Rust SDK - Untrace

Overview

The Untrace Rust SDK provides zero-latency LLM observability with automatic instrumentation for all major LLM providers. Built on OpenTelemetry standards, it captures comprehensive trace data and routes it to your chosen observability platforms.

Quick Start

Start tracing LLM calls in minutes

Framework Support

Axum, Actix, Tokio, and high-performance apps

Performance

Zero-cost abstractions and async support

Examples

Real-world examples and best practices

Installation

Add this to your Cargo.toml:

[dependencies]
untrace-sdk = "0.1.2"
tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }

Quick Start

Basic Setup

use untrace::{init, Config};

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    // Initialize the SDK
    let config = Config::new("your-api-key".to_string());
    let untrace = init(config).await?;

    // Create a span
    let span = untrace.tracer().start_span("my-operation");
    // ... your code here ...
    span.end();

    // Shutdown
    untrace.shutdown().await?;
    Ok(())
}

LLM Span Creation

use untrace::{init, Config, LLMSpanOptions, LLMOperationType};

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let config = Config::new("your-api-key".to_string());
    let untrace = init(config).await?;

    let options = LLMSpanOptions {
        provider: "openai".to_string(),
        model: "gpt-4".to_string(),
        operation: LLMOperationType::Chat,
        prompt_tokens: Some(100),
        completion_tokens: Some(50),
        total_tokens: Some(150),
        temperature: Some(0.7),
        ..Default::default()
    };

    let span = untrace.tracer().start_llm_span("llm-chat", options);
    // ... your LLM code here ...
    span.end();

    untrace.shutdown().await?;
    Ok(())
}

Configuration

Basic Configuration

use untrace::Config;

let config = Config::new("your-api-key".to_string())
    .with_service_name("my-app".to_string())
    .with_service_version("1.0.0".to_string())
    .with_environment("production".to_string())
    .with_debug(true);

Environment Variables

You can also configure the SDK using environment variables:

export UNTRACE_API_KEY="your-api-key"
export UNTRACE_SERVICE_NAME="my-app"
export UNTRACE_SERVICE_VERSION="1.0.0"
export UNTRACE_ENVIRONMENT="production"
export UNTRACE_DEBUG="true"
export UNTRACE_SAMPLING_RATE="0.5"

Then initialize with:

use untrace::init_from_env;

let untrace = init_from_env().await?;

Advanced Configuration

use untrace::Config;
use std::time::Duration;

let config = Config::new("your-api-key".to_string())
    .with_service_name("my-app".to_string())
    .with_service_version("1.0.0".to_string())
    .with_environment("production".to_string())
    .with_debug(false)
    .with_sampling_rate(0.1)
    .with_max_batch_size(100)
    .with_export_interval(Duration::from_secs(5))
    .with_base_url("https://api.untrace.dev".to_string());

Framework Integration

Axum Framework

use axum::{
    extract::State,
    response::Json,
    routing::post,
    Router,
};
use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
use untrace::{init, Config};

#[derive(Deserialize)]
struct ChatRequest {
    message: String,
}

#[derive(Serialize)]
struct ChatResponse {
    response: String,
    trace_id: String,
}

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
    let untrace = init(Config::new("your-api-key".to_string())).await.unwrap();

    let app = Router::new()
        .route("/chat", post(chat_handler))
        .with_state(untrace);

    axum::Server::bind(&"0.0.0.0:3000".parse().unwrap())
        .serve(app.into_make_service())
        .await
        .unwrap();
}

async fn chat_handler(
    State(untrace): State<Untrace>,
    Json(payload): Json<ChatRequest>
) -> Json<ChatResponse> {
    let span = untrace.tracer().start_span("chat");

    // Your LLM logic here
    let response = "Generated response".to_string();

    span.end();

    Json(ChatResponse {
        response,
        trace_id: "trace-123".to_string(),
    })
}

Actix Web Framework

use actix_web::{web, App, HttpServer, Result};
use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
use untrace::{init, Config};

#[derive(Deserialize)]
struct ChatRequest {
    message: String,
}

#[derive(Serialize)]
struct ChatResponse {
    response: String,
    trace_id: String,
}

async fn chat_handler(
    payload: web::Json<ChatRequest>,
    untrace: web::Data<Untrace>,
) -> Result<web::Json<ChatResponse>> {
    let span = untrace.tracer().start_span("chat");

    // Your LLM logic here
    let response = "Generated response".to_string();

    span.end();

    Ok(web::Json(ChatResponse {
        response,
        trace_id: "trace-123".to_string(),
    }))
}

#[actix_web::main]
async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
    let untrace = init(Config::new("your-api-key".to_string())).await.unwrap();

    HttpServer::new(move || {
        App::new()
            .app_data(web::Data::new(untrace.clone()))
            .route("/chat", web::post().to(chat_handler))
    })
    .bind("127.0.0.1:8080")?
    .run()
    .await
}

Warp Framework

use warp::Filter;
use untrace::{init, Config};

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
    let untrace = init(Config::new("your-api-key".to_string())).await.unwrap();

    let untrace_filter = warp::any().map(move || untrace.clone());

    let chat_route = warp::path("chat")
        .and(warp::post())
        .and(warp::body::json())
        .and(untrace_filter)
        .and_then(chat_handler);

    warp::serve(chat_route)
        .run(([127, 0, 0, 1], 3030))
        .await;
}

async fn chat_handler(
    request: serde_json::Value,
    untrace: Untrace,
) -> Result<impl warp::Reply, warp::Rejection> {
    let span = untrace.tracer().start_span("chat");

    // Your LLM logic here
    let response = "Generated response".to_string();

    span.end();

    Ok(warp::reply::json(&serde_json::json!({
        "response": response,
        "trace_id": "trace-123"
    })))
}

Advanced Usage

Workflow Tracking

use untrace::{init, Config, WorkflowOptions};
use std::collections::HashMap;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let config = Config::new("your-api-key".to_string());
    let untrace = init(config).await?;

    let mut metadata = HashMap::new();
    metadata.insert("user_id".to_string(), "user123".to_string());
    metadata.insert("tier".to_string(), "premium".to_string());

    let options = WorkflowOptions {
        user_id: Some("user123".to_string()),
        session_id: Some("session456".to_string()),
        version: Some("1.0.0".to_string()),
        parent_id: None,
        metadata,
    };

    let workflow = untrace.context().start_workflow(
        "my-workflow".to_string(),
        untrace.context().generate_run_id(),
        options,
    )?;

    // Create a workflow span
    let span = untrace.tracer().start_workflow_span(&workflow);
    // ... your workflow code here ...
    span.end();

    // End the workflow
    untrace.context().end_current_workflow()?;

    untrace.shutdown().await?;
    Ok(())
}

Metrics Collection

use untrace::{init, Config, TokenUsage, Cost};

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let config = Config::new("your-api-key".to_string());
    let untrace = init(config).await?;

    // Record token usage
    let usage = TokenUsage {
        prompt_tokens: 100,
        completion_tokens: 50,
        total_tokens: 150,
        model: "gpt-4".to_string(),
        provider: "openai".to_string(),
    };
    untrace.metrics().record_token_usage(usage)?;

    // Record cost
    let cost = Cost {
        prompt: 0.01,
        completion: 0.02,
        total: 0.03,
        currency: "USD".to_string(),
        model: "gpt-4".to_string(),
        provider: "openai".to_string(),
    };
    untrace.metrics().record_cost(cost)?;

    // Record latency
    let duration = std::time::Duration::from_millis(500);
    let mut attributes = HashMap::new();
    attributes.insert("operation".to_string(), "llm_call".to_string());
    untrace.metrics().record_latency(duration, attributes)?;

    untrace.shutdown().await?;
    Ok(())
}

Custom Attributes

use untrace::{init, Config};
use std::collections::HashMap;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let config = Config::new("your-api-key".to_string());
    let untrace = init(config).await?;

    let span = untrace.tracer().start_span("custom-operation");

    // Add custom attributes
    let mut attributes = HashMap::new();
    attributes.insert("user.id".to_string(), "user-123".to_string());
    attributes.insert("user.subscription_tier".to_string(), "premium".to_string());
    attributes.insert("feature.name".to_string(), "advanced-search".to_string());
    attributes.insert("feature.version".to_string(), "2.0".to_string());
    attributes.insert("custom.metric".to_string(), "42.5".to_string());

    span.set_attributes(attributes);

    // Your operation logic here
    span.end();

    untrace.shutdown().await?;
    Ok(())
}

Error Handling

use untrace::{init, Config};

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let config = Config::new("your-api-key".to_string());
    let untrace = init(config).await?;

    let span = untrace.tracer().start_span("risky-operation");

    match risky_operation().await {
        Ok(result) => {
            span.set_status(Status::Ok, "Operation completed successfully");
            // Process result
        }
        Err(e) => {
            span.record_error(&e);
            span.set_status(Status::Error, &e.to_string());
            eprintln!("Operation failed: {}", e);
        }
    }

    span.end();
    untrace.shutdown().await?;
    Ok(())
}

async fn risky_operation() -> Result<String, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    // Simulate a risky operation
    if rand::random::<f64>() < 0.5 {
        Err("Random failure".into())
    } else {
        Ok("Success".to_string())
    }
}

Examples

OpenAI Integration

use untrace::{init, Config, LLMSpanOptions, LLMOperationType};
use serde_json::json;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let config = Config::new("your-api-key".to_string());
    let untrace = init(config).await?;

    let response = chat_with_tracing(&untrace, "What is the meaning of life?").await?;
    println!("Response: {}", response);

    untrace.shutdown().await?;
    Ok(())
}

async fn chat_with_tracing(
    untrace: &Untrace,
    prompt: &str,
) -> Result<String, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let options = LLMSpanOptions {
        provider: "openai".to_string(),
        model: "gpt-4".to_string(),
        operation: LLMOperationType::Chat,
        ..Default::default()
    };

    let span = untrace.tracer().start_llm_span("openai-chat", options);

    // Set prompt attribute
    span.set_attribute("llm.prompt", prompt);

    // Make OpenAI API call (pseudo-code)
    let response = call_openai(prompt).await?;

    // Set response attributes
    span.set_attribute("llm.response", &response);
    span.set_attribute("llm.tokens", 100);

    span.end();
    Ok(response)
}

async fn call_openai(prompt: &str) -> Result<String, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    // Simulate OpenAI API call
    Ok("The meaning of life is 42.".to_string())
}

Batch Processing

use untrace::{init, Config, LLMSpanOptions, LLMOperationType};

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let config = Config::new("your-api-key".to_string());
    let untrace = init(config).await?;

    let prompts = vec![
        "What is AI?",
        "Explain machine learning",
        "How does deep learning work?",
    ];

    for (i, prompt) in prompts.iter().enumerate() {
        let options = LLMSpanOptions {
            provider: "openai".to_string(),
            model: "gpt-4".to_string(),
            operation: LLMOperationType::Chat,
            ..Default::default()
        };

        let span = untrace.tracer().start_llm_span("batch-processing", options);

        span.set_attribute("llm.prompt", prompt);
        span.set_attribute("batch.index", i as i64);
        span.set_attribute("batch.total", prompts.len() as i64);

        // Process prompt
        match process_prompt(prompt).await {
            Ok(response) => {
                span.set_attribute("llm.response", &response);
            }
            Err(e) => {
                span.record_error(&e);
                span.set_status(Status::Error, &e.to_string());
            }
        }

        span.end();
    }

    untrace.shutdown().await?;
    Ok(())
}

async fn process_prompt(prompt: &str) -> Result<String, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    // Simulate processing
    Ok(format!("Response to: {}", prompt))
}

Async Stream Processing

use untrace::{init, Config};
use futures::stream::{self, StreamExt};

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let config = Config::new("your-api-key".to_string());
    let untrace = init(config).await?;

    let items = vec!["item1", "item2", "item3"];

    let results: Vec<_> = stream::iter(items)
        .map(|item| process_item(&untrace, item))
        .buffer_unordered(3) // Process up to 3 items concurrently
        .collect()
        .await;

    for result in results {
        match result {
            Ok(response) => println!("Processed: {}", response),
            Err(e) => eprintln!("Error: {}", e),
        }
    }

    untrace.shutdown().await?;
    Ok(())
}

async fn process_item(untrace: &Untrace, item: &str) -> Result<String, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let span = untrace.tracer().start_span("process-item");
    span.set_attribute("item", item);

    // Simulate async processing
    tokio::time::sleep(tokio::time::Duration::from_millis(100)).await;

    let result = format!("Processed: {}", item);
    span.set_attribute("result", &result);
    span.end();

    Ok(result)
}

Performance

Zero-Cost Abstractions

The Rust SDK is designed with zero-cost abstractions in mind:

// This code has minimal runtime overhead
let span = untrace.tracer().start_span("operation");
// ... work ...
span.end();

// When sampling is disabled, spans are essentially no-ops

Async Performance

use untrace::{init, Config};
use tokio::task;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let config = Config::new("your-api-key".to_string());
    let untrace = init(config).await?;

    // Spawn multiple concurrent tasks
    let handles: Vec<_> = (0..10)
        .map(|i| {
            let untrace = untrace.clone();
            task::spawn(async move {
                let span = untrace.tracer().start_span(&format!("task-{}", i));
                // ... work ...
                span.end();
            })
        })
        .collect();

    // Wait for all tasks to complete
    for handle in handles {
        handle.await?;
    }

    untrace.shutdown().await?;
    Ok(())
}

Memory Management

use untrace::{init, Config};

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let config = Config::new("your-api-key".to_string())
        .with_max_batch_size(100) // Limit memory usage
        .with_export_interval(Duration::from_secs(5)); // Regular cleanup

    let untrace = init(config).await?;

    // Process many operations
    for i in 0..1000 {
        let span = untrace.tracer().start_span(&format!("operation-{}", i));
        // ... work ...
        span.end();
    }

    untrace.shutdown().await?;
    Ok(())
}

Best Practices

1. Use RAII for Automatic Cleanup

// Good: Automatic cleanup with RAII
{
    let span = untrace.tracer().start_span("operation");
    // ... work ...
    span.end(); // Automatically called when span goes out of scope
}

2. Handle Errors Properly

async fn safe_operation(untrace: &Untrace) -> Result<String, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let span = untrace.tracer().start_span("safe-operation");

    match risky_operation().await {
        Ok(result) => {
            span.set_status(Status::Ok, "Success");
            span.end();
            Ok(result)
        }
        Err(e) => {
            span.record_error(&e);
            span.set_status(Status::Error, &e.to_string());
            span.end();
            Err(e)
        }
    }
}

3. Use Semantic Attributes

span.set_attribute("user.id", "user-123");
span.set_attribute("user.subscription_tier", "premium");
span.set_attribute("feature.name", "advanced-search");
span.set_attribute("feature.version", "2.0");

4. Initialize Early

// Good: Initialize in main
#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let untrace = init(Config::new("your-api-key".to_string())).await?;

    // Rest of your application
    run_app(untrace).await?;

    untrace.shutdown().await?;
    Ok(())
}

Troubleshooting

Common Issues

No traces appearing

High memory usage

Async context issues

// Make sure to use async/await consistently
async fn handler(untrace: &Untrace) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let span = untrace.tracer().start_span("handler");
    // ... async work ...
    span.end();
    Ok(())
}

Compilation errors

API Reference

Core Types

pub struct Config {
    pub api_key: String,
    pub service_name: Option<String>,
    pub service_version: Option<String>,
    pub environment: Option<String>,
    pub debug: bool,
    pub sampling_rate: f64,
    pub max_batch_size: usize,
    pub export_interval: Duration,
    pub base_url: Option<String>,
}

pub struct LLMSpanOptions {
    pub provider: String,
    pub model: String,
    pub operation: LLMOperationType,
    pub prompt_tokens: Option<u32>,
    pub completion_tokens: Option<u32>,
    pub total_tokens: Option<u32>,
    pub temperature: Option<f64>,
    pub max_tokens: Option<u32>,
}

pub enum LLMOperationType {
    Chat,
    Completion,
    Embedding,
    Image,
    Audio,
}

Trait Implementations

pub trait Tracer {
    fn start_span(&self, name: &str) -> Span;
    fn start_llm_span(&self, name: &str, options: LLMSpanOptions) -> Span;
}

pub trait Span {
    fn set_attribute(&self, key: &str, value: &str);
    fn set_status(&self, code: Status, message: &str);
    fn record_error(&self, error: &dyn std::error::Error);
    fn end(self);
}

Support

Documentation: https://docs.untrace.dev
GitHub Issues: https://github.com/untrace-dev/untrace/issues
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Email Support: support@untrace.dev

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Reference

Development

​Overview

Quick Start

Framework Support

Performance

Examples

​Installation

​Quick Start

​Basic Setup

​LLM Span Creation

​Configuration

​Basic Configuration

​Environment Variables

​Advanced Configuration

​Framework Integration

​Axum Framework

​Actix Web Framework

​Warp Framework

​Advanced Usage

​Workflow Tracking

​Metrics Collection

​Custom Attributes

​Error Handling

​Examples

​OpenAI Integration

​Batch Processing

​Async Stream Processing

​Performance

​Zero-Cost Abstractions

​Async Performance

​Memory Management

​Best Practices

​1. Use RAII for Automatic Cleanup

​2. Handle Errors Properly

​3. Use Semantic Attributes

​4. Initialize Early

​Troubleshooting

​Common Issues

​API Reference

​Core Types

​Trait Implementations

​Support

​Next Steps

Dashboard Guide

Configuration

Examples

API Reference

Overview

Installation

Quick Start

Basic Setup

LLM Span Creation

Configuration

Basic Configuration

Environment Variables

Advanced Configuration

Framework Integration

Axum Framework

Actix Web Framework

Warp Framework

Advanced Usage

Workflow Tracking

Metrics Collection

Custom Attributes

Error Handling

Examples

OpenAI Integration

Batch Processing

Async Stream Processing

Performance

Zero-Cost Abstractions

Async Performance

Memory Management

Best Practices

1. Use RAII for Automatic Cleanup

2. Handle Errors Properly

3. Use Semantic Attributes

4. Initialize Early

Troubleshooting

Common Issues

API Reference

Core Types

Trait Implementations

Support

Next Steps