fix (#3821)

Author: technicallyty

app/app.go

@@ -187,14 +187,7 @@ func NewGaiaApp(
 		logger.Debug("successfully determined if this node is a validator", "moniker", vi.Moniker)
 	}
 
-	otelConfig := gaiatelemetry.OtelConfig{
-		Disable:                 cast.ToBool(appOpts.Get("opentelemetry.disable")),
-		CollectorEndpoint:       cast.ToString(appOpts.Get("opentelemetry.collector-endpoint")),
-		CollectorMetricsURLPath: cast.ToString(appOpts.Get("opentelemetry.collector-metrics-url-path")),
-		User:                    cast.ToString(appOpts.Get("opentelemetry.user")),
-		Token:                   cast.ToString(appOpts.Get("opentelemetry.token")),
-		PushInterval:            cast.ToDuration(appOpts.Get("opentelemetry.push-interval")),
-	}
+	otelConfig := getOtelConfig(appOpts)
 	app.otelClient = gaiatelemetry.NewOtelClient(otelConfig, vi)
 
 	moduleAccountAddresses := app.ModuleAccountAddrs()
@@ -462,6 +455,25 @@ func (app *GaiaApp) BlockedModuleAccountAddrs(modAccAddrs map[string]bool) map[s
 	return modAccAddrs
 }
 
+func getOtelConfig(appOpts servertypes.AppOptions) gaiatelemetry.OtelConfig {
+	// if appOpts.Get yields nil, this value was not set.
+	// since the user isn't making any intent to disable here, we will use the DefaultOtelConfig.
+	disableRaw := appOpts.Get("opentelemetry.disable")
+	if disableRaw == nil {
+		return gaiatelemetry.DefaultOtelConfig
+	}
+	// if disableRaw wasn't nil, the user is making the intent to use their config. so we will use their values.
+	otelConfig := gaiatelemetry.OtelConfig{
+		Disable:                 cast.ToBool(appOpts.Get("opentelemetry.disable")),
+		CollectorEndpoint:       cast.ToString(appOpts.Get("opentelemetry.collector-endpoint")),
+		CollectorMetricsURLPath: cast.ToString(appOpts.Get("opentelemetry.collector-metrics-url-path")),
+		User:                    cast.ToString(appOpts.Get("opentelemetry.user")),
+		Token:                   cast.ToString(appOpts.Get("opentelemetry.token")),
+		PushInterval:            cast.ToDuration(appOpts.Get("opentelemetry.push-interval")),
+	}
+	return otelConfig
+}
+
 // LegacyAmino returns GaiaApp's amino codec.
 //
 // NOTE: This is solely to be used for testing purposes as it may be desirable