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Update default for span limits to 128, 1000 seems off #1419

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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions CHANGELOG.md
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Updates:

- Update default limit for span attributes, events, links to 128([#1419](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/pull/1419))
- Update OT Trace propagator environment variable to match latest name([#1406](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/pull/1406))
- Remove Metrics SDK specification to avoid confusion, clarify that Metrics API
specification is not recommended for client implementation
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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions specification/sdk-environment-variables.md
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| Name | Description | Default | Notes |
| ------------------------------- | ------------------------------------ | ------- | ----- |
| OTEL_SPAN_ATTRIBUTE_COUNT_LIMIT | Maximum allowed span attribute count | 1000 | |
| OTEL_SPAN_EVENT_COUNT_LIMIT | Maximum allowed span event count | 1000 | |
| OTEL_SPAN_LINK_COUNT_LIMIT | Maximum allowed span link count | 1000 | |
| OTEL_SPAN_ATTRIBUTE_COUNT_LIMIT | Maximum allowed span attribute count | 128 | |
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| OTEL_SPAN_EVENT_COUNT_LIMIT | Maximum allowed span event count | 128 | |
| OTEL_SPAN_LINK_COUNT_LIMIT | Maximum allowed span link count | 128 | |

## OTLP Exporter

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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion specification/trace/sdk.md
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To protect against such errors, SDK Spans MAY discard attributes, links, and
events that would increase the number of elements of each collection beyond
the recommended limit of 1000 elements. SDKs MAY provide a way to change this limit.
the recommended limit of 128 elements. SDKs MAY provide a way to change this limit.

If there is a configurable limit, the SDK SHOULD honor the environment variables
specified in [SDK environment variables](../sdk-environment-variables.md#span-collection-limits).
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