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# Langfuse Tracing for Pipecat via OpenTelemetry
This demo showcases [Langfuse](https://langfuse.com) tracing integration for Pipecat services via OpenTelemetry, allowing you to visualize service calls, performance metrics, and dependencies.
This is a fork of the [OpenTelemetry Tracing for Pipecat](../open-telemetry-tracing) demo, but uses Langfuse instead of Jaeger. In contrast to the original demo, this demo uses the `opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http` exporter as the `grpc` exporter is not supported by Langfuse.
Pipecat trace in Langfuse:
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/13dd7431-bf5e-42e3-8d6d-2ed84c51195d
## Features
- **Hierarchical Tracing**: Track entire conversations, turns, and service calls
- **Service Tracing**: Detailed spans for TTS, STT, and LLM services with rich context
- **TTFB Metrics**: Capture Time To First Byte metrics for latency analysis
- **Usage Statistics**: Track character counts for TTS and token usage for LLMs
## Trace Structure
Traces are organized hierarchically:
```
Conversation (conversation-uuid)
├── turn-1
│ ├── stt_deepgramsttservice
│ ├── llm_openaillmservice
│ └── tts_cartesiattsservice
└── turn-2
├── stt_deepgramsttservice
├── llm_openaillmservice
└── tts_cartesiattsservice
turn-N
└── ...
```
This organization helps you track conversation-to-conversation and turn-to-turn.
## Setup Instructions
### 1. Create a Langfuse Project and get API keys
[Self-host](https://langfuse.com/self-hosting) Langfuse or create a free [Langfuse Cloud](https://cloud.langfuse.com) account.
Create a new project and get the API keys.
### 2. Environment Configuration
Base64 encode your Langfuse public and secret key:
```bash
echo -n "pk-lf-1234567890:sk-lf-1234567890" | base64
```
Create a `.env` file with your API keys to enable tracing:
```
ENABLE_TRACING=true
# OTLP endpoint (defaults to localhost:4317 if not set)
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT=http://cloud.langfuse.com/api/public/otel
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS=Authorization=Basic%20<base64_encoded_api_key>
# Set to any value to enable console output for debugging
# OTEL_CONSOLE_EXPORT=true
```
### 3. Configure Your Pipeline Task
Enable tracing in your Pipecat application:
```python
# Initialize OpenTelemetry with your chosen exporter
from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.http.trace_exporter import OTLPSpanExporter
# Configured automatically from .env
exporter = OTLPSpanExporter()
setup_tracing(
service_name="pipecat-demo",
exporter=exporter,
console_export=os.getenv("OTEL_CONSOLE_EXPORT", "false").lower() == "true",
)
# Enable tracing in your PipelineTask
task = PipelineTask(
pipeline,
params=PipelineParams(
allow_interruptions=True,
enable_metrics=True, # Required for some service metrics
),
enable_tracing=True, # Enables both turn and conversation tracing
conversation_id="customer-123", # Optional - will auto-generate if not provided
)
```
### 4. Install Dependencies
```bash
pip install -r requirements.txt
```
### 5. Run the Demo
```bash
python bot.py
```
### 6. View Traces in Langfuse
Open your browser to [https://cloud.langfuse.com](https://cloud.langfuse.com) to view traces.
## Understanding the Traces
- **Conversation Spans**: The top-level span representing an entire conversation
- **Turn Spans**: Child spans of conversations that represent each turn in the dialog
- **Service Spans**: Detailed service operations nested under turns
- **Service Attributes**: Each service includes rich context about its operation:
- **TTS**: Voice ID, character count, service type
- **STT**: Transcription text, language, model
- **LLM**: Messages, tokens used, model, service configuration
- **Metrics**: Performance data like `metrics.ttfb_ms` and processing durations
## How It Works
The tracing system consists of:
1. **TurnTrackingObserver**: Detects conversation turns
2. **TurnTraceObserver**: Creates spans for turns and conversations
3. **Service Decorators**: `@traced_tts`, `@traced_stt`, `@traced_llm` for service-specific tracing
4. **Context Providers**: Share context between different parts of the pipeline
## Troubleshooting
- **No Traces in Langfuse**: Ensure that your credentials are correct and follow this [troubleshooting guide](https://langfuse.com/faq/all/missing-traces)
- **Debugging Traces**: Set `OTEL_CONSOLE_EXPORT=true` to print traces to the console for debugging
- **Missing Metrics**: Check that `enable_metrics=True` in PipelineParams
- **Connection Errors**: Verify network connectivity to Langfuse
- **Exporter Issues**: Try the Console exporter (`OTEL_CONSOLE_EXPORT=true`) to verify tracing works
## References
- [OpenTelemetry Python Documentation](https://opentelemetry-python.readthedocs.io/)
- [Langfuse OpenTelemetry Documentation](https://langfuse.com/docs/opentelemetry/get-started)