---
title: NoOpJudgmentSpanExporter
seo:
  title: NoOpJudgmentSpanExporter — Python SDK
  description: A span exporter that silently discards all spans. (Python SDK)
description: A span exporter that silently discards all spans.
---

Used internally when monitoring is disabled (e.g. missing credentials).
All operations succeed immediately without performing any I/O.

## \_\_init\_\_()

```python
def __init__():
```

***

## export()

```python
def export(spans) -> SpanExportResult:
```

### Parameters

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| - | - | - | - |
| `spans` | `Sequence[ReadableSpan]` | - | |

### Returns

`SpanExportResult`

***

## shutdown()

```python
def shutdown() -> None:
```

### Returns

`None`

***

## force\_flush()

```python
def force_flush(timeout_millis=30000) -> bool:
```

### Parameters

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| - | - | - | - |
| `timeout_millis?` | `int` | `30000` | |

### Returns

`bool`