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- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- testland/qa
- Path
plugins/qa-distributed-tracing/skills/otel-collector-config-tester/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- v1.1.10, committed Oct 11, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jul 6, 2026
- Size
- 10,447 bytes
- Repository stars
- 11
- License
- MIT
Validates OpenTelemetry Collector pipeline configurations and verifies spans flow end-to-end through the collector: runs `otelcol validate --config`, wires the `debug`/`file` exporter for span-output assertions, and integrates the full cycle into CI. Use when a collector config change (new receiver, processor swap, exporter wiring) needs correctness verification before deployment.
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What the file says
# otel-collector-config-tester A misconfigured Collector pipeline silently drops or misroutes spans - no error at deploy time, only missing data at query time. This skill tests two distinct failure modes: 1. **Static config errors** - invalid YAML, undefined component references, missing required fields. Caught by `otelcol validate` before the process starts. 2. **Dynamic pipeline errors** - a syntactically valid config that doesn't actually forward spans (wrong pipeline wiring, processor ordering, filter that drops everything). Caught only by sending real spans and asserting on the output. ## When to use - A new receiver, processor, or exporter is added to a Collector config and the team needs to confirm the pipeline is wired correctly before deploying. - A processor chain (batch, filter, transform/OTTL) was reordered and span loss or attribute mutation must be ruled out. - CI should gate on "collector config is valid and spans reach the exporter" rather than relying on post-deploy observation. ## Step 1 - Validate config syntax with `otelcol validate` Run: ```shell otelcol validate --config=collector-config.yaml ``` …
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How to install
mdr add testland/qa/otel-collector-config-tester@sha256:5882d2f5534d3871The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.1.10, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Jul 6, 2026 and Oct 11, 2026, about one every 24 days.
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| v1.1.10 latest | 2026-10-11 | a1bd3f7 | 10,447 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260728.1bce424 | 2026-07-28 | 1bce424 | 10,427 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260724.d4db756 | 2026-07-24 | d4db756 | 11,643 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260719.6226ac1 | 2026-07-19 | 6226ac1 | 11,735 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260706.4e1409c | 2026-07-06 | 4e1409c | 11,758 B | A | view |
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Source
testland/qa · 11 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-20 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_cqwb6jnh3i3bg4rk GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=testland/qa/otel-collector-config-tester GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/5882d2f5534d3871b431b8f4a727114db45369b534a1724dea68ba4eab57672f
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