From 22959174f6b73841437345d8e79257e150c374a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stuart McCulloch <stuart.mcculloch@datadoghq.com>
Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 20:02:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Use FAST_LANE prioritization for OTLP traces, like we use for
 DD traces

---
 .../src/main/java/datadog/trace/common/writer/OtlpWriter.java   | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/dd-trace-core/src/main/java/datadog/trace/common/writer/OtlpWriter.java b/dd-trace-core/src/main/java/datadog/trace/common/writer/OtlpWriter.java
index 2e8f7556232..a21ce83044f 100644
--- a/dd-trace-core/src/main/java/datadog/trace/common/writer/OtlpWriter.java
+++ b/dd-trace-core/src/main/java/datadog/trace/common/writer/OtlpWriter.java
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ public OtlpWriter build() {
               healthMetrics,
               dispatcher,
               DroppingPolicy.DISABLED,
-              Prioritization.ENSURE_TRACE,
+              Prioritization.FAST_LANE,
               flushIntervalMilliseconds,
               TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS,
               singleSpanSampler);