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@alexandra5000 alexandra5000 commented Jul 7, 2025

Added a note to the standalone and Kubernetes default config pages to clarify that from_context: client_metadata only works with transport-level metadata (HTTP/gRPC headers), and cannot extract application-specific fields.

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Document the purpose and usage of client metadata
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