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AI-generatedOTLP Exporter Protocol Default Shift Between gRPC and HTTP/protobuf
OpenTelemetry SDK releases have altered the default transport for OTLP exporters across minor versions and language implementations, creating a compatibility boundary for collectors that must support both gRPC and HTTP/protobuf endpoints. When no explicit protocol configuration is provided, the SDK selects a default that may differ from the collector's expec