aws_xray_sdk.core.exceptions.exceptions.SegmentNameMissingException: Segment name is required.

[BhushanPDS]

Hi ,
I am facing segment required issue.
I have follow below tutorial:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/xray-sdk-for-python/latest/reference/frameworks.html#configure-x-ray-recorder
I have django version 4 in my code.
Can you please help me.

Thanks

[carolabadeer]

Hello @BhushanPDS,
My first guess about where this error could be coming from based on the documentation above is that AWS_XRAY_TRACING_NAME in the XRAY_RECORDER namespace is still set to None. From the documentation:

Environment variables have higher precedence over user settings. If neither is set, the defaults values shown previously are used. ‘AWS_XRAY_TRACING_NAME’ is required unless specified as an environment variable.

If there is no value other than None being set for AWS_XRAY_TRACING_NAME through an environment variable or in the X-Ray Recorder configuration, it will fallback to the default value of None, which throws a SegmentNameMissingException in this line.

Otherwise, please provide a simple reproduction that can help with finding the root cause of this error.