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Clarify that attribute processor does not drop signals #5178

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Clarify that attribute processor does not drop signals
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Use admonition type="note"
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Expand Up @@ -164,6 +164,12 @@ For example, adding a `span_names` filter could cause the component to error if

The `exclude` block provides an option to exclude data from being fed into the [action] blocks based on the properties of a span, log, or metric records.
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Is this true?

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The `exclude` block provides an option to exclude data from being fed into the [action] blocks based on the properties of a span, log, or metric records.
The `exclude` block provides an option to exclude data from being fed into the [action] blocks based on the properties of a span, log, or metric records. Excluded data will be forwarded as-is.

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It is true, but I will add it to the new block that I'm adding now, since clarifying this is the whole purpose of the block. I'm also not sure if readers would know what is meant by "forwarded". I'll change this:

Signals excluded by the exclude block will still be propagated to downstream components.

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Signals excluded by the exclude block will still be propagated to downstream components as-is.


{{% admonition type="note" %}}
Signals excluded by the `exclude` block will still be propagated to downstream components as-is.
If you would like to not propagate certain signals to downstream components,
consider a processor such as [otelcol.processor.tail_sampling](../otelcol.processor.tail_sampling/).
{{% /admonition %}}

{{< docs/shared lookup="flow/reference/components/match-properties-block.md" source="agent" version="<AGENT VERSION>" >}}

One of the following is also required:
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