From 04be759da4da6312a2a1f38f7c69b9d744d0a12e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gregor Zeitlinger <gregor.zeitlinger@zalando.de>
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2022 11:10:30 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] sort spans by start time (parents before children as
 tiebreaker) to avoid common causes for flaky tests

---
 .../main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/testing/trace/TraceUtil.java | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sdk/testing/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/testing/trace/TraceUtil.java b/sdk/testing/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/testing/trace/TraceUtil.java
index ca177192d83..72c9e55c57d 100644
--- a/sdk/testing/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/testing/trace/TraceUtil.java
+++ b/sdk/testing/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/testing/trace/TraceUtil.java
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 public class TraceUtil {
 
-  /** compares spans by start time, and parent-child as a tie breaker (parent first) */
+  /** Compare spans by start time, placing parents before their children as a tiebreaker. */
   public static final Comparator<SpanData> SPAN_DATA_COMPARATOR =
       Comparator.comparing(SpanData::getStartEpochNanos)
           .thenComparing(