[Python] How can I solve the "unexpected namespace: local" xray issue?

I'm running an xray daemon on an ec2-backed ecs cluster, and I'm getting this in the xray daemon's cloudwatch logs:

warn awsxrayreceiver@v0.78.0/receiver.go:116 X-Ray segment to OT traces conversion failed {"kind": "receiver", "name": "awsxray", "data_type": "traces", "error": "unexpected namespace: local"}
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This is somehow caused by a python flask app instrumented with xray. There must be some configuration that I'm missing for this? Maybe I'm also missing a configuration in xray somewhere too?

What environment variable or other configuration change can I make to fix this problem?

In case it is interesting, I do see traces and trace maps despite the warnings.


Python code:

requirements:

aws-xray-sdk


app.py:

from aws_xray_sdk.core import xray_recorder # type: ignore
from aws_xray_sdk.ext.flask.middleware import XRayMiddleware # type: ignore
...
app = Flask(__name__)
...
xray_recorder.configure(service="helloworld")
XRayMiddleware(app, xray_recorder)


environment variables:

AWS_XRAY_DAEMON_ADDRESS="172.17.0.1:2000"


For the xray daemon, I am using public.ecr.aws/aws-observability/aws-otel-collector:v0.30.0 as the image, and no environment variables or command overrides

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