From b03d3a7545378acfa89b7bfb3f796838e4fda7df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Luca Forstner <luca.forstner@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:03:52 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] chore: Don't fail CI jobs on missing braintrust API key for
 forwarding traces

---
 e2e/helpers/prod-forwarding.ts | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/e2e/helpers/prod-forwarding.ts b/e2e/helpers/prod-forwarding.ts
index 69175a0c6..3c4a88e0d 100644
--- a/e2e/helpers/prod-forwarding.ts
+++ b/e2e/helpers/prod-forwarding.ts
@@ -25,25 +25,34 @@ export async function initializeProdForwarding(): Promise<void> {
 
   const projectName =
     process.env.BRAINTRUST_E2E_PROJECT_NAME || DEFAULT_PROJECT_NAME;
-  const logger = initLogger({
-    apiKey,
-    appUrl: process.env.BRAINTRUST_APP_URL,
-    asyncFlush: false,
-    forceLogin: true,
-    projectName,
-  });
-  const projectId = await logger.id;
-  const state = logger.loggingState;
-
-  if (!state.apiUrl || !state.appUrl) {
-    throw new Error("Braintrust login did not resolve prodForwarding URLs");
+  try {
+    const logger = initLogger({
+      apiKey,
+      appUrl: process.env.BRAINTRUST_APP_URL,
+      asyncFlush: false,
+      forceLogin: true,
+      projectName,
+    });
+    const projectId = await logger.id;
+    const state = logger.loggingState;
+
+    if (!state.apiUrl || !state.appUrl) {
+      throw new Error("Braintrust login did not resolve prodForwarding URLs");
+    }
+
+    prodForwarding = {
+      apiKey,
+      apiUrl: state.apiUrl,
+      appUrl: state.appUrl,
+      projectId,
+      projectName,
+    };
+  } catch (error) {
+    prodForwarding = null;
+    console.warn(
+      `Braintrust e2e production forwarding disabled: ${
+        error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)
+      }`,
+    );
   }
-
-  prodForwarding = {
-    apiKey,
-    apiUrl: state.apiUrl,
-    appUrl: state.appUrl,
-    projectId,
-    projectName,
-  };
 }