If the Datadog agent or client libraries do not detect a configured API key, they will skip sending metrics, logs, and events. This results in a silent failure of observability reporting, often visible only through startup log messages.
The OpenTelemetry Collector may drop telemetry data when an exporter backend responds with a 413 Payload Too Large error. This typically happens when large batches of metrics, logs, or traces exceed the maximum payload size accepted by the backend. By default, the collector drops these payloads unless retry behavior is explicitly enabled.
The OpenTelemetry Collector may intermittently fail to export telemetry data when the backend API is unavailable or overloaded. These failures manifest as timeouts (`context deadline exceeded`) or transient HTTP 502 responses. While retry logic is typically enabled, repeated failures can introduce delay or backpressure.