From 04877ec014c8d4d3772c87f1f605a0b0cb83dcd3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hassieb Pakzad <68423100+hassiebp@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2025 10:30:14 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(client): handle update_current_trace on non recorded
 spans gracefully

---
 langfuse/_client/client.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/langfuse/_client/client.py b/langfuse/_client/client.py
index 55a9667e3..ae5eba235 100644
--- a/langfuse/_client/client.py
+++ b/langfuse/_client/client.py
@@ -1664,7 +1664,7 @@ def update_current_trace(
 
         current_otel_span = self._get_current_otel_span()
 
-        if current_otel_span is not None:
+        if current_otel_span is not None and current_otel_span.is_recording():
             existing_observation_type = current_otel_span.attributes.get(  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
                 LangfuseOtelSpanAttributes.OBSERVATION_TYPE, "span"
             )