@@ -283,7 +283,8 @@ own telemetry.
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284284# ### Data loss
285285
286- Use the rate of `otelcol_processor_dropped_spans > 0` and
286+ Use the rate of `otelcol_processor_dropped_log_records > 0`,
287+ ` otelcol_processor_dropped_spans > 0` , and
287288` otelcol_processor_dropped_metric_points > 0` to detect data loss. Depending on
288289your project's requirements, select a narrow time window before alerting begins
289290to avoid notifications for small losses that are within the desired reliability
@@ -317,19 +318,22 @@ logs for messages such as `Dropping data because sending_queue is full`.
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318319# ### Receive failures
319320
320- Sustained rates of `otelcol_receiver_refused_spans` and
321- ` otelcol_receiver_refused_metric_points ` indicate that too many errors were
322- returned to clients. Depending on the deployment and the clients' resilience,
323- this might indicate clients' data loss.
321+ Sustained rates of `otelcol_receiver_refused_log_records`,
322+ ` otelcol_receiver_refused_spans ` , and `otelcol_receiver_refused_metric_points`
323+ indicate that too many errors were returned to clients. Depending on the
324+ deployment and the clients' resilience, this might indicate clients' data loss.
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325- Sustained rates of `otelcol_exporter_send_failed_spans` and
326+ Sustained rates of `otelcol_exporter_send_failed_log_records`,
327+ ` otelcol_exporter_send_failed_spans` , and
326328` otelcol_exporter_send_failed_metric_points` indicate that the Collector is not
327329able to export data as expected. These metrics do not inherently imply data loss
328330since there could be retries. But a high rate of failures could indicate issues
329331with the network or backend receiving the data.
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331333# ### Data flow
332334
333- You can monitor data ingress with the `otelcol_receiver_accepted_spans` and
334- ` otelcol_receiver_accepted_metric_points` metrics and data egress with the
335- ` otelcol_exporter_sent_spans` and `otelcol_exporter_sent_metric_points` metrics.
335+ You can monitor data ingress with the `otelcol_receiver_accepted_log_records`,
336+ ` otelcol_receiver_accepted_spans` , and `otelcol_receiver_accepted_metric_points`
337+ metrics and data egress with the `otelcol_exporter_sent_log_records`,
338+ ` otelcol_exporter_sent_spans` , and `otelcol_exporter_sent_metric_points`
339+ metrics.
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