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jononor on Aug 9, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Is it time to version observability?

Can't you close the span on an exception?

JoshTriplett on Aug 9, 2024 [–]

See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41205665 for more details.

And even in the case of an actual crash, that doesn't necessarily mean the application is in a state to successfully submit additional OTel data.

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