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+/**
+ * Copyright 2026 Google, Inc.
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+const { trace, metrics } = require('@opentelemetry/api');
+const { NodeTracerProvider } = require('@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-node');
+const { BatchSpanProcessor } = require('@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-base');
+const { TraceExporter } = require('@google-cloud/opentelemetry-cloud-trace-exporter');
+const { MeterProvider, PeriodicExportingMetricReader } = require('@opentelemetry/sdk-metrics');
+const { MetricExporter } = require('@google-cloud/opentelemetry-cloud-monitoring-exporter');
+const { RedisInstrumentation } = require('@opentelemetry/instrumentation-redis-4');
+const { registerInstrumentations } = require('@opentelemetry/instrumentation');
+const { performance } = require('perf_hooks');
+
+const provider = new NodeTracerProvider();
+provider.addSpanProcessor(new BatchSpanProcessor(new TraceExporter()));
+provider.register();
+
+registerInstrumentations({
+  instrumentations: [new RedisInstrumentation()]
+});
+
+const redis = require('redis');
+
+const metricExporter = new MetricExporter();
+const metricReader = new PeriodicExportingMetricReader({ exporter: metricExporter, exportIntervalMillis: 10000 });
+const meterProvider = new MeterProvider({ readers: [metricReader] });
+metrics.setGlobalMeterProvider(meterProvider);
+
+const tracer = trace.getTracer('redis.client.node');
+const meter = metrics.getMeter('redis.metrics.node');
+
+const rttHist = meter.createHistogram('redis_client_rtt', { unit: 'ms' });
+const appBlockHist = meter.createHistogram('redis_application_blocking_latency', { unit: 'ms' });
+const retryCounter = meter.createCounter('redis_retry_count');
+const connErrorCounter = meter.createCounter('redis_connectivity_error_count');
+
+retryCounter.add(0, { operation: 'startup' });
+connErrorCounter.add(0, { operation: 'startup' });
+
+const REDISHOST = process.env.REDISHOST || 'localhost';
+const REDISPORT = process.env.REDISPORT || 6379;
+
+const client = redis.createClient({
+  socket: {
+    host: REDISHOST,
+    port: REDISPORT,
+    reconnectStrategy: (retries) => {
+      connErrorCounter.add(1, { error: 'socket_reconnect' });
+      if (retries > 5) return new Error('Max retries reached');
+      return Math.min(retries * 100, 3000);
+    }
+  }
+});
+client.on('error', (err) => console.log('Redis Client Error', err));
+
+async function smartRedisCall(operationName, func, ...args) {
+  let attempt = 0;
+  while (attempt < 3) {
+    try {
+      const reqStart = performance.now();
+      const response = await func(...args);
+      rttHist.record(performance.now() - reqStart, { operation: operationName });
+
+      const appParseStart = performance.now();
+      const _ = String(response);
+      appBlockHist.record(performance.now() - appParseStart, { operation: operationName });
+
+      return response;
+    } catch (e) {
+      attempt++;
+      retryCounter.add(1, { operation: operationName });
+      if (attempt >= 3) throw e;
+      await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, Math.pow(2, attempt) * 100));
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+async function main() {
+  await client.connect();
+
+  await tracer.startActiveSpan('process_user_span', async (span) => {
+    try {
+      // Simple write and read operations
+      await smartRedisCall('set_user', client.set.bind(client), 'user:123', 'active');
+
+      const result = await smartRedisCall('get_user', client.get.bind(client), 'user:123');
+      console.log('Retrieved:', result);
+    } catch (e) {
+      span.recordException(e);
+    } finally {
+      span.end();
+    }
+  });
+
+  await client.quit();
+  await provider.forceFlush();
+  await meterProvider.forceFlush();
+}
+
+main().catch(console.error);