System.Diagnostics.ActivitySource.StartActivity returns null

Question

I haven't find the way to make activitySource.StartActivity return non-null activity, which is different comparing to DiagnosticSource.StartActivity behavior. Is it expected? Am I'missing something obvious?

I can see docs says: "The created activity object, if it had active listeners, or null if it has no event listeners." The following test still fails, what's the correct way of initializing ActivityListener? The package I'm using is "System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource" Version="5.0.0".

    [TestMethod]
    public void Start_Not_Null_When_ActivityListener_Added_And_ShouldListenTo_Explicitly_Defined_Activity()
    {
        var activitySource = new ActivitySource("ActivitySourceName");
        var activityListener = new ActivityListener
        {
            ShouldListenTo = s => true
        };
        ActivitySource.AddActivityListener(activityListener);
        
        using var activity = activitySource.StartActivity($"MethodType:/Path");
        
        Assert.IsNotNull(activity);
    }

Answer 1

This test pass with the help from github:

[TestMethod]
public void Start_Not_Null_When_ActivityListener_Added_And_ShouldListenTo_Explicitly_Defined_Activity()
{
    var activitySource = new ActivitySource("ActivitySourceName");
    var activityListener = new ActivityListener
    {
        ShouldListenTo = s => true,
        SampleUsingParentId = (ref ActivityCreationOptions<string> activityOptions) => ActivitySamplingResult.AllData,
        Sample = (ref ActivityCreationOptions<ActivityContext> activityOptions) => ActivitySamplingResult.AllData
    };
    ActivitySource.AddActivityListener(activityListener);

    using var activity = activitySource.StartActivity("MethodType:/Path");

    Assert.IsNotNull(activity);
}