Worked on the openai/openai-agents-js repository to enhance production stability by addressing a critical issue in tracing integration. Focused on backend development using TypeScript, the work involved refining the system to ensure that tracing spans were not created when tracing was disabled, particularly in function tool calls. This adjustment respected the tracingDisabled configuration, reducing unnecessary tracing overhead and minimizing noise in observability data. By aligning the agent’s behavior with tracing settings, the changes improved reliability and prevented potential errors during disabled tracing scenarios. The approach demonstrated attention to robust API development and careful consideration of production performance and instrumentation consistency.