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Author: rads-1996

opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/attributes/__init__.py

@@ -282,9 +282,6 @@ def __setitem__(self, key: str, value: types.AnyValue) -> None:
                 return
 
             if self._extended_attributes:
-                # Convert types other than AnyValue to strings before cleaning
-                if not isinstance(value, _VALID_ANY_VALUE_TYPES):
-                    value = str(value)
                 value = _clean_extended_attribute(
                     key, value, self.max_value_len
                 )

opentelemetry-api/tests/attributes/test_attributes.py

@@ -303,20 +303,18 @@ def test_extended_attributes(self):
         clean_extended_attribute_mock.assert_called_once()
 
     def test_wsgi_request_conversion_to_string(self):
-        """Test that WSGI request objects are converted to strings before calling _clean_extended_attribute."""
+        """Test that WSGI request objects are converted to strings when _clean_extended_attribute is called."""
 
         class DummyWSGIRequest:
             def __str__(self):
                 return "<DummyWSGIRequest method=GET path=/example/>"
 
-        bdict = BoundedAttributes(extended_attributes=True, immutable=False)
         wsgi_request = DummyWSGIRequest()
 
-        with unittest.mock.patch(
-            "opentelemetry.attributes._clean_extended_attribute",
-            return_value="stringified_request",
-        ):
-            bdict["request"] = wsgi_request
+        cleaned_value = _clean_extended_attribute(
+            "request", wsgi_request, None
+        )
 
-        # Verify that the request stored in the bounded dict matches the cleaned value
-        self.assertEqual(bdict["request"], "stringified_request")
+        # Verify we get a string back from the cleaner
+        self.assertIsInstance(cleaned_value, str)
+        self.assertEqual("<DummyWSGIRequest method=GET path=/example/>", cleaned_value)