From e5e89f2727e531ea753696bcb6307d421c652606 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Grunet <sadikshahidain@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2025 21:04:25 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Fix TS example for recording exceptions

---
 content/en/docs/languages/js/instrumentation.md | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/content/en/docs/languages/js/instrumentation.md b/content/en/docs/languages/js/instrumentation.md
index ff6514fc1f20..a3f1b70ed0ca 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/languages/js/instrumentation.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/languages/js/instrumentation.md
@@ -1085,7 +1085,9 @@ import opentelemetry, { SpanStatusCode } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 try {
   doWork();
 } catch (ex) {
-  span.recordException(ex);
+  if (ex instanceof Error) {
+    span.recordException(ex);
+  }
   span.setStatus({ code: SpanStatusCode.ERROR });
 }
 ```
@@ -1100,7 +1102,9 @@ const opentelemetry = require('@opentelemetry/api');
 try {
   doWork();
 } catch (ex) {
-  span.recordException(ex);
+  if (ex instanceof Error) {
+    span.recordException(ex);
+  }
   span.setStatus({ code: opentelemetry.SpanStatusCode.ERROR });
 }
 ```