Remove retry_on_failure from the googlecloud exporters

.chloggen/remove-gcp-retryonfailure.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: breaking
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. filelogreceiver)
+component: googlecloudexporter
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: remove retry_on_failure from the googlecloud exporter. The exporter itself handles retries, and retrying can cause issues.
+
+# Mandatory: One or more tracking issues related to the change. You can use the PR number here if no issue exists.
+issues: [57233]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext:
+
+# If your change doesn't affect end users or the exported elements of any package,
+# you should instead start your pull request title with [chore] or use the "Skip Changelog" label.
+# Optional: The change log or logs in which this entry should be included.
+# e.g. '[user]' or '[user, api]'
+# Include 'user' if the change is relevant to end users.
+# Include 'api' if there is a change to a library API.
+# Default: '[user]'
+change_logs: [user, api]

exporter/googlecloudexporter/README.md

@@ -216,11 +216,6 @@ The following configuration options are supported:
     - `prefix`: Match resource keys by prefix.
     - `regex`: Match resource keys by regex.
   - `compression` (optional): Enable gzip compression for gRPC requests (valid vlaues: `gzip`).
-- `retry_on_failure` (optional): Configuration for how to handle retries when sending data to Google Cloud fails.
-  - `enabled` (default = false)
-  - `initial_interval` (default = 5s): Time to wait after the first failure before retrying; ignored if `enabled` is `false`
-  - `max_interval` (default = 30s): Is the upper bound on backoff; ignored if `enabled` is `false`
-  - `max_elapsed_time` (default = 120s): Is the maximum amount of time spent trying to send a batch; ignored if `enabled` is `false`
 - `sending_queue` (optional): Configuration for how to buffer traces before sending.
   - `enabled` (default = true)
   - `num_consumers` (default = 10): Number of consumers that dequeue batches; ignored if `enabled` is `false`
@@ -229,7 +224,7 @@ The following configuration options are supported:
     - `num_seconds` is the number of seconds to buffer in case of a backend outage
     - `requests_per_second` is the average number of requests per seconds.
 
-Note: These `retry_on_failure` and `sending_queue` are provided (and documented) by the [Exporter Helper](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/tree/main/exporter/exporterhelper#configuration)
+Note: The `sending_queue` is provided (and documented) by the [Exporter Helper](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/tree/main/exporter/exporterhelper#configuration)
 
 Beyond standard YAML configuration as outlined in the sections that follow,
 exporters that leverage the net/http package (all do today) also respect the

exporter/googlecloudexporter/config.go

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ type Config struct {
 	// Timeout for all API calls. If not set, defaults to 12 seconds.
 	exporterhelper.TimeoutSettings `mapstructure:",squash"` // squash ensures fields are correctly decoded in embedded struct.
 	exporterhelper.QueueSettings   `mapstructure:"sending_queue"`
-	exporterhelper.RetrySettings   `mapstructure:"retry_on_failure"`
 }
 
 func (cfg *Config) Validate() error {

exporter/googlecloudexporter/config_test.go

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/opentelemetry-operations-go/exporter/collector"
-	"github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
@@ -65,14 +64,6 @@ func TestLoadConfig(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			},
-			RetrySettings: exporterhelper.RetrySettings{
-				Enabled:             true,
-				InitialInterval:     10 * time.Second,
-				MaxInterval:         1 * time.Minute,
-				MaxElapsedTime:      10 * time.Minute,
-				RandomizationFactor: backoff.DefaultRandomizationFactor,
-				Multiplier:          backoff.DefaultMultiplier,
-			},
 			QueueSettings: exporterhelper.QueueSettings{
 				Enabled:      true,
 				NumConsumers: 2,

exporter/googlecloudexporter/factory.go

@@ -43,11 +43,8 @@ func NewFactory() exporter.Factory {
 
 // createDefaultConfig creates the default configuration for exporter.
 func createDefaultConfig() component.Config {
-	retrySettings := exporterhelper.NewDefaultRetrySettings()
-	retrySettings.Enabled = false
 	return &Config{
 		TimeoutSettings: exporterhelper.TimeoutSettings{Timeout: defaultTimeout},
-		RetrySettings:   retrySettings,
 		QueueSettings:   exporterhelper.NewDefaultQueueSettings(),
 		Config:          collector.DefaultConfig(),
 	}
@@ -71,8 +68,7 @@ func createLogsExporter(
 		// Disable exporterhelper Timeout, since we are using a custom mechanism
 		// within exporter itself
 		exporterhelper.WithTimeout(exporterhelper.TimeoutSettings{Timeout: 0}),
-		exporterhelper.WithQueue(eCfg.QueueSettings),
-		exporterhelper.WithRetry(eCfg.RetrySettings))
+		exporterhelper.WithQueue(eCfg.QueueSettings))
 }
 
 // createTracesExporter creates a trace exporter based on this config.
@@ -94,8 +90,7 @@ func createTracesExporter(
 		// Disable exporterhelper Timeout, since we are using a custom mechanism
 		// within exporter itself
 		exporterhelper.WithTimeout(exporterhelper.TimeoutSettings{Timeout: 0}),
-		exporterhelper.WithQueue(eCfg.QueueSettings),
-		exporterhelper.WithRetry(eCfg.RetrySettings))
+		exporterhelper.WithQueue(eCfg.QueueSettings))
 }
 
 // createMetricsExporter creates a metrics exporter based on this config.
@@ -117,6 +112,5 @@ func createMetricsExporter(
 		// Disable exporterhelper Timeout, since we are using a custom mechanism
 		// within exporter itself
 		exporterhelper.WithTimeout(exporterhelper.TimeoutSettings{Timeout: 0}),
-		exporterhelper.WithQueue(eCfg.QueueSettings),
-		exporterhelper.WithRetry(eCfg.RetrySettings))
+		exporterhelper.WithQueue(eCfg.QueueSettings))
 }

exporter/googlecloudexporter/go.mod

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ go 1.20
 
 require (
 	github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/opentelemetry-operations-go/exporter/collector v0.42.0
-	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.2.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.83.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v0.83.0
@@ -22,6 +21,7 @@ require (
 	cloud.google.com/go/trace v1.10.1 // indirect
 	github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/opentelemetry-operations-go/exporter/trace v1.18.0 // indirect
 	github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/opentelemetry-operations-go/internal/resourcemapping v0.42.0 // indirect
+	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.4 // indirect

exporter/googlecloudexporter/testdata/config.yaml

@@ -7,11 +7,6 @@ googlecloud/customname:
     enabled: true
     num_consumers: 2
     queue_size: 10
-  retry_on_failure:
-    enabled: true
-    initial_interval: 10s
-    max_interval: 60s
-    max_elapsed_time: 10m
   metric:
     prefix: prefix
     skip_create_descriptor: true

exporter/googlemanagedprometheusexporter/README.md

@@ -34,11 +34,6 @@ The following configuration options are supported:
   - `resource_filters` (optional): Provides a list of filters to match resource attributes which will be included in metric labels.
     - `prefix` (optional): Match resource attribute keys by prefix.
     - `regex` (optional): Match resource attribute keys by regex.
-- `retry_on_failure` (optional): Configuration for how to handle retries when sending data to Google Cloud fails.
-  - `enabled` (default = false)
-  - `initial_interval` (default = 5s): Time to wait after the first failure before retrying; ignored if `enabled` is `false`
-  - `max_interval` (default = 30s): Is the upper bound on backoff; ignored if `enabled` is `false`
-  - `max_elapsed_time` (default = 120s): Is the maximum amount of time spent trying to send a batch; ignored if `enabled` is `false`
 - `sending_queue` (optional): Configuration for how to buffer traces before sending.
   - `enabled` (default = true)
   - `num_consumers` (default = 10): Number of consumers that dequeue batches; ignored if `enabled` is `false`
@@ -47,7 +42,7 @@ The following configuration options are supported:
     - `num_seconds` is the number of seconds to buffer in case of a backend outage
     - `requests_per_second` is the average number of requests per seconds.
 
-Note: These `retry_on_failure` and `sending_queue` are provided (and documented) by the [Exporter Helper](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/tree/main/exporter/exporterhelper#configuration)
+Note: The `sending_queue` is provided (and documented) by the [Exporter Helper](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/tree/main/exporter/exporterhelper#configuration)
 
 ## Example Configuration
 

exporter/googlemanagedprometheusexporter/config.go

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ type Config struct {
 	// Timeout for all API calls. If not set, defaults to 12 seconds.
 	exporterhelper.TimeoutSettings `mapstructure:",squash"` // squash ensures fields are correctly decoded in embedded struct.
 	exporterhelper.QueueSettings   `mapstructure:"sending_queue"`
-	exporterhelper.RetrySettings   `mapstructure:"retry_on_failure"`
 }
 
 // GMPConfig is a subset of the collector config applicable to the GMP exporter.

exporter/googlemanagedprometheusexporter/config_test.go

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
@@ -50,14 +49,6 @@ func TestLoadConfig(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			},
-			RetrySettings: exporterhelper.RetrySettings{
-				Enabled:             true,
-				InitialInterval:     10 * time.Second,
-				MaxInterval:         1 * time.Minute,
-				MaxElapsedTime:      10 * time.Minute,
-				RandomizationFactor: backoff.DefaultRandomizationFactor,
-				Multiplier:          backoff.DefaultMultiplier,
-			},
 			QueueSettings: exporterhelper.QueueSettings{
 				Enabled:      true,
 				NumConsumers: 2,

exporter/googlemanagedprometheusexporter/factory.go

@@ -32,11 +32,8 @@ func NewFactory() exporter.Factory {
 
 // createDefaultConfig creates the default configuration for exporter.
 func createDefaultConfig() component.Config {
-	retrySettings := exporterhelper.NewDefaultRetrySettings()
-	retrySettings.Enabled = false
 	return &Config{
 		TimeoutSettings: exporterhelper.TimeoutSettings{Timeout: defaultTimeout},
-		RetrySettings:   retrySettings,
 		QueueSettings:   exporterhelper.NewDefaultQueueSettings(),
 		GMPConfig: GMPConfig{
 			MetricConfig: MetricConfig{
@@ -68,6 +65,5 @@ func createMetricsExporter(
 		// Disable exporterhelper Timeout, since we are using a custom mechanism
 		// within exporter itself
 		exporterhelper.WithTimeout(exporterhelper.TimeoutSettings{Timeout: 0}),
-		exporterhelper.WithQueue(eCfg.QueueSettings),
-		exporterhelper.WithRetry(eCfg.RetrySettings))
+		exporterhelper.WithQueue(eCfg.QueueSettings))
 }

exporter/googlemanagedprometheusexporter/go.mod

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ go 1.20
 require (
 	github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/opentelemetry-operations-go/exporter/collector v0.42.0
 	github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/opentelemetry-operations-go/exporter/collector/googlemanagedprometheus v0.42.0
-	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.2.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.83.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.83.0
@@ -25,6 +24,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/opentelemetry-operations-go/exporter/trace v1.18.0 // indirect
 	github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/opentelemetry-operations-go/internal/resourcemapping v0.42.0 // indirect
 	github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.6.0 // indirect

exporter/googlemanagedprometheusexporter/testdata/config.yaml

@@ -14,11 +14,6 @@ exporters:
       enabled: true
       num_consumers: 2
       queue_size: 10
-    retry_on_failure:
-      enabled: true
-      initial_interval: 10s
-      max_interval: 60s
-      max_elapsed_time: 10m
   googlemanagedprometheus/customprefix:
     metric:
       prefix: my-metric-domain.com