diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ea55e13..da6e9ed 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 0.0.42
+
+* **Support "none" value for OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER and OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER** - Filter "none" from exporter lists and return None when no exporters configured to properly disable OpenTelemetry instrumentation
+
 ## 0.0.39
 
 * **Remove wrap_error logic as exceptions are categorized in unstructured-ingest**
diff --git a/test/test_otel.py b/test/test_otel.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a377f09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_otel.py
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+from opentelemetry.environment_variables import OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER, OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER
+from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics import MeterProvider
+from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import TracerProvider
+
+from unstructured_platform_plugins.etl_uvicorn.otel import (
+    get_metric_provider,
+    get_settings,
+    get_trace_provider,
+)
+
+
+def test_get_settings_filters_none_from_traces(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setenv(OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER, "none")
+    settings = get_settings()
+    assert settings["trace_exporters"] == []
+
+
+def test_get_settings_filters_none_from_metrics(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setenv(OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER, "none")
+    settings = get_settings()
+    assert settings["metric_exporters"] == []
+
+
+def test_get_settings_filters_none_from_combined_trace_exporters(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setenv(OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER, "none,console")
+    settings = get_settings()
+    assert settings["trace_exporters"] == ["console"]
+
+
+def test_get_settings_filters_none_from_combined_metric_exporters(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setenv(OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER, "none,console")
+    settings = get_settings()
+    assert settings["metric_exporters"] == ["console"]
+
+
+def test_get_trace_provider_returns_none_when_exporter_is_none(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setenv(OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER, "none")
+    assert get_trace_provider() is None
+
+
+def test_get_metric_provider_returns_none_when_exporter_is_none(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setenv(OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER, "none")
+    assert get_metric_provider() is None
+
+
+def test_get_trace_provider_returns_provider_when_exporter_set(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setenv(OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER, "console")
+    provider = get_trace_provider()
+    assert isinstance(provider, TracerProvider)
+
+
+def test_get_metric_provider_returns_provider_when_exporter_set(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setenv(OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER, "console")
+    provider = get_metric_provider()
+    assert isinstance(provider, MeterProvider)
+
+
+def test_wrap_in_fastapi_does_not_crash_with_none_otel_exporters(monkeypatch):
+    """Regression: previously crashed with NotImplementedError when none was set."""
+    monkeypatch.setenv(OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER, "none")
+    monkeypatch.setenv(OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER, "none")
+
+    from test.assets.async_typed_dict_response import async_sample_function
+    from unstructured_platform_plugins.etl_uvicorn.api_generator import wrap_in_fastapi
+
+    # Should not raise NotImplementedError
+    app = wrap_in_fastapi(func=async_sample_function, plugin_id="test_plugin")
+    assert app is not None
diff --git a/unstructured_platform_plugins/__version__.py b/unstructured_platform_plugins/__version__.py
index 592359c..89da183 100644
--- a/unstructured_platform_plugins/__version__.py
+++ b/unstructured_platform_plugins/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.0.41"  # pragma: no cover
+__version__ = "0.0.42"  # pragma: no cover
diff --git a/unstructured_platform_plugins/etl_uvicorn/otel.py b/unstructured_platform_plugins/etl_uvicorn/otel.py
index 5eae4e4..4654d87 100644
--- a/unstructured_platform_plugins/etl_uvicorn/otel.py
+++ b/unstructured_platform_plugins/etl_uvicorn/otel.py
@@ -30,9 +30,11 @@ def get_settings() -> OtelSettings:
     service_name = os.environ.get(OTEL_SERVICE_NAME, "unknown_service")
     trace_exporters = os.environ.get(OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER)
     trace_exporters = trace_exporters.split(",") if trace_exporters else []
+    trace_exporters = [e for e in trace_exporters if e != "none"]
 
     metric_exporters = os.environ.get(OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER)
     metric_exporters = metric_exporters.split(",") if metric_exporters else []
+    metric_exporters = [e for e in metric_exporters if e != "none"]
     return OtelSettings(
         service_name=service_name,
         trace_exporters=trace_exporters,
@@ -40,8 +42,11 @@ def get_settings() -> OtelSettings:
     )
 
 
-def get_trace_provider() -> TracerProvider:
+def get_trace_provider() -> TracerProvider | None:
     settings = get_settings()
+    if not settings["trace_exporters"]:
+        return None
+
     provider = TracerProvider(resource=Resource({SERVICE_NAME: settings["service_name"]}))
 
     for trace_exporter_type in settings["trace_exporters"]:
@@ -50,8 +55,11 @@ def get_trace_provider() -> TracerProvider:
     return provider
 
 
-def get_metric_provider() -> MeterProvider:
+def get_metric_provider() -> MeterProvider | None:
     settings = get_settings()
+    if not settings["metric_exporters"]:
+        return None
+
     readers = []
     for metric_exporter_type in settings["metric_exporters"]:
         readers.append(_get_metrics_reader(exporter_type=metric_exporter_type))