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update OTLP exporter transient errors table #1642

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4 changes: 1 addition & 3 deletions specification/protocol/exporter.md
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Expand Up @@ -74,14 +74,12 @@ Transient errors are errors which expect the backend to recover. The following s
| ---------------- | ----------- |
| 1 | Cancelled |
| 4 | Deadline Exceeded |
| 7 | Permission Denied |
| 8 | Resource Exhausted |
| 10 | Aborted |
| 10 | Out of Range |
| 14 | Unavailable |
| 15 | Data Loss |
| 16 | Unauthenticated |
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We'll need to have a discussion if this change is considered breaking as this is declared stable already.
In theory, one could rely on exports being retried in these cases although I think it's unlikely.


Additional details on transient errors can be found in [otep-35](https://github.com/open-telemetry/oteps/blob/main/text/0035-opentelemetry-protocol.md#export-response) for gRPC and [otep-99](https://github.com/open-telemetry/oteps/blob/main/text/0099-otlp-http.md#failures) for HTTP
Additional details on transient errors can be found in the OTLP specification for [gRPC](otlp.md#otlpgrpc-response) and [HTTP](otlp.md#failures).

[otlphttp-req]: otlp.md#otlphttp-request