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feat(anthropic): emit gen_ai.usage.reasoning_tokens from extended thinking - #4462

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What changed

Anthropic's API reports thinking/reasoning usage under usage.output_tokens_details.reasoning_tokens for models with extended thinking enabled, but the Anthropic instrumentation never read it. As a result reasoning tokens were invisible to token-usage consumers while every other provider path (OpenAI chat + responses, Vertex AI) already emits gen_ai.usage.reasoning_tokens.

This PR mirrors the existing OpenAI path (SpanAttributes.GEN_AI_USAGE_REASONING_TOKENS):

  • __init__.py: new _get_reasoning_tokens_from_usage() helper used by both _aset_token_usage (async) and _set_token_usage (sync).
  • streaming.py: _process_response_item now merges reasoning tokens across message_delta chunks (matching how output_tokens is summed), and streaming _set_token_usage emits the reasoning attribute.

The helper is getattr-based because the pinned anthropic SDK's Usage model does not expose output_tokens_details yet, even though the API returns it.

Testing

  • New tests/test_reasoning_usage.py (5 tests) covers sync, async, no-details omission, streaming chunk merge, and streaming attribute emit. Uses synthetic usage objects — no cassette/API needed.
  • uv run pytest tests/test_reasoning_usage.py → 5 passed.
  • uv run ruff check clean on all touched files.
  • Local full-package run: 238→245 passed; the remaining failures are pre-existing and reproduce on main without this change (cross-test cassette interference, unrelated to reasoning tokens).

Fixes #4458

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  • New Features

    • Anthropic instrumentation now reports reasoning-token usage in telemetry for synchronous, asynchronous, non-streaming, and streaming interactions.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Streaming telemetry now preserves the latest cumulative reasoning-token count across incremental events.
    • Output-token usage remains accurate when reasoning-token details are included.
    • Reasoning-token metrics are omitted when the provider does not supply usage details.

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Anthropic's API reports thinking/reasoning usage under
usage.output_tokens_details.reasoning_tokens for models with extended
thinking enabled, but the instrumentation never read it, so reasoning
tokens were invisible to cost/reasoning-ratio consumers while every
other provider path (OpenAI chat + responses, Vertex AI) emits them.

Add extraction to the sync and async non-streaming _set_token_usage
paths, and to the streaming path (message_delta merge + attribute emit),
matching the OpenAI package's SpanAttributes.GEN_AI_USAGE_REASONING_TOKENS.

Tests use synthetic usage objects so no cassette/API is needed.

Fixes traceloop#4458
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The Anthropic instrumentation extracts reasoning token counts from direct and streaming responses. Streaming accumulation retains the latest cumulative reasoning token value. Tests cover synchronous, asynchronous, non-streaming, and streaming paths.

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Anthropic reasoning usage

Layer / File(s) Summary
Direct usage extraction and validation
packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-anthropic/opentelemetry/instrumentation/anthropic/__init__.py, packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-anthropic/tests/test_reasoning_usage.py
Sync and async token-usage paths set GEN_AI_USAGE_REASONING_TOKENS from output_tokens_details.reasoning_tokens. Tests cover present and absent usage details.
Streaming usage accumulation
packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-anthropic/opentelemetry/instrumentation/anthropic/streaming.py, packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-anthropic/tests/test_reasoning_usage.py
Streaming message deltas retain the latest cumulative reasoning token count. Finished spans record the accumulated reasoning token count. Tests cover multiple deltas and span attributes.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant AnthropicResponse
  participant AnthropicInstrumentation
  participant TelemetrySpan
  AnthropicResponse->>AnthropicInstrumentation: Provide usage details
  AnthropicInstrumentation->>TelemetrySpan: Record reasoning token count
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The reasoning-token telemetry is covered across synchronous, asynchronous, and streaming paths, with omitted-details and cumulative streaming behavior tested.

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- Around line 78-81: Update _process_response_item so reasoning_tokens uses the
latest cumulative message_delta.usage value instead of adding it to
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Anthropic reports message_delta.usage cumulatively, so summing reasoning
tokens across chunks overcounts. Take the latest cumulative value instead
and cover two message_delta events in the unit test.
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Addressed CodeRabbit's finding: Anthropic's \message_delta.usage\ is cumulative, so the streaming merge was overcounting reasoning tokens by summing across chunks. Now _process_response_item\ keeps the latest cumulative value, and the unit test exercises two \message_delta\ events (15 then 27) asserting the final count stays 27 (not 42). Note the pre-existing \output_tokens\ summation is left untouched as out of scope.

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anthropic: reasoning-token subset not emitted — cross-provider reasoning cost invisible

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