open-telemetry / open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python
Trace (and all) exporters should have an export timeout
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Since Oct 15, 2024.
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Description
The OpenTelemetry SDK should have a timeout on exporters during the flush call, or some way to configure this behavior.
This would ensure that the flush thread doesn't get hung indefinitely: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/320/files#r360471105
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