@@ -283,7 +283,8 @@ own telemetry.
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# ### Data loss
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- Use the rate of `otelcol_processor_dropped_spans > 0` and
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+ Use the rate of `otelcol_processor_dropped_log_records > 0`,
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+ ` otelcol_processor_dropped_spans > 0` , and
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` otelcol_processor_dropped_metric_points > 0` to detect data loss. Depending on
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your project's requirements, select a narrow time window before alerting begins
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to avoid notifications for small losses that are within the desired reliability
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# ### Receive failures
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- Sustained rates of `otelcol_receiver_refused_spans` and
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- ` otelcol_receiver_refused_metric_points ` indicate that too many errors were
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- returned to clients. Depending on the deployment and the clients' resilience,
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- this might indicate clients' data loss.
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+ Sustained rates of `otelcol_receiver_refused_log_records`,
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+ ` otelcol_receiver_refused_spans ` , and `otelcol_receiver_refused_metric_points`
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+ indicate that too many errors were returned to clients. Depending on the
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+ deployment and the clients' resilience, this might indicate clients' data loss.
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- Sustained rates of `otelcol_exporter_send_failed_spans` and
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+ Sustained rates of `otelcol_exporter_send_failed_log_records`,
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+ ` otelcol_exporter_send_failed_spans` , and
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` otelcol_exporter_send_failed_metric_points` indicate that the Collector is not
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able to export data as expected. These metrics do not inherently imply data loss
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since there could be retries. But a high rate of failures could indicate issues
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with the network or backend receiving the data.
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# ### Data flow
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- You can monitor data ingress with the `otelcol_receiver_accepted_spans` and
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- ` otelcol_receiver_accepted_metric_points` metrics and data egress with the
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- ` otelcol_exporter_sent_spans` and `otelcol_exporter_sent_metric_points` metrics.
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+ You can monitor data ingress with the `otelcol_receiver_accepted_log_records`,
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+ ` otelcol_receiver_accepted_spans` , and `otelcol_receiver_accepted_metric_points`
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+ metrics and data egress with the `otelcol_exporter_sent_log_records`,
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+ ` otelcol_exporter_sent_spans` , and `otelcol_exporter_sent_metric_points`
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+ metrics.
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