From f781f973341217025b609974585d3d335f6a4979 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arunesh Dwivedi <arunesh.devops@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2026 05:05:03 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix: return error from zipkin NewEndpoint in trace setup
 (#8577)

---
 plugin/trace/trace.go | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/plugin/trace/trace.go b/plugin/trace/trace.go
index 357abf8c8..875ed656c 100644
--- a/plugin/trace/trace.go
+++ b/plugin/trace/trace.go
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ func (t *trace) setupZipkin() error {
 	reporter := zipkinhttp.NewReporter(t.Endpoint, opts...)
 	recorder, err := zipkin.NewEndpoint(t.serviceName, t.serviceEndpoint)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Warningf("build Zipkin endpoint found err: %v", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("build Zipkin endpoint error: %w", err)
 	}
 	tracer, err := zipkin.NewTracer(
 		reporter,