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Remove logging from configured otel exporters#333

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@evansd evansd commented May 7, 2026

This had the effect that every otel metric/trace ended up in the systemd journal, which significantly bloated our logs and reduced our effective retention period.

Having this data logged would have made sense when we were first configuring and testing the collector, but is not helpful now.

See Slack discussion at:
https://bennettoxford.slack.com/archives/C069YDR4NCA/p1778171836696039

This had the effect that every otel metric/trace ended up in the systemd
journal, which significantly bloated our logs and reduced our effective
retention period.

Having this data logged would have made sense when we were first
configuring and testing the collector, but is not helpful now.

See Slack discussion at:
https://bennettoxford.slack.com/archives/C069YDR4NCA/p1778171836696039
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