Clarification on maintenance status of awscloudwatchlogsexporter in ADOT Collector #3084
Description
Describe the question
I am evaluating the use of awscloudwatchlogsexporter component in the AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry (ADOT) Collector. While checking the ADOT Collector Built-in Components, I found this component listed, but when I clicked through to its source on GitHub, it redirected me to:
https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/exporter/awscloudwatchlogsexporter
This page currently states that the component is unmaintained.
Is this accurate? If so, should I avoid using this component in production workloads due to the lack of active support or updates?
Steps to reproduce if your question is related to an action
- Go to the ADOT Collector Components documentation.
- Look for the awscloudwatchlogsexporter under exporters.
- Click the link to view the source repository.
- The GitHub page explicitly mentions that the component is unmaintained.
What did you expect to see?
I expected that the component would be actively maintained since it is listed in the ADOT Collector documentation. I was planning to use it to export logs to Amazon CloudWatch Logs and would prefer an actively supported exporter
Environment
ADOT Collector
Additional context
I'd like to understand whether AWS plans to continue support for this component or if there is a recommended alternative for sending logs to CloudWatch Logs using the ADOT Collector.