From 9a7fd3f56f6b99f52f16e265b0b2741d3955d23a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shaunak Kashyap <ycombinator@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 May 2024 15:11:55 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Revert pipeline type validation (#10078)

#### Description

This PR reverts the change made in
https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/pull/9257 due
to problems reported in
https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/issues/10031.

<!-- Issue number if applicable -->
#### Link to tracking issue
Fixes #10031.
---
 .chloggen/revert-validate-pipeline-types.yaml | 25 ++++++++++++++++++
 otelcol/collector.go                          | 26 +------------------
 otelcol/collector_test.go                     |  8 ------
 3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .chloggen/revert-validate-pipeline-types.yaml

diff --git a/.chloggen/revert-validate-pipeline-types.yaml b/.chloggen/revert-validate-pipeline-types.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..82ed0228449
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/revert-validate-pipeline-types.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: 'breaking'
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. otlpreceiver)
+component: service
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: "The `validate` sub-command no longer validates that each pipeline's type is the same as its component types"
+
+# One or more tracking issues or pull requests related to the change
+issues: [10031]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext:
+
+# Optional: The change log or logs in which this entry should be included.
+# e.g. '[user]' or '[user, api]'
+# Include 'user' if the change is relevant to end users.
+# Include 'api' if there is a change to a library API.
+# Default: '[user]'
+change_logs: [user]
diff --git a/otelcol/collector.go b/otelcol/collector.go
index df0860446a2..bca6e9b86dc 100644
--- a/otelcol/collector.go
+++ b/otelcol/collector.go
@@ -240,11 +240,7 @@ func (col *Collector) DryRun(ctx context.Context) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get config: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	if err := cfg.Validate(); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	return col.validatePipelineCfg(ctx, cfg, factories)
+	return cfg.Validate()
 }
 
 // Run starts the collector according to the given configuration, and waits for it to complete.
@@ -325,23 +321,3 @@ func (col *Collector) shutdown(ctx context.Context) error {
 func (col *Collector) setCollectorState(state State) {
 	col.state.Store(int32(state))
 }
-
-// validatePipelineCfg validates that the components in a pipeline support the
-// signal type of the pipeline. For example, this function will return an error if
-// a metrics pipeline has non-metrics components.
-func (col *Collector) validatePipelineCfg(ctx context.Context, cfg *Config, factories Factories) error {
-	set := service.Settings{
-		Receivers:  receiver.NewBuilder(cfg.Receivers, factories.Receivers),
-		Processors: processor.NewBuilder(cfg.Processors, factories.Processors),
-		Exporters:  exporter.NewBuilder(cfg.Exporters, factories.Exporters),
-		Connectors: connector.NewBuilder(cfg.Connectors, factories.Connectors),
-		Extensions: extension.NewBuilder(cfg.Extensions, factories.Extensions),
-	}
-
-	_, err := service.New(ctx, set, cfg.Service)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/otelcol/collector_test.go b/otelcol/collector_test.go
index 2ae56fc58c0..b96a6fc15db 100644
--- a/otelcol/collector_test.go
+++ b/otelcol/collector_test.go
@@ -433,14 +433,6 @@ func TestCollectorDryRun(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			expectedErr: `service::pipelines::traces: references processor "invalid" which is not configured`,
 		},
-		"logs_receiver_traces_pipeline": {
-			settings: CollectorSettings{
-				BuildInfo:              component.NewDefaultBuildInfo(),
-				Factories:              nopFactories,
-				ConfigProviderSettings: newDefaultConfigProviderSettings([]string{filepath.Join("testdata", "otelcol-invalid-receiver-type.yaml")}),
-			},
-			expectedErr: `failed to build pipelines: failed to create "nop_logs" receiver for data type "traces": telemetry type is not supported`,
-		},
 	}
 
 	for name, test := range tests {