From 0322bf75e4e6516a285258e05ddda2eface8efac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Makro <4398091+xmakro@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2024 09:46:10 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Disconnect gRPC client stub when shutting down
 OTLPSpanExporter

---
 .../src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/grpc/exporter.py       | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/grpc/exporter.py b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/grpc/exporter.py
index 582d083e86..2f491b7ed4 100644
--- a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/grpc/exporter.py
+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/grpc/exporter.py
@@ -360,6 +360,7 @@ def shutdown(self, timeout_millis: float = 30_000, **kwargs) -> None:
         # wait for the last export if any
         self._export_lock.acquire(timeout=timeout_millis / 1e3)
         self._shutdown = True
+        self._client = None
         self._export_lock.release()
 
     @property