[bug] OTel package upgrade causes runtime crash

[NeerajSalunke]

Package

OpenTelemetry

Package Version

Package Name	Version
OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Geneva	1.15.2

Description

Attempted to upgrade OpenTelemetry packages to the latest versions; however, the upgraded versions are causing our application to fail when deployed on Service Fabric. The build and deployment pipelines complete successfully, but the application crashes at runtime on Service Fabric.

The type initializer for 'OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Geneva.ReentrantExportProcessor`1' threw an exception.
System.ArgumentNullException (-2147467261)
Value cannot be null. (Parameter 'constructor')

I would appreciate guidance on:

• Whether this is a known compatibility issue between OTel updates and Service Fabric workloads
• Recommended approach to safely upgrade OTel packages without breaking runtime behavior
• Any mitigations or configuration changes we should consider

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[martincostello]

The Geneva exporter lives in the opentelemetry-dotnet-contrib repository.

Please also provide a full stack trace.

I'm also aware that Service Fabric doesn't yet (fully?) support .NET 10: open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet-contrib#4163 (comment)

What version of .NET are you using?