcp_servers
]

set_span_attributes(span, {SpanAttributes.MCP_SERVERS_COUNT: len(servers)})

return MCPServerListResponse(servers=servers)

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🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Add pagination or a strict result limit to both MCP server list endpoints.

Dynamic registration can grow configuration.mcp_servers without a fixed bound. Each endpoint builds and returns every matching server in one response. This can cause excessive memory use and response size.

  • src/app/endpoints/mcp_servers.py#L142-L161: Add bounded pagination to the server list response.
  • src/app/endpoints/mcp_auth.py#L74-L102: Add the same bound to client-auth server discovery.

As per coding guidelines, flag “missing pagination or limits on list operations and API endpoints.”

📍 Affects 2 files
  • src/app/endpoints/mcp_servers.py#L142-L161 (this comment)
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In `@src/app/endpoints/mcp_servers.py` around lines 142 - 161, Add bounded
pagination or an equivalent strict result limit to both the MCP server listing
flow in src/app/endpoints/mcp_servers.py lines 142-161 and client-auth server
discovery in src/app/endpoints/mcp_auth.py lines 74-102. Update the relevant
list response construction so each endpoint returns only a bounded subset,
preserving existing filtering and response semantics while preventing unbounded
materialization of configuration.mcp_servers.

Source: Coding guidelines

- Adds OpenTelemetry span instrumentation to mcp_auth.py and mcp_servers.py with safe, high-level metadata attributes (server
name, provider_id, operation, counts, deleted status)
- Registers five new SpanAttributes (MCP_SERVER_NAME, MCP_SERVER_PROVIDER_ID, MCP_SERVERS_COUNT, MCP_OPERATION,
MCP_SERVER_DELETED) in otel_tracing.py
- Error cases (409 Conflict, 403 Forbidden) are automatically captured via start_as_current_span
- No tokens, authorization headers, or secrets appear in any span attributes

**Spans**

  ┌─────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
  │          Span Name          │           Endpoint           │                     Key Attributes                     │
  ├─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
  │ mcp_auth.get_client_options │ GET /mcp-auth/client-options │ mcp.operation, mcp.servers.count                       │
  ├─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
  │ mcp_server.register         │ POST /mcp-servers            │ mcp.operation, mcp.server.name, mcp.server.provider_id │
  ├─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
  │ mcp_server.list             │ GET /mcp-servers             │ mcp.operation, mcp.servers.count                       │
  ├─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
  │ mcp_server.delete           │ DELETE /mcp-servers/{name}   │ mcp.operation, mcp.server.name, mcp.server.deleted     │
  └─────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Signed-off-by: Anik Bhattacharjee <anbhatta@redhat.com>
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