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+{
+    "cSpell.words": [
+        "fluentdData"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/test/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Geneva.Tests/LogSerializationTests.cs b/test/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Geneva.Tests/LogSerializationTests.cs
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+// <copyright file="LogSerializationTests.cs" company="OpenTelemetry Authors">
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+// </copyright>
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Net.Sockets;
+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Threading;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+using OpenTelemetry.Logs;
+using Xunit;
+using Xunit.Abstractions;
+
+namespace OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Geneva.Tests;
+
+public class LogSerializationTests
+{
+    /*
+    Run from the current directory:
+    dotnet test -f net6.0 --filter FullyQualifiedName~LogSerializationTests -l "console;verbosity=detailed"
+    */
+    private readonly ITestOutputHelper output;
+
+    public LogSerializationTests(ITestOutputHelper output)
+    {
+        this.output = output;
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void SerializationTestForException()
+    {
+        var exceptionMessage = "Exception Message";
+        var exportedFields = GetExportedFieldsAfterLogging(logger => logger.Log<object>(
+            logLevel: LogLevel.Information,
+            eventId: default,
+            state: null,
+            exception: new Exception(exceptionMessage),
+            formatter: null));
+
+        PrintFields(this.output, exportedFields);
+        var actualExceptionMessage = exportedFields["env_ex_msg"];
+        Assert.Equal(exceptionMessage, actualExceptionMessage);
+    }
+
+    private static void PrintFields(ITestOutputHelper output, Dictionary<object, object> fields)
+    {
+        foreach (var field in fields)
+        {
+            output.WriteLine($"{field.Key}:{field.Value}");
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static Dictionary<object, object> GetExportedFieldsAfterLogging(Action<ILogger> doLog)
+    {
+        Socket server = null;
+        string path = string.Empty;
+        try
+        {
+            var logRecordList = new List<LogRecord>();
+            using var loggerFactory = LoggerFactory.Create(builder => builder
+                    .AddOpenTelemetry(options =>
+                    {
+                        options.AddInMemoryExporter(logRecordList);
+                    })
+                    .AddFilter(typeof(GenevaLogExporterTests).FullName, LogLevel.Trace)); // Enable all LogLevels
+
+            var logger = loggerFactory.CreateLogger<GenevaLogExporterTests>();
+            doLog(logger);
+
+            Assert.Single(logRecordList);
+            var exporterOptions = new GenevaExporterOptions();
+            if (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows))
+            {
+                exporterOptions.ConnectionString = "EtwSession=OpenTelemetry";
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                path = GenerateTempFilePath();
+                exporterOptions.ConnectionString = "Endpoint=unix:" + path;
+                var endpoint = new UnixDomainSocketEndPoint(path);
+                server = new Socket(AddressFamily.Unix, SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.IP);
+                server.Bind(endpoint);
+                server.Listen(1);
+            }
+
+            using var exporter = new MsgPackLogExporter(exporterOptions);
+            var m_buffer = typeof(MsgPackLogExporter).GetField("m_buffer", BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Static).GetValue(exporter) as ThreadLocal<byte[]>;
+            _ = exporter.SerializeLogRecord(logRecordList[0]);
+            object fluentdData = MessagePack.MessagePackSerializer.Deserialize<object>(m_buffer.Value, MessagePack.Resolvers.ContractlessStandardResolver.Instance);
+
+            return GetFields(fluentdData);
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            server?.Dispose();
+            try
+            {
+                File.Delete(path);
+            }
+            catch
+            {
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static string GenerateTempFilePath()
+    {
+        while (true)
+        {
+            string path = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), Path.GetRandomFileName());
+            if (!File.Exists(path))
+            {
+                return path;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static Dictionary<object, object> GetFields(object fluentdData)
+    {
+        /* Fluentd Forward Mode:
+        [
+            "Log",
+            [
+                [ <timestamp>, { "env_ver": "4.0", ... } ]
+            ],
+            { "TimeFormat": "DateTime" }
+        ]
+        */
+
+        var TimeStampAndMappings = ((fluentdData as object[])[1] as object[])[0];
+        var mapping = (TimeStampAndMappings as object[])[1] as Dictionary<object, object>;
+        return mapping;
+    }
+}