Revert "Fix notice_error logic for non-iterable exceptions. (#1564)"

This reverts commit b9d9d3b.

Author: umaannamalai

newrelic/api/time_trace.py

@@ -360,23 +360,16 @@ def _observe_exception(self, exc_info=None, ignore=None, expected=None, status_c
         return fullname, message, message_raw, tb, is_expected
 
     def notice_error(self, error=None, attributes=None, expected=None, ignore=None, status_code=None):
-        def error_is_iterable(error):
-            return hasattr(error, "__iter__") and not isinstance(error, (str, bytes))
-
-        def none_in_error(error):
-            return error_is_iterable(error) and None in error
-
         attributes = attributes if attributes is not None else {}
 
         # If no exception details provided, use current exception.
 
-        # Pull from sys.exc_info() if no exception is passed
-        # Check that the error exists and that it is a fully populated iterable
-        if not error or none_in_error(error) or (error and not error_is_iterable(error)):
+        # Pull from sys.exc_info if no exception is passed
+        if not error or None in error:
             error = sys.exc_info()
 
             # If no exception to report, exit
-            if not error or none_in_error(error) or (error and not error_is_iterable(error)):
+            if not error or None in error:
                 return
 
         exc, value, tb = error

newrelic/core/stats_engine.py

@@ -676,14 +676,9 @@ def record_time_metrics(self, metrics):
             self.record_time_metric(metric)
 
     def notice_error(self, error=None, attributes=None, expected=None, ignore=None, status_code=None):
-        def error_is_iterable(error):
-            return hasattr(error, "__iter__") and not isinstance(error, (str, bytes))
-
-        def none_in_error(error):
-            return error_is_iterable(error) and None in error
-
         attributes = attributes if attributes is not None else {}
         settings = self.__settings
+
         if not settings:
             return
 
@@ -696,12 +691,11 @@ def none_in_error(error):
             return
 
         # Pull from sys.exc_info if no exception is passed
-        # Check that the error exists and that it is a fully populated iterable
-        if not error or none_in_error(error) or (error and not error_is_iterable(error)):
+        if not error or None in error:
             error = sys.exc_info()
 
             # If no exception to report, exit
-            if not error or none_in_error(error) or (error and not error_is_iterable(error)):
+            if not error or None in error:
                 return
 
         exc, value, tb = error

tests/agent_features/test_notice_error.py

@@ -39,25 +39,6 @@
 
 # =============== Test errors during a transaction ===============
 
-_key_error_name = callable_name(KeyError)
-
-_test_notice_error_exception_object = [(_key_error_name, "'f'")]
-
-
-@validate_transaction_errors(errors=_test_notice_error_exception_object)
-@background_task()
-def test_notice_error_non_iterable_object():
-    """Test that notice_error works when passed an exception object directly"""
-    try:
-        test_dict = {"a": 4, "b": 5}
-        # Force a KeyError
-        test_dict["f"]
-    except KeyError as e:
-        # The caught exception here is a non-iterable, singular KeyError object with no associated traceback
-        # This will exercise logic to pull from sys.exc_info() instead of using the exception directly
-        notice_error(e)
-
-
 _test_notice_error_sys_exc_info = [(_runtime_error_name, "one")]