The line items = capture_items("event") is immediately shadowed by items = capture_items("event", "span") on the next line, so the first list is never used. Each capture_items(...) call uses monkeypatch.setattr to wrap capture_envelope, so the first call installs a wrapper that silently populates a discarded list, creating an unnecessary wrapper in the call chain. The first line should be removed.

In test_transaction_style, the span_streaming branch calls items = capture_items("event") and then immediately overwrites items with capture_items("event", "span") on the next line. The first call's return list is never used, and because capture_items monkeypatches test_client.transport.capture_envelope on each invocation, the redundant first call installs an extra nested transport patch whose collected list is discarded. The first line should be removed.