[Bug]: Implement httpprotobuf as open telemetry protocol.

[chrisolver]

What happened?

While CLI implements the option to configure the protocol, the service implementation looks hard coded to GRPC. After spending many hours to get it to use httpprotobuf it looks like at a cold level its implemented to grpc.

Copilot validating:

You’re right: service code is currently hard-coded to gRPC.

Confirmed in these service paths (all set configure.Protocol = OtlpExportProtocol.Grpc; explicitly):

src/Service/Program.cs (logging OTLP exporter)
src/Service/Startup.cs (logging, metrics, tracing OTLP exporters)
Meanwhile, config model/schema/CLI do expose exporter-protocol with grpc | httpprotobuf, but the service wiring does not read/use that value when creating exporters.

So current state is:

CLI/schema/config: supports httpprotobuf
runtime exporter setup: effectively always gRPC

Version

2.0.9

What database are you using?

Azure SQL

What hosting model are you using?

Local (including CLI)

Which API approach are you accessing DAB through?

MCP

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