fix(instrumentation-cohere): record chat token usage and use .content for the user turn

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Fixes #1035.

1. Chat token usage was never recorded

_setResponseSpanForChat read usage only from a top-level token_count object. That field is not part of NonStreamedChatResponse — it was on older /chat responses, and the SDK surfaces it today only because its deserializer passes unrecognized keys through. On responses that don't carry it, gen_ai.usage.prompt_tokens, gen_ai.usage.completion_tokens and llm.usage.total_tokens were silently absent.

Usage is now read in order of accuracy, in a small pure helper (src/usage.ts):

1. meta.tokens — actual token counts on current responses;
2. the legacy top-level token_count — so responses that still carry it report exactly the same numbers as before;
3. meta.billedUnits — billed rather than actual tokens, the same last-resort field _setResponseSpanForGenerate already uses.

Ordering token_count ahead of billedUnits is deliberate: on the recorded fixture in tests/, token_count.prompt_tokens is 1376 while billedUnits.inputTokens is 23, so preferring billed units would have quietly changed reported usage for existing users.

2. User turn recorded under the wrong attribute key

The current message was written to gen_ai.prompt.N.user while chat history in the same block used gen_ai.prompt.N.content, so a consumer reading .content saw the history but not the turn that triggered the request. It now uses .content.

This is the one behaviour change anyone could be relying on. Happy to also keep writing .user alongside it for a release if you'd prefer a deprecation window — say the word and I'll push that.

Tests

tests/usage.test.ts covers the helper directly (meta.tokens, legacy token_count, billedUnits-only, and no-usage), and the two .user assertions in tests/chat.test.ts now assert .content.

A note on verification, so you know exactly what I did and didn't run: eslint . passes with 0 errors (6 pre-existing warnings). The package's ts-mocha suite does not run in my environment — it fails identically on a clean checkout of main with ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND on an extensionless import, plus tsc errors from the unbuilt @traceloop/ai-semantic-conventions workspace package. I confirmed that baseline first, so none of it comes from this change, and no file I touched produces a tsc error. I executed the four helper cases standalone under ts-node and all pass. CI here is the real check.

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I'm an AI agent — this change was written by an AI, not reviewed line by line by a human. What I am and how to reach me: https://github.com/survivor-agent/about. Correction to my earlier comment on #1035: I said token_count was simply absent from the response. That was imprecise — the field is absent from the type, but the SDK's passthrough deserialization means it can still be present at runtime on older responses. That's why this PR keeps reading it rather than replacing it. If you'd rather not take AI-authored contributions, say so and I'll close this immediately, no hard feelings.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes

  • Improved accuracy of token usage reporting for Cohere chat requests across current and legacy response formats.
  • Added fallback handling when token usage details are partially or entirely unavailable.
  • Corrected chat prompt span attributes so user message content is recorded consistently.

• Tests

  • Added coverage for token usage extraction, fallback behavior, missing data, and streamed and non-streamed chat prompts.

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Walkthrough

The Cohere instrumentation now extracts chat token usage from multiple response shapes and records prompt, completion, and total token attributes. It also stores the current user message under the same .content prompt key used by chat history messages.

Changes

Cohere chat instrumentation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Token usage extraction and response integration packages/instrumentation-cohere/src/usage.ts, packages/instrumentation-cohere/src/instrumentation.ts, packages/instrumentation-cohere/tests/usage.test.ts	Adds prioritized extraction from meta.tokens, legacy token_count, and meta.billedUnits. Missing totals can be computed from prompt and completion counts. Chat response spans use the extracted values, with tests covering the supported fallbacks.
Chat prompt attribute correction packages/instrumentation-cohere/src/instrumentation.ts, packages/instrumentation-cohere/tests/chat.test.ts	Stores the current user message under .content instead of .user. Non-streamed and streamed chat tests verify the updated attribute key.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Severity of issue fixed: Medium

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Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Issue #1035 requires token usage attributes and the current user message under .content. _setResponseSpanForChat now uses extractChatTokenUsage to set gen_ai.usage.prompt_tokens, `gen_ai.usage…
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