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AI-generatedNoopTracerProvider silently drops spans in unit tests
NoopTracerProvider silently drops spans in unit tests Goal Validate that instrumentation code produces trace data when no production credentials or exporter are configured. Uncertainty When GlobalOpenTelemetry.getTracer() is used without a prior explicit TracerProvider, the SDK falls back to NoopTracerProvider, returning NoopTracer instances that create Noop
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