Update opentelemetry/proto/trace/v1/trace.proto

Co-authored-by: Johannes Tax <[email protected]>
open-telemetry · Oct 17, 2023 · 7fbc67e · 7fbc67e
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diff --git a/opentelemetry/proto/trace/v1/trace.proto b/opentelemetry/proto/trace/v1/trace.proto
@@ -358,8 +358,8 @@ enum SpanFlags {
 // Once the bits have been read using SPAN_FLAGS_CONTEXT_IS_REMOTE_MASK,
 // the following constants can be used to interpret them.
 enum SpanFlagsContextIsRemote {
-  // Older clients may not set this field, so 00 represents that this value
-  // has not been set.
+  // Older client not supporting this flag, or not known whether parent or
+  // linked span is remote: 00
   SPAN_FLAGS_CONTEXT_IS_REMOTE_UNKNOWN = 0;
   // The parent or linked span is remote: 11
   SPAN_FLAGS_CONTEXT_IS_REMOTE = 0x00000300;