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Fixes #14286

Description

When both OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_ENDPOINT environment variable and a configured endpoint in the config file are present, the URL scheme from the environment variable was incorrectly overriding the scheme from the config file, resulting in mixed endpoints.

This fix ensures that environment variables do not override explicitly configured endpoints by temporarily unsetting the OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_*_ENDPOINT environment variables before creating the SDK, then restoring them afterward.

According to the OpenTelemetry specification, explicit configuration should take precedence over environment variables.

Changes

  • Modified sdk.go to temporarily unset OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_*_ENDPOINT environment variables before calling config.NewSDK()
  • Added helper functions unsetOTLPEndpointEnvVars() and restoreEnvVars()
  • Added comprehensive tests to verify env vars don't override config file endpoints

Testing

All existing tests pass, and new tests verify the fix works correctly.

When service.telemetry.metrics.level is set to 'none', the collector
should skip registering process metrics to avoid errors on platforms
where gopsutil is not supported (such as AIX).

This change conditionally registers process metrics only when the
metrics level is not LevelNone, preventing the 'failed to register
process metrics: not implemented yet' error on unsupported platforms.

Fixes regression introduced in v0.136.0 where the check for metrics
level was removed.
Similar to the resolution for pcommon.Value in previous changes, this update
ensures consistent documentation across all pdata types by clarifying that
calling functions on zero-initialized instances is invalid usage.

Changes:
- Updated template files (one_of_field.go, one_of_message_value.go) to generate
  improved comment wording
- Updated pcommon/value.go comments manually
- Updated all generated pdata files to use consistent wording:
  'is invalid and will cause a panic' instead of 'will cause a panic'

This makes it clearer that using zero-initialized instances is not just
dangerous but explicitly invalid usage, improving API documentation clarity.
…onfig file endpoints

Fixes open-telemetry#14286

When both OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_ENDPOINT environment variable and
a configured endpoint in the config file are present, the URL scheme
from the environment variable was incorrectly overriding the scheme
from the config file, resulting in mixed endpoints (e.g., http scheme
from env var + path from config file).

This fix ensures that environment variables do not override explicitly
configured endpoints by temporarily unsetting the OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_*_ENDPOINT
environment variables before creating the SDK, then restoring them afterward.

According to the OpenTelemetry specification, explicit configuration
should take precedence over environment variables.

Changes:
- Modified sdk.go to temporarily unset OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_*_ENDPOINT
  environment variables before calling config.NewSDK()
- Added helper functions unsetOTLPEndpointEnvVars() and restoreEnvVars()
- Added comprehensive tests to verify env vars don't override config
@Arunodoy18 Arunodoy18 requested review from a team, bogdandrutu and dmitryax as code owners January 5, 2026 18:01
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URL scheme is configured by environment variable OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_ENDPOINT instead of the endpoint in config file

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