{"record":{"id":"c1f4c65c2a83899c","repo":"BerriAI/litellm","slug":"opentelemetry-otlp-grpc-metric-exporter-is-not-ava","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"OpenTelemetry OTLP gRPC metric exporter is not available. Install `opentelemetry-exporter-otlp` and `grpcio` (or `litellm[grpc]`).","messagePattern":"OpenTelemetry OTLP gRPC metric exporter is not available\\. Install `opentelemetry-exporter-otlp` and `grpcio` \\(or `litellm\\[grpc\\]`\\)\\.","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"ImportError","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"litellm/integrations/opentelemetry.py","lineNumber":3056,"sourceCode":"            or self.OTEL_EXPORTER == \"http/json\"\n        ):\n            from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.http.metric_exporter import (\n                OTLPMetricExporter,\n            )\n\n            exporter = OTLPMetricExporter(\n                endpoint=normalized_endpoint,\n                headers=_split_otel_headers,\n            )\n            return PeriodicExportingMetricReader(exporter, export_interval_millis=5000)\n\n        elif self.OTEL_EXPORTER == \"otlp_grpc\" or self.OTEL_EXPORTER == \"grpc\":\n            try:\n                from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc.metric_exporter import (\n                    OTLPMetricExporter,\n                )\n            except ImportError as exc:\n                raise ImportError(\n                    \"OpenTelemetry OTLP gRPC metric exporter is not available. Install \"\n                    \"`opentelemetry-exporter-otlp` and `grpcio` (or `litellm[grpc]`).\"\n                ) from exc\n\n            exporter = OTLPMetricExporter(\n                endpoint=normalized_endpoint,\n                headers=_split_otel_headers,\n            )\n            return PeriodicExportingMetricReader(exporter, export_interval_millis=5000)\n\n        else:\n            verbose_logger.warning(\n                \"OpenTelemetry: Unknown metric exporter '%s', defaulting to console. Supported: console, otlp_http, otlp_grpc\",\n                self.OTEL_EXPORTER,\n            )\n            exporter = ConsoleMetricExporter()\n            return PeriodicExportingMetricReader(exporter, export_interval_millis=5000)\n","sourceCodeStart":3038,"sourceCodeEnd":3074,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/blob/6c2dcb801bf2b75c18f1bb24140e7cf57465cc4d/litellm/integrations/opentelemetry.py#L3038-L3074","documentation":"Error \"OpenTelemetry OTLP gRPC metric exporter is not available. Install `opentelemetry-exporter-otlp` and `grpcio` (or `litellm[grpc]`).\" thrown in BerriAI/litellm.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at litellm/integrations/opentelemetry.py:3056 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Install gRPC exporter deps: pip install opentelemetry-exporter-otlp grpcio (or litellm[grpc])."],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":null,"validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"6c2dcb801bf2b75c18f1bb24140e7cf57465cc4d","analyzedAt":"2026-08-15T07:12:03.035Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-15T22:17:37.221Z"}