grafana/k6 · error

invalid protocol

Error message

invalid protocol

What it means

Error "invalid protocol" thrown in grafana/k6.

Source

Thrown at internal/lib/trace/otel.go:29

	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace"
	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc"
	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp"
	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/resource"
	sdktrace "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace"
	semconv "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/semconv/v1.20.0"
	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace/noop"

	"go.k6.io/k6/v2/internal/lib/strvals"
)

const serviceName = "k6"

var (
	// ErrInvalidTracesOutput indicates that the defined traces output is not valid.
	ErrInvalidTracesOutput = errors.New("invalid traces output")
	// ErrInvalidProto indicates that the defined exporter protocol is not valid.
	ErrInvalidProto = errors.New("invalid protocol")
	// ErrInvalidURLScheme indicates that the defined exporter URL scheme is not valid.
	ErrInvalidURLScheme = errors.New("invalid URL scheme")
	// ErrInvalidGRPCWithURLPath indicates that an exporter using gRPC protocol does not support URL path.
	ErrInvalidGRPCWithURLPath = errors.New("grpc protocol does not support URL path")
)

type (
	tracerProvShutdownFunc func(ctx context.Context) error
)

// TracerProvider provides methods for tracers initialization and shutdown of the
// processing pipeline.
type TracerProvider struct {
	trace.TracerProvider
	shutdown tracerProvShutdownFunc
}

type tracerProviderParams struct {

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at internal/lib/trace/otel.go:29 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of grafana/k6@93accf6570 (2026-08-15). Data as JSON: /api/errors/f16b59a45efced3c. Report an issue: GitHub.