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 ## Latest Changes
 
+### Fixes
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+* 🐛 Allow startup when automatic OpenTelemetry configuration fails. PR [#16418](https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi/pull/16418) by [@tiangolo](https://github.com/tiangolo).
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 ## 0.142.1 (2026-09-29)
 
 ### Fixes