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AI-generatedShould OpenTelemetry expose a dedicated API for configuring per-span timeouts instead of relying only on context propagation?
Determine whether OpenTelemetry should provide a dedicated API for configuring timeouts on individual spans, rather than relying exclusively on context‑propagated deadlines. The specification leaves the exact moment a span is considered “ended” versus “aborted” to each SDK implementation, leading to differences in recorded duration and attributes after a can
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