From ab723c7784d71bb2a78c1dc2bda77bc0d1fa5218 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bejal Lewis <bejal.lewis@grafana.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 18:01:28 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Run go mod tidy in collector if go.mod file exists

---
 Makefile | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 852b3199f0a..0235e60ec0e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -273,6 +273,9 @@ generate-otel-collector-distro:
 ifeq ($(USE_CONTAINER),1)
 	$(RERUN_IN_CONTAINER)
 else
+	@if [ -f ./collector/go.mod ]; then \
+		cd ./collector && go mod tidy; \
+	fi
 	# Here we clear the GOOS and GOARCH env variables so we're not accidentally cross compiling the builder tool within generate
 	cd ./collector && GOOS= GOARCH= BUILDER_VERSION=$(BUILDER_VERSION) go generate
 endif