Google ADK Tracing

Launch Phoenix

Phoenix Cloud

Sign up for Phoenix:

Sign up for an Arize Phoenix account at https://app.phoenix.arize.com/login

Install packages:

pip install arize-phoenix-otel

Set your Phoenix endpoint and API Key:

import os

# Add Phoenix API Key for tracing
PHOENIX_API_KEY = "ADD YOUR API KEY"
os.environ["PHOENIX_CLIENT_HEADERS"] = f"api_key={PHOENIX_API_KEY}"
os.environ["PHOENIX_COLLECTOR_ENDPOINT"] = "https://app.phoenix.arize.com"

Your Phoenix API key can be found on the Keys section of your dashboard.

Command Line

Launch your local Phoenix instance:

pip install arize-phoenix
phoenix serve

For details on customizing a local terminal deployment, see Terminal Setup.

Install packages:

pip install arize-phoenix-otel

Set your Phoenix endpoint:

import os

os.environ["PHOENIX_COLLECTOR_ENDPOINT"] = "http://localhost:6006"

See Terminal for more details.

Docker

Pull latest Phoenix image from Docker Hub:

docker pull arizephoenix/phoenix:latest

Run your containerized instance:

docker run -p 6006:6006 arizephoenix/phoenix:latest

This will expose the Phoenix on localhost:6006

Install packages:

pip install arize-phoenix-otel

Set your Phoenix endpoint:

import os

os.environ["PHOENIX_COLLECTOR_ENDPOINT"] = "http://localhost:6006"

For more info on using Phoenix with Docker, see Docker.

Notebook

Install packages:

pip install arize-phoenix

Launch Phoenix:

import phoenix as px
px.launch_app()

By default, notebook instances do not have persistent storage, so your traces will disappear after the notebook is closed. See self-hosting or use one of the other deployment options to retain traces.

Install

pip install openinference-instrumentation-google-adk google-adk arize-phoenix-otel

Setup

Set the GOOGLE_API_KEY environment variable. Refer to Google's ADK documentation for more details on authentication and environment variables.

export GOOGLE_API_KEY=[your_key_here]

Use the register function to connect your application to Phoenix.

from phoenix.otel import register

# Configure the Phoenix tracer
tracer_provider = register(
  project_name="my-llm-app", # Default is 'default'
  auto_instrument=True # Auto-instrument your app based on installed OI dependencies
)

Observe

Now that you have tracing setup, all Google ADK SDK requests will be streamed to Phoenix for observability and evaluation.

import nest_asyncio
nest_asyncio.apply()

from google.adk.agents import Agent
from google.adk.runners import InMemoryRunner
from google.genai import types

def get_weather(city: str) -> dict:
    """Retrieves the current weather report for a specified city.

    Args:
        city (str): The name of the city for which to retrieve the weather report.

    Returns:
        dict: status and result or error msg.
    """
    if city.lower() == "new york":
        return {
            "status": "success",
            "report": (
                "The weather in New York is sunny with a temperature of 25 degrees"
                " Celsius (77 degrees Fahrenheit)."
            ),
        }
    else:
        return {
            "status": "error",
            "error_message": f"Weather information for '{city}' is not available.",
        }

agent = Agent(
   name="test_agent",
   model="gemini-2.0-flash-exp",
   description="Agent to answer questions using tools.",
   instruction="You must use the available tools to find an answer.",
   tools=[get_weather]
)


app_name = "test_instrumentation"
user_id = "test_user"
session_id = "test_session"
runner = InMemoryRunner(agent=agent, app_name=app_name)
session_service = runner.session_service
await session_service.create_session(
    app_name=app_name,
    user_id=user_id,
    session_id=session_id
)
async for event in runner.run_async(
    user_id=user_id,
    session_id=session_id,
    new_message=types.Content(role="user", parts=[
        types.Part(text="What is the weather in New York?")]
    )
):
    if event.is_final_response():
        print(event.content.parts[0].text.strip())

This instrumentation will support additional features as the Google ADK SDK evolves. Refer to this page for the latest status.

Resources:

• OpenInference Package