Merge branch 'main' into fix-telemetry-truncation

Decouples generic OpenTelemetry attributes from metric-specific
attributes to resolve a Cloud Monitoring 'Internal error encountered'
caused by a cardinality explosion. High-cardinality values like
session.id, installation.id, user.email, and experiments.ids
are now excluded from time series metric labels, but they
are still preserved on traces and logs.

Also refactors getCommonAttributes to use getCommonMetricAttributes
to reduce repetition, and adds robust unit tests covering the
truncation of the experiments.ids array and fallback cases.

integration-tests/context-compress-interactive.test.ts

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ describe.skipIf(skipOnDarwin)('Interactive Mode', () => {
     );
 
     await run.expectText('Chat history compressed', 5000);
-  });
+  }, 60000);
 
   // TODO: Context compression is broken and doesn't include the system
   // instructions or tool counts, so it thinks compression is beneficial when
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ describe.skipIf(skipOnDarwin)('Interactive Mode', () => {
     });
 
     const run = await rig.runInteractive();
+    await run.expectText('tips for getting started:', 5000);
+    // Wait for the async command loaders to finish so /compress is recognized
+    await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 2000));
     await run.type('/compress');
     await run.type('\r');
 
@@ -116,5 +119,5 @@ describe.skipIf(skipOnDarwin)('Interactive Mode', () => {
       foundEvent,
       'chat_compression telemetry event should not be found for NOOP',
     ).toBe(false);
-  });
+  }, 60000);
 });

integration-tests/file-system-interactive.test.ts

@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ describe('Interactive file system', () => {
     rig.createFile(fileName, '1.0.0');
 
     const run = await rig.runInteractive();
+    await run.expectText('tips for getting started:', 5000);
+    await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 1000));
 
     // Step 1: Read the file
     const readPrompt = `Read the version from ${fileName}`;
@@ -56,5 +58,5 @@ describe('Interactive file system', () => {
 
     // Wait for telemetry to flush and file system to sync, especially in sandboxed environments
     await rig.waitForTelemetryReady();
-  });
+  }, 60000);
 });

package-lock.json

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-      "license": "(Apache-2.0 AND BSD-3-Clause)",
-      "peer": true
+      "license": "(Apache-2.0 AND BSD-3-Clause)"
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-      "peer": true,
       "dependencies": {
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       },
@@ -2758,7 +2753,6 @@
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       "license": "Apache-2.0",
-      "peer": true,
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@@ -2792,7 +2786,6 @@
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-      "peer": true,
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-      "peer": true,
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-      "peer": true,
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-      "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
-      "peer": true
+      "license": "BSD-3-Clause"
     },
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-      "peer": true,
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-      "peer": true,
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       }
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         "ansi-styles": "^6.2.3",
@@ -13496,7 +13480,6 @@
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@@ -15627,7 +15609,6 @@
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-      "license": "0BSD",
-      "peer": true
+      "license": "0BSD"
     },
     "node_modules/tsx": {
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@@ -15859,7 +15839,6 @@
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-      "peer": true,
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@@ -16093,7 +16071,6 @@
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@@ -16480,7 +16457,6 @@
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@@ -17051,7 +17027,6 @@
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       "license": "MIT",
-      "peer": true,
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       },
@@ -17064,7 +17039,6 @@
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       "license": "MIT",
-      "peer": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "@types/chai": "^5.2.2",
         "@vitest/expect": "3.2.4",
@@ -17703,7 +17677,6 @@
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       "integrity": "sha512-gzUt/qt81nXsFGKIFcC3YnfEAx5NkunCfnDlvuBSSFS02bcXu4Lmea0AFIUwbLWxWPx3d9p8S5QoaujKcNQxcQ==",
       "license": "MIT",
-      "peer": true,
       "funding": {
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/colinhacks"
       }
@@ -18139,7 +18112,6 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@grpc/grpc-js/-/grpc-js-1.14.3.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-Iq8QQQ/7X3Sac15oB6p0FmUg/klxQvXLeileoqrTRGJYLV+/9tubbr9ipz0GKHjmXVsgFPo/+W+2cA8eNcR+XA==",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
-      "peer": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "@grpc/proto-loader": "^0.8.0",
         "@js-sdsl/ordered-map": "^4.4.2"
@@ -18258,7 +18230,6 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/picomatch/-/picomatch-4.0.4.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-QP88BAKvMam/3NxH6vj2o21R6MjxZUAd6nlwAS/pnGvN9IVLocLHxGYIzFhg6fUQ+5th6P4dv4eW9jX3DSIj7A==",
       "license": "MIT",
-      "peer": true,
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=12"
       },

packages/core/src/telemetry/metrics.test.ts

@@ -121,8 +121,10 @@ describe('Telemetry Metrics', () => {
       return actualApi;
     });
 
-    const { getCommonAttributes } = await import('./telemetryAttributes.js');
-    (getCommonAttributes as Mock).mockReturnValue({
+    const { getCommonMetricAttributes } = await import(
+      './telemetryAttributes.js'
+    );
+    (getCommonMetricAttributes as Mock).mockReturnValue({
       'session.id': 'test-session-id',
       'installation.id': 'test-installation-id',
       'user.email': 'test@example.com',

packages/core/src/telemetry/metrics.ts

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import type {
   TokenStorageInitializationEvent,
 } from './types.js';
 import { AuthType } from '../core/contentGenerator.js';
-import { getCommonAttributes } from './telemetryAttributes.js';
+import { getCommonMetricAttributes } from './telemetryAttributes.js';
 import { sanitizeHookName } from './sanitize.js';
 
 const EVENT_CHAT_COMPRESSION = 'gemini_cli.chat_compression';
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ const EXIT_FAIL_COUNT = 'gemini_cli.exit.fail.count';
 const PLAN_EXECUTION_COUNT = 'gemini_cli.plan.execution.count';
 
 const baseMetricDefinition = {
-  getCommonAttributes,
+  getCommonAttributes: getCommonMetricAttributes,
 };
 
 const COUNTER_DEFINITIONS = {

packages/core/src/telemetry/telemetryAttributes.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright 2026 Google LLC
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach, type Mock } from 'vitest';
+import {
+  getCommonAttributes,
+  getCommonMetricAttributes,
+} from './telemetryAttributes.js';
+import type { Config } from '../config/config.js';
+import { UserAccountManager } from '../utils/userAccountManager.js';
+import { InstallationManager } from '../utils/installationManager.js';
+
+vi.mock('../utils/userAccountManager.js');
+vi.mock('../utils/installationManager.js');
+
+describe('telemetryAttributes', () => {
+  let mockConfig: Partial<Config>;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.resetAllMocks();
+
+    mockConfig = {
+      getSessionId: vi.fn().mockReturnValue('mock-session-id'),
+      isInteractive: vi.fn().mockReturnValue(true),
+      getExperiments: vi.fn().mockReturnValue(undefined),
+      getContentGeneratorConfig: vi.fn().mockReturnValue(undefined),
+    };
+
+    (
+      UserAccountManager.prototype.getCachedGoogleAccount as Mock
+    ).mockReturnValue(undefined);
+    (InstallationManager.prototype.getInstallationId as Mock).mockReturnValue(
+      'mock-install-id',
+    );
+  });
+
+  describe('getCommonMetricAttributes', () => {
+    it('should return interactive and auth_type when defined', () => {
+      mockConfig.getContentGeneratorConfig = vi
+        .fn()
+        .mockReturnValue({ authType: 'oauth-personal' });
+
+      const attributes = getCommonMetricAttributes(mockConfig as Config);
+
+      expect(attributes).toEqual({
+        interactive: true,
+        auth_type: 'oauth-personal',
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should return only interactive when auth_type is not defined', () => {
+      const attributes = getCommonMetricAttributes(mockConfig as Config);
+
+      expect(attributes).toEqual({
+        interactive: true,
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('getCommonAttributes', () => {
+    it('should include all common attributes', () => {
+      (
+        UserAccountManager.prototype.getCachedGoogleAccount as Mock
+      ).mockReturnValue('test@google.com');
+      mockConfig.getExperiments = vi
+        .fn()
+        .mockReturnValue({ experimentIds: [123, 456] });
+      mockConfig.getContentGeneratorConfig = vi
+        .fn()
+        .mockReturnValue({ authType: 'adc' });
+
+      const attributes = getCommonAttributes(mockConfig as Config);
+
+      expect(attributes).toEqual({
+        'session.id': 'mock-session-id',
+        'installation.id': 'mock-install-id',
+        interactive: true,
+        'user.email': 'test@google.com',
+        auth_type: 'adc',
+        'experiments.ids': '123,456',
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should safely truncate experiments string to not exceed 1000 characters and not cut mid-ID', () => {
+      // Generate a list of experiment IDs that will produce a string > 1000 chars
+      const expIds = [];
+      for (let i = 0; i < 200; i++) {
+        // e.g., 100000000 -> 9 chars + 1 comma = 10 chars per ID
+        expIds.push(100000000 + i);
+      }
+      mockConfig.getExperiments = vi
+        .fn()
+        .mockReturnValue({ experimentIds: expIds });
+
+      const attributes = getCommonAttributes(mockConfig as Config);
+      const expString = attributes['experiments.ids'] as string;
+
+      expect(expString.length).toBeLessThanOrEqual(1000);
+
+      // Verify the last ID is complete (not cut off) by checking if it's one of our expected IDs
+      const ids = expString.split(',');
+      const lastIdStr = ids[ids.length - 1];
+      const lastIdNumber = parseInt(lastIdStr, 10);
+
+      expect(lastIdNumber).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(100000000);
+      expect(lastIdNumber).toBeLessThan(100000200);
+
+      // Also ensure no trailing comma
+      expect(expString.endsWith(',')).toBe(false);
+    });
+  });
+});

packages/core/src/telemetry/telemetryAttributes.ts

@@ -12,19 +12,36 @@ import { UserAccountManager } from '../utils/userAccountManager.js';
 const userAccountManager = new UserAccountManager();
 const installationManager = new InstallationManager();
 
+export function getCommonMetricAttributes(config: Config): Attributes {
+  const authType = config.getContentGeneratorConfig()?.authType;
+
+  return {
+    interactive: config.isInteractive(),
+    ...(authType && { auth_type: authType }),
+  };
+}
+
 export function getCommonAttributes(config: Config): Attributes {
   const email = userAccountManager.getCachedGoogleAccount();
   const experiments = config.getExperiments();
-  const authType = config.getContentGeneratorConfig()?.authType;
+
+  let experimentsIdsStr = '';
+  if (experiments && experiments.experimentIds.length > 0) {
+    experimentsIdsStr = experiments.experimentIds.join(',');
+    if (experimentsIdsStr.length > 1000) {
+      experimentsIdsStr = experimentsIdsStr.substring(0, 1000);
+      const lastCommaIndex = experimentsIdsStr.lastIndexOf(',');
+      if (lastCommaIndex > 0) {
+        experimentsIdsStr = experimentsIdsStr.substring(0, lastCommaIndex);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   return {
+    ...getCommonMetricAttributes(config),
     'session.id': config.getSessionId(),
     'installation.id': installationManager.getInstallationId(),
-    interactive: config.isInteractive(),
     ...(email && { 'user.email': email }),
-    ...(authType && { auth_type: authType }),
-    ...(experiments &&
-      experiments.experimentIds.length > 0 && {
-        'experiments.ids': experiments.experimentIds,
-      }),
+    ...(experimentsIdsStr && { 'experiments.ids': experimentsIdsStr }),
   };
 }

packages/core/src/telemetry/trace.test.ts

@@ -52,26 +52,95 @@ describe('truncateForTelemetry', () => {
   });
 
   it('should correctly truncate strings with multi-byte unicode characters (emojis)', () => {
-    // 5 emojis, each is multiple bytes in UTF-16
+    // 5 emojis, each is a surrogate pair (2 code units)
     const emojis = '👋🌍🚀🔥🎉';
 
-    // Truncating to length 5 (which is 2.5 emojis in UTF-16 length terms)
-    // truncateString will stop after the full grapheme clusters that fit within 5
-    const result = truncateForTelemetry(emojis, 5);
+    // Truncating to 2 code units
+    const result = truncateForTelemetry(emojis, 2);
 
-    expect(result).toBe('👋🌍...[TRUNCATED: original length 10]');
+    expect(result).toBe('👋...[TRUNCATED: original length 10]');
   });
 
-  it('should stringify and truncate objects if exceeding maxLength', () => {
+  it('should stringify and structurally truncate objects if exceeding limits', () => {
     const obj = { message: 'hello world', nested: { a: 1 } };
-    const stringified = JSON.stringify(obj);
     const result = truncateForTelemetry(obj, 10);
     expect(result).toBe(
-      stringified.substring(0, 10) +
-        `...[TRUNCATED: original length ${stringified.length}]`,
+      JSON.stringify({
+        message: 'hello worl...[TRUNCATED: original length 11]',
+        nested: { a: 1 },
+      }),
     );
   });
 
+  it('should structurally truncate arrays and depth', () => {
+    const obj = {
+      arr: [1, 2, 3],
+      deep: { level1: { level2: { level3: { a: 1 } } } },
+    };
+    const result = truncateForTelemetry(obj, 100, 2, 3);
+    expect(result).toBe(
+      JSON.stringify({
+        arr: [1, 2, '[TRUNCATED: Array of length 3]'],
+        deep: { level1: { level2: '[TRUNCATED: Max Depth Reached]' } },
+      }),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('should handle objects with a toJSON method', () => {
+    const date = new Date('2026-04-13T00:00:00.000Z');
+    const result = truncateForTelemetry(date);
+    expect(result).toBe('2026-04-13T00:00:00.000Z');
+  });
+
+  it('should handle getters via direct property access', () => {
+    const obj = {
+      get myGetter() {
+        return 'getter value';
+      },
+      get errorGetter() {
+        throw new Error('getter error');
+      },
+    };
+    const result = truncateForTelemetry(obj);
+    expect(result).toBe(
+      JSON.stringify({
+        myGetter: 'getter value',
+        errorGetter: '[ERROR: Failed to read property]',
+      }),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('should truncate extremely long keys', () => {
+    const longKey = 'a'.repeat(150);
+    const obj = {
+      [longKey]: 'value',
+    };
+    const result = truncateForTelemetry(obj);
+    const expectedKey = 'a'.repeat(100) + '...[TRUNCATED_KEY]';
+    expect(result).toBe(
+      JSON.stringify({
+        [expectedKey]: 'value',
+      }),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('should enforce a global payload string limit without breaking JSON', () => {
+    const obj = {
+      a: 'x'.repeat(100),
+      b: 'y'.repeat(100),
+    };
+    // Capping global string length to 50
+    const result = truncateForTelemetry(obj, 100, 100, 4, 100, 50) as string;
+
+    // It should replace the entire object with a valid JSON string indicating truncation
+    expect(result).toBe(
+      '"[TRUNCATED: Payload exceeded global limit of 50 characters. Original length: 215]"',
+    );
+
+    // Prove it remains perfectly parseable JSON
+    expect(() => JSON.parse(result)).not.toThrow();
+  });
+
   it('should stringify objects unchanged if within maxLength', () => {
     const obj = { a: 1 };
     expect(truncateForTelemetry(obj, 100)).toBe(JSON.stringify(obj));

packages/core/src/telemetry/trace.ts

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import {
 
 import { debugLogger } from '../utils/debugLogger.js';
 import { safeJsonStringify } from '../utils/safeJsonStringify.js';
-import { truncateString } from '../utils/textUtils.js';
 import {
   GEN_AI_AGENT_DESCRIPTION,
   GEN_AI_AGENT_NAME,
@@ -45,6 +44,17 @@ export const spanRegistry = new FinalizationRegistry((endSpan: () => void) => {
   }
 });
 
+function isRecord(value: unknown): value is Record<string, unknown> {
+  return typeof value === 'object' && value !== null;
+}
+
+function hasToJSON(value: unknown): value is { toJSON: () => unknown } {
+  if (!isRecord(value)) return false;
+  if (!('toJSON' in value)) return false;
+  const toJSONFn = value['toJSON'];
+  return typeof toJSONFn === 'function';
+}
+
 /**
  * Truncates a value for inclusion in telemetry attributes.
  *
@@ -54,27 +64,98 @@ export const spanRegistry = new FinalizationRegistry((endSpan: () => void) => {
  */
 export function truncateForTelemetry(
   value: unknown,
-  maxLength = 10000,
+  maxStringLength = 10000,
+  maxArrayLength = 100,
+  maxDepth = 4,
+  maxObjectKeys = 100,
+  maxGlobalStringLength = 50000,
 ): AttributeValue | undefined {
-  if (typeof value === 'string') {
-    return truncateString(
-      value,
-      maxLength,
-      `...[TRUNCATED: original length ${value.length}]`,
-    ) as AttributeValue;
+  const truncateObj = (v: unknown, depth: number): unknown => {
+    if (typeof v === 'string') {
+      if (v.length > maxStringLength) {
+        let truncatedStr = v.slice(0, maxStringLength);
+        if (truncatedStr.length > 0 && /[\uD800-\uDBFF]$/.test(truncatedStr)) {
+          truncatedStr = truncatedStr.slice(0, -1);
+        }
+        return truncatedStr + `...[TRUNCATED: original length ${v.length}]`;
+      }
+      return v;
+    }
+    if (
+      typeof v === 'number' ||
+      typeof v === 'boolean' ||
+      v === null ||
+      v === undefined
+    ) {
+      return v;
+    }
+    if (hasToJSON(v)) {
+      try {
+        return truncateObj(v.toJSON(), depth);
+      } catch {
+        // Ignore and fall back to manual structural iteration
+      }
+    }
+    if (typeof v === 'object') {
+      if (depth >= maxDepth) {
+        return `[TRUNCATED: Max Depth Reached]`;
+      }
+      if (Array.isArray(v)) {
+        if (v.length > maxArrayLength) {
+          const truncatedArray = v
+            .slice(0, maxArrayLength)
+            .map((item) => truncateObj(item, depth + 1));
+          truncatedArray.push(`[TRUNCATED: Array of length ${v.length}]`);
+          return truncatedArray;
+        }
+        return v.map((item) => truncateObj(item, depth + 1));
+      }
+
+      const newObj: Record<string, unknown> = {};
+      let numKeys = 0;
+      const recordV = isRecord(v) ? v : {};
+      for (const key in recordV) {
+        if (!Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(recordV, key)) continue;
+        if (numKeys >= maxObjectKeys) {
+          newObj['__truncated'] =
+            `[TRUNCATED: Object with >${maxObjectKeys} keys]`;
+          break;
+        }
+        const truncatedKey =
+          key.length > 100 ? key.slice(0, 100) + '...[TRUNCATED_KEY]' : key;
+        try {
+          const val = recordV[key];
+          newObj[truncatedKey] = truncateObj(val, depth + 1);
+        } catch {
+          newObj[truncatedKey] = '[ERROR: Failed to read property]';
+        }
+        numKeys++;
+      }
+      return newObj;
+    }
+    return undefined;
+  };
+
+  const truncated = truncateObj(value, 0);
+
+  if (
+    typeof truncated === 'string' ||
+    typeof truncated === 'number' ||
+    typeof truncated === 'boolean'
+  ) {
+    return truncated as AttributeValue;
   }
-  if (typeof value === 'object' && value !== null) {
-    const stringified = safeJsonStringify(value);
-    return truncateString(
-      stringified,
-      maxLength,
-      `...[TRUNCATED: original length ${stringified.length}]`,
-    ) as AttributeValue;
+  if (truncated === null || truncated === undefined) {
+    return undefined;
   }
-  if (typeof value === 'number' || typeof value === 'boolean') {
-    return value as AttributeValue;
+
+  const stringified = safeJsonStringify(truncated);
+
+  if (stringified.length > maxGlobalStringLength) {
+    return `"[TRUNCATED: Payload exceeded global limit of ${maxGlobalStringLength} characters. Original length: ${stringified.length}]"`;
   }
-  return undefined;
+
+  return stringified as AttributeValue;
 }
 
 function isAsyncIterable<T>(value: T): value is T & AsyncIterable<unknown> {

packages/core/src/telemetry/types.ts

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import type { AgentTerminateMode } from '../agents/types.js';
 import { getCommonAttributes } from './telemetryAttributes.js';
 import { SemanticAttributes } from '@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions';
 import { safeJsonStringify } from '../utils/safeJsonStringify.js';
+import { truncateForTelemetry } from './trace.js';
 import {
   toInputMessages,
   toOutputMessages,
@@ -451,7 +452,7 @@ export class ApiRequestEvent implements BaseTelemetryEvent {
     }
 
     if (shouldIncludePayloads(config) && this.prompt.contents) {
-      attributes['gen_ai.input.messages'] = JSON.stringify(
+      attributes['gen_ai.input.messages'] = truncateForTelemetry(
         toInputMessages(this.prompt.contents),
       );
     }
@@ -548,7 +549,7 @@ export class ApiErrorEvent implements BaseTelemetryEvent {
     }
 
     if (shouldIncludePayloads(config) && this.prompt.contents) {
-      attributes['gen_ai.input.messages'] = JSON.stringify(
+      attributes['gen_ai.input.messages'] = truncateForTelemetry(
         toInputMessages(this.prompt.contents),
       );
     }
@@ -618,7 +619,7 @@ function toGenerateContentConfigAttributes(
     'gen_ai.request.max_tokens': config.maxOutputTokens,
     'gen_ai.output.type': toOutputType(config.responseMimeType),
     'gen_ai.request.stop_sequences': config.stopSequences,
-    'gen_ai.system_instructions': JSON.stringify(
+    'gen_ai.system_instructions': truncateForTelemetry(
       toSystemInstruction(config.systemInstruction),
     ),
   };
@@ -716,7 +717,7 @@ export class ApiResponseEvent implements BaseTelemetryEvent {
       'gen_ai.response.finish_reasons': this.finish_reasons,
       ...(shouldIncludePayloads(config)
         ? {
-            'gen_ai.output.messages': JSON.stringify(
+            'gen_ai.output.messages': truncateForTelemetry(
               toOutputMessages(this.response.candidates),
             ),
           }
@@ -731,7 +732,7 @@ export class ApiResponseEvent implements BaseTelemetryEvent {
     }
 
     if (shouldIncludePayloads(config) && this.prompt.contents) {
-      attributes['gen_ai.input.messages'] = JSON.stringify(
+      attributes['gen_ai.input.messages'] = truncateForTelemetry(
         toInputMessages(this.prompt.contents),
       );
     }

packages/test-utils/src/test-rig.ts

@@ -457,6 +457,7 @@ export class TestRig {
           // Nightly releases sometimes becomes out of sync with local code and
           // triggers auto-update, which causes tests to fail.
           enableAutoUpdate: false,
+          enableAutoUpdateNotification: false,
         },
         telemetry: {
           enabled: true,