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# Semantic Conventions for Exceptions

**Status**: [Experimental][DocumentStatus]

This document defines semantic conventions for Exceptions.

Semantic conventions for Exceptions are defined for the following signals:

* [Exceptions on spans](exceptions-spans.md): Semantic Conventions for Exceptions associated with *spans*.
* [Exceptions in logs](exceptions-logs.md): Semantic Conventions for Exceptions recorded in *logs*.

[DocumentStatus]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/tree/v1.22.0/specification/document-status.md