spring-boot starter @WithSpan auto instrumentation not working on 1.17.0

[mingchuno]

Describe the bug

opentelemetry-spring-boot-starter 1.17.0 @WithSpan instrumentation not working on version 1.17.0 but work on version 1.16.0

Steps to reproduce

I have created a reproducer repo to showcase the issue. The repo contains 2 branches and a simple spring-boot app with OTLP 1.16.0 / 1.17.0 integration.

• 1.16.0 branch https:/mingchuno/spring-otlp-lab/tree/opentelemetry-1.16.0
• 1.17.0 branch https:/mingchuno/spring-otlp-lab/tree/opentelemetry-1.17.0

What did you expect to see?

Expect function with @WithSpan annotation should create span on 1.17.0

What did you see instead?

No Span is created on the function marked with @WithSpan on 1.17.0

What version are you using?

• 1.16.0 ✅
• 1.17.0 ❌

Environment

This bug should be OS-independent.

Additional context

Diff of the branches: https://gist.github.com/mingchuno/8bd5a88ec363eeb090e234f403477487