# STEF Receiver

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> OpenTelemetry Collector receiver · contrib distribution

Receives data via gRPC in OTel/STEF format.

- **Component ID**: `contrib-stefreceiver`
- **Name**: `stefreceiver`
- **Type**: receiver
- **Distribution**: contrib
- **Repository**: `opentelemetry-collector-contrib`

## Stability

| Level | Signals |
| --- | --- |
| alpha | metrics |

## Data

- **JSON**: [/data/collector/components/contrib-stefreceiver/contrib-stefreceiver-497a7ad73fd4.json](/data/collector/components/contrib-stefreceiver/contrib-stefreceiver-497a7ad73fd4.json)
- **Explore**: [/collector/components/contrib/stefreceiver](/collector/components/contrib/stefreceiver)