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Collecting statistics about dropped spans

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Description

As described in [this spec](https://github.com/elastic/apm/blob/master/specs/agents/handling-huge-traces/tracing-spans-dropped-stats.md), agents should collect statistics on dropped spans.

## Spec issue
- [x] https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/issues/5851 Milestone

## Agent issues
- [x] https://github.com/elastic/apm-agent-java/issues/2084 Milestone
- [x] https://github.com/elastic/apm-agent-dotnet/issues/1476 Milestone
- [x] https://github.com/elastic/apm-agent-go/issues/1113 Milestone
- [x] https://github.com/elastic/apm-agent-php/issues/536 Milestone
- [ ] https://github.com/elastic/apm-agent-ruby/issues/1150 Milestone
- [ ] https://github.com/elastic/apm-agent-nodejs/issues/2302 Milestone
- [x] https://github.com/elastic/apm-agent-python/issues/1310 Milestone

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Research direction

Start with the linked tracing-spans-dropped-stats.md specification, then review the unchecked Ruby and Node.js agent issues listed here. Compare their status with the checked agent issues and the completed spec issue; done means the remaining agent work is addressed and the corresponding checklist entries can be marked complete.

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Assessment

Tech stack
csharp, go, java, node.js, php, python, ruby
Domain
observability-sre
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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