2 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/http/server.py b/synapse/http/server.py
index e6f351ba3b..cb9158fe1b 100644
--- a/synapse/http/server.py
+++ b/synapse/http/server.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ from synapse.api.errors import (
     UnrecognizedRequestError,
 )
 from synapse.logging.context import preserve_fn
+from synapse.logging.opentracing import trace_servlet
 from synapse.util.caches import intern_dict
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -257,7 +258,9 @@ class JsonResource(HttpServer, resource.Resource):
         self.path_regexs = {}
         self.hs = hs
 
-    def register_paths(self, method, path_patterns, callback, servlet_classname):
+    def register_paths(
+        self, method, path_patterns, callback, servlet_classname, trace=True
+    ):
         """
         Registers a request handler against a regular expression. Later request URLs are
         checked against these regular expressions in order to identify an appropriate
@@ -273,8 +276,16 @@ class JsonResource(HttpServer, resource.Resource):
 
             servlet_classname (str): The name of the handler to be used in prometheus
                 and opentracing logs.
+
+            trace (bool): Whether we should start a span to trace the servlet.
         """
         method = method.encode("utf-8")  # method is bytes on py3
+
+        if trace:
+            # We don't extract the context from the servlet because we can't
+            # trust the sender
+            callback = trace_servlet(servlet_classname)(callback)
+
         for path_pattern in path_patterns:
             logger.debug("Registering for %s %s", method, path_pattern.pattern)
             self.path_regexs.setdefault(method, []).append(
diff --git a/synapse/http/servlet.py b/synapse/http/servlet.py
index c186b31f59..274c1a6a87 100644
--- a/synapse/http/servlet.py
+++ b/synapse/http/servlet.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import logging
 from canonicaljson import json
 
 from synapse.api.errors import Codes, SynapseError
-from synapse.logging.opentracing import trace_servlet
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -298,10 +297,7 @@ class RestServlet(object):
                     servlet_classname = self.__class__.__name__
                     method_handler = getattr(self, "on_%s" % (method,))
                     http_server.register_paths(
-                        method,
-                        patterns,
-                        trace_servlet(servlet_classname)(method_handler),
-                        servlet_classname,
+                        method, patterns, method_handler, servlet_classname
                     )
 
         else: