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AI SDK trace timing
Live model spans precede the enclosing workflow tree.
Events
AI SDK 7.0.162 reports recorded WorkflowAgent events at completion or suspension, retaining original timestamps.[1](https://github.com/vercel/ai/releases/tag/ai@7.0.162) The release’s November 3 UTC clock falls on November 2 in Toronto.
Bridge
The OpenTelemetry bridge uses the same `OpenTelemetryIdGenerator` instance for the tracer provider’s `idGenerator` and `sampler`, and `new OpenTelemetry({ durable })`.[1](https://github.com/vercel/ai/releases/tag/ai@7.0.162) Model spans and nested provider requests appear live; the enclosing `invoke_agent` tree is rebuilt at completion. Without this bridge, existing live per‑model tracing remains.[1](https://github.com/vercel/ai/releases/tag/ai@7.0.162)
Coding workstation, March 2012; archive, not an AI SDK trace or execution test. Photo: @matylda / hackNY / [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AWebsite_Coding.jpg), [CC BY‑SA 2.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by‑sa/2.0/). Resized and display‑cropped; adaptations retain the same licence.
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