E2B

Overview

@kubiks/otel-e2b provides comprehensive OpenTelemetry instrumentation for E2B (Code Interpreter). Add distributed tracing to your AI-powered code execution, sandbox operations, and code interpreter workflows with automatic instrumentation.

Visualize your E2B operations with detailed span information including code execution, sandbox lifecycle, and performance metrics.

Installation

npm install @kubiks/otel-e2b

pnpm add @kubiks/otel-e2b

yarn add @kubiks/otel-e2b

Peer Dependencies: @opentelemetry/api >= 1.9.0, @e2b/code-interpreter >= 0.1.0

Supported Frameworks

Works with any TypeScript framework and Node.js runtime:

Next.js

App Router & Pages Router

Fastify

High-performance server

NestJS

Enterprise framework

Express

Classic Node.js server

Remix

Full-stack framework

SvelteKit

Modern web framework

Supported Platforms

Works with any observability platform that supports OpenTelemetry:

Kubiks
Sentry
Axiom
Datadog
New Relic
SigNoz
And many more…

Quick Start

Use E2BInstrumentation to add tracing to your E2B code interpreter:

import { CodeInterpreter } from '@e2b/code-interpreter';
import { E2BInstrumentation } from '@kubiks/otel-e2b';
import { registerOTel } from '@vercel/otel';

// Register OpenTelemetry with E2B instrumentation
export function register() {
  registerOTel({
    serviceName: 'your-app',
    instrumentations: [
      new E2BInstrumentation(),
    ],
  });
}

// Create and use code interpreter - all operations are automatically traced
const sandbox = await CodeInterpreter.create({
  apiKey: process.env.E2B_API_KEY,
});

// Execute Python code - fully traced
const execution = await sandbox.notebook.execCell('print("Hello, World!")');
console.log(execution.text);

await sandbox.close();

This is the simplest approach—just add the instrumentation and all E2B operations are automatically traced!

Configuration Options

new E2BInstrumentation({
  captureCodeContent: true,      // Include code in traces (default: true)
  maxCodeLength: 1000,          // Max code length (default: 1000)
  captureOutput: true,          // Include execution output (default: true)
  maxOutputLength: 1000,        // Max output length (default: 1000)
})

By default, code and output are captured in spans. You can disable this by setting the respective options to false for sensitive environments.

What You Get

Each E2B operation automatically creates a span with rich telemetry data:

Span Information

Span name: e2b.sandbox.create, e2b.notebook.execCell, e2b.filesystem.write, etc.
Operation type: Type of E2B operation (create, execute, read, write, etc.)
Code content: The code being executed (configurable)
Execution output: Results from code execution (configurable)
Sandbox ID: Unique identifier for the sandbox
Execution time: Duration of operations

Sandbox Lifecycle

Sandbox creation and initialization
Sandbox status changes
Sandbox termination
Resource allocation and usage

Code Execution

Cell execution start and completion
Code content and language
Execution results (stdout, stderr, return values)
Execution errors and stack traces

File Operations

File reads and writes
File paths and sizes
File system operations

Error Tracking

Exceptions are recorded with stack traces
Proper span status (OK, ERROR)
Error messages and codes

Span Attributes

The instrumentation adds the following attributes to each span:

Attribute	Description	Example
`e2b.operation`	Type of operation	`notebook.execCell`
`e2b.sandbox.id`	Sandbox identifier	`sandbox-abc123`
`e2b.code`	Code being executed	`print("Hello")`
`e2b.language`	Programming language	`python`
`e2b.output`	Execution output	`Hello\n`
`e2b.execution.status`	Execution status	`success`

Usage Examples

Basic Code Execution

import { CodeInterpreter } from '@e2b/code-interpreter';

const sandbox = await CodeInterpreter.create({
  apiKey: process.env.E2B_API_KEY,
});

// Traced as: e2b.notebook.execCell
const result = await sandbox.notebook.execCell(`
  import numpy as np
  data = np.array([1, 2, 3, 4, 5])
  print(f"Mean: {data.mean()}")
`);

console.log(result.text); // Mean: 3.0

await sandbox.close();

import { CodeInterpreter } from '@e2b/code-interpreter';

const sandbox = await CodeInterpreter.create({
  apiKey: process.env.E2B_API_KEY,
});

// Each cell execution is traced separately
await sandbox.notebook.execCell('import pandas as pd');
await sandbox.notebook.execCell('df = pd.DataFrame({"a": [1, 2, 3]})');
const result = await sandbox.notebook.execCell('print(df.describe())');

console.log(result.text);

await sandbox.close();

import { CodeInterpreter } from '@e2b/code-interpreter';

const sandbox = await CodeInterpreter.create({
  apiKey: process.env.E2B_API_KEY,
});

try {
  // Errors are captured in traces
  const result = await sandbox.notebook.execCell('1 / 0');
} catch (error) {
  console.error('Execution failed:', error);
}

await sandbox.close();

File Operations

import { CodeInterpreter } from '@e2b/code-interpreter';

const sandbox = await CodeInterpreter.create({
  apiKey: process.env.E2B_API_KEY,
});

// Traced as: e2b.filesystem.write
await sandbox.filesystem.write('/data/input.csv', 'name,age\nAlice,30\nBob,25');

// Execute code that uses the file
const result = await sandbox.notebook.execCell(`
  import pandas as pd
  df = pd.read_csv('/data/input.csv')
  print(df.head())
`);

// Traced as: e2b.filesystem.read
const output = await sandbox.filesystem.read('/data/output.csv');

await sandbox.close();

Streaming Execution

import { CodeInterpreter } from '@e2b/code-interpreter';

const sandbox = await CodeInterpreter.create({
  apiKey: process.env.E2B_API_KEY,
});

// Stream execution results - traced from start to finish
const execution = sandbox.notebook.execCell(`
  for i in range(10):
      print(f"Processing {i}")
      time.sleep(0.1)
`);

// Process streaming output
execution.onStdout((output) => {
  console.log('stdout:', output);
});

execution.onStderr((error) => {
  console.error('stderr:', error);
});

await execution;
await sandbox.close();

Complete Integration Example

Here’s a complete example of E2B with OpenTelemetry in a Next.js application:

lib/e2b.ts

import { CodeInterpreter } from '@e2b/code-interpreter';

export async function executeCode(code: string) {
  const sandbox = await CodeInterpreter.create({
    apiKey: process.env.E2B_API_KEY,
  });

  try {
    const result = await sandbox.notebook.execCell(code);
    return {
      success: true,
      output: result.text,
      error: result.error,
    };
  } finally {
    await sandbox.close();
  }
}

instrumentation.ts

import { registerOTel } from '@vercel/otel';
import { E2BInstrumentation } from '@kubiks/otel-e2b';

export function register() {
  registerOTel({
    serviceName: 'your-app',
    instrumentations: [
      new E2BInstrumentation({
        captureCodeContent: true,
        captureOutput: true,
      }),
    ],
  });
}

app/api/execute/route.ts

import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from 'next/server';
import { executeCode } from '@/lib/e2b';

export async function POST(request: NextRequest) {
  const { code } = await request.json();

  // Automatically traced
  const result = await executeCode(code);

  return NextResponse.json(result);
}

Best Practices

Reuse Sandboxes When Possible

Creating sandboxes is expensive. Reuse them for multiple operations:

const sandbox = await CodeInterpreter.create({
  apiKey: process.env.E2B_API_KEY,
});

// Execute multiple cells in the same sandbox
await sandbox.notebook.execCell(code1);
await sandbox.notebook.execCell(code2);
await sandbox.notebook.execCell(code3);

await sandbox.close();

Handle Timeouts

Set appropriate timeouts for long-running code:

const sandbox = await CodeInterpreter.create({
  apiKey: process.env.E2B_API_KEY,
  timeout: 60_000, // 60 seconds
});

Clean Up Resources

Always close sandboxes to avoid resource leaks:

try {
  const result = await sandbox.notebook.execCell(code);
  return result;
} finally {
  await sandbox.close();
}

Monitor Execution Costs

Use traces to understand sandbox usage patterns and optimize costs.

Performance Considerations

Minimal Overhead

The instrumentation adds minimal overhead for tracing operations.

Sampling

Use OpenTelemetry sampling for high-volume applications:

import { TraceIdRatioBasedSampler } from '@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-base';

registerOTel({
  serviceName: 'your-app',
  sampler: new TraceIdRatioBasedSampler(0.1), // Sample 10% of traces
});

Troubleshooting

Spans Not Appearing

Ensure OpenTelemetry is initialized before creating E2B sandboxes:

// In instrumentation.ts or instrumentation.node.ts
export function register() {
  registerOTel({
    serviceName: 'your-app',
    instrumentations: [new E2BInstrumentation()],
  });
}

Code Content Not Captured

Check that captureCodeContent is enabled:

new E2BInstrumentation({
  captureCodeContent: true,
  maxCodeLength: 2000,
})

Sandbox Creation Failures

Verify your E2B API key is set correctly:

const sandbox = await CodeInterpreter.create({
  apiKey: process.env.E2B_API_KEY, // Make sure this is set
});

Resources

E2B Documentation

Learn more about E2B

GitHub Repository

View source code and examples

npm Package

View package on npm

Report Issues

Found a bug? Let us know!

License

MIT

Frameworks

Vercel

OpenTelemetry Integrations

Overview

Installation

Supported Frameworks

Next.js

Fastify

NestJS

Express

Remix

SvelteKit

Supported Platforms

Quick Start

Configuration Options

What You Get

Span Attributes

Usage Examples

Basic Code Execution

File Operations

Streaming Execution

Complete Integration Example

Best Practices

Performance Considerations

Troubleshooting

Resources

E2B Documentation

GitHub Repository

npm Package

Report Issues

License

​Overview

​Installation

​Supported Frameworks

Next.js

Fastify

NestJS

Express

Remix

SvelteKit

​Supported Platforms

​Quick Start

​Configuration Options

​What You Get

​Span Attributes

​Usage Examples

​Basic Code Execution

​File Operations

​Streaming Execution

​Complete Integration Example

​Best Practices

​Performance Considerations

​Troubleshooting

​Resources

E2B Documentation

GitHub Repository

npm Package

Report Issues

​License

Overview

Installation

Supported Frameworks

Supported Platforms

Quick Start

Configuration Options

What You Get

Span Attributes

Usage Examples

Basic Code Execution

File Operations

Streaming Execution

Complete Integration Example

Best Practices

Performance Considerations

Troubleshooting

Resources

License