feat(core): Drop dev server spans

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 
 ### Fixes
 
+- Skips development server spans ([#4271](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/4271))
 - Ignore JavascriptException to filter out obfuscated duplicate JS Errors on Android ([#4232](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/4232))
 - Skips ignoring require cycle logs for RN 0.70 or newer ([#4214](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/4214))
 - Enhanced accuracy of time-to-display spans. ([#4189](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/4189))

packages/core/src/js/tracing/reactnativetracing.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { getClient } from '@sentry/core';
 import type { Client, Event, Integration, StartSpanOptions } from '@sentry/types';
 
 import { isWeb } from '../utils/environment';
+import { getDevServer } from './../integrations/debugsymbolicatorutils';
 import { addDefaultOpForSpanFrom, defaultIdleOptions } from './span';
 
 export const INTEGRATION_NAME = 'ReactNativeTracing';
@@ -97,6 +98,22 @@ export const reactNativeTracingIntegration = (
     idleTimeoutMs: options.idleTimeoutMs ?? defaultIdleOptions.idleTimeout,
   };
 
+  const userShouldCreateSpanForRequest = finalOptions.shouldCreateSpanForRequest;
+
+  // Drop Dev Server Spans
+  const devServerUrl = getDevServer()?.url || '';
+  const finalShouldCreateSpanForRequest = (url: string): boolean => {
+    if (url.includes(devServerUrl)) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    if (userShouldCreateSpanForRequest) {
+      return userShouldCreateSpanForRequest(url);
+    }
+    return true;
+  };
+
+  finalOptions.shouldCreateSpanForRequest = finalShouldCreateSpanForRequest;
+
   const setup = (client: Client): void => {
     addDefaultOpForSpanFrom(client);
 

packages/core/test/tracing/reactnavigation.test.ts

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import { DEFAULT_NAVIGATION_SPAN_NAME } from '../../src/js/tracing/span';
 import { RN_GLOBAL_OBJ } from '../../src/js/utils/worldwide';
 import { getDefaultTestClientOptions, TestClient } from '../mocks/client';
 import { NATIVE } from '../mockWrapper';
+import { getDevServer } from './../../src/js/integrations/debugsymbolicatorutils';
 import { createMockNavigationAndAttachTo } from './reactnavigationutils';
 
 const dummyRoute = {
@@ -32,6 +33,9 @@ const dummyRoute = {
 };
 
 jest.mock('../../src/js/wrapper.ts', () => jest.requireActual('../mockWrapper.ts'));
+jest.mock('./../../src/js/integrations/debugsymbolicatorutils', () => ({
+  getDevServer: jest.fn(),
+}));
 jest.useFakeTimers({ advanceTimers: true });
 
 class MockNavigationContainer {
@@ -392,6 +396,45 @@ describe('ReactNavigationInstrumentation', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('shouldCreateSpanForRequest', () => {
+    it('should return false for Dev Server URLs', () => {
+      const devServerUrl = 'http://localhost:8081';
+      (getDevServer as jest.Mock).mockReturnValue({ url: devServerUrl });
+
+      const rnTracing = reactNativeTracingIntegration();
+
+      const result = rnTracing.options.shouldCreateSpanForRequest(devServerUrl);
+
+      expect(result).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('should return true for non Dev Server URLs', () => {
+      const devServerUrl = 'http://localhost:8081';
+      (getDevServer as jest.Mock).mockReturnValue({ url: devServerUrl });
+
+      const rnTracing = reactNativeTracingIntegration();
+
+      const result = rnTracing.options.shouldCreateSpanForRequest('http://some-other-url.com');
+
+      expect(result).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('should chain the user defined shouldCreateSpanForRequest if defined', () => {
+      const devServerUrl = 'http://localhost:8081';
+      (getDevServer as jest.Mock).mockReturnValue({ url: devServerUrl });
+
+      const userShouldCreateSpanForRequest = (_url: string): boolean => {
+        return false;
+      };
+
+      const rnTracing = reactNativeTracingIntegration({ shouldCreateSpanForRequest: userShouldCreateSpanForRequest });
+
+      const result = rnTracing.options.shouldCreateSpanForRequest('http://some-other-url.com');
+
+      expect(result).toBe(false);
+    });
+  });
+
   function setupTestClient(
     setupOptions: {
       beforeSpanStart?: (options: StartSpanOptions) => StartSpanOptions;