diff --git a/exporter/otlp-metrics/README.md b/exporter/otlp-metrics/README.md
index ef91e019b..1f0c15caf 100644
--- a/exporter/otlp-metrics/README.md
+++ b/exporter/otlp-metrics/README.md
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ Or, if you use [bundler][bundler-home], include `opentelemetry-sdk`, `openteleme
 Then, configure the SDK to use the OTLP metrics exporter
 
 ```ruby
+ENV['OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER'] = 'none'
+
 require 'opentelemetry/sdk'
 require 'opentelemetry-metrics-sdk'
 require 'opentelemetry/exporter/otlp_metrics'
diff --git a/exporter/otlp-metrics/lib/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/metrics/util.rb b/exporter/otlp-metrics/lib/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/metrics/util.rb
index 363fb9150..14e0e395c 100644
--- a/exporter/otlp-metrics/lib/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/metrics/util.rb
+++ b/exporter/otlp-metrics/lib/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/metrics/util.rb
@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@ def backoff?(retry_count:, reason:, retry_after: nil)
           def log_status(body)
             status = Google::Rpc::Status.decode(body)
             details = status.details.map do |detail|
-              klass_or_nil = ::Google::Protobuf::DescriptorPool.generated_pool.lookup(detail.type_name).msgclass
+              type_name = detail.type_url.to_s.split('/').last.to_s
+              klass_or_nil = ::Google::Protobuf::DescriptorPool.generated_pool.lookup(type_name)&.msgclass
               detail.unpack(klass_or_nil) if klass_or_nil
             end.compact
             OpenTelemetry.handle_error(message: "OTLP metrics_exporter received rpc.Status{message=#{status.message}, details=#{details}}")
diff --git a/exporter/otlp-metrics/test/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/metrics/metrics_exporter_test.rb b/exporter/otlp-metrics/test/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/metrics/metrics_exporter_test.rb
index 8819bd36c..c4939229a 100644
--- a/exporter/otlp-metrics/test/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/metrics/metrics_exporter_test.rb
+++ b/exporter/otlp-metrics/test/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/metrics/metrics_exporter_test.rb
@@ -501,6 +501,26 @@
       OpenTelemetry.logger = logger
     end
 
+    it 'logs rpc.Status on bad request from byte body' do
+      log_stream = StringIO.new
+      logger = OpenTelemetry.logger
+      OpenTelemetry.logger = ::Logger.new(log_stream)
+
+      body = "\b\x03\x12VHTTP 400 (gRPC: INVALID_ARGUMENT): Metric validation removed all of the passed metrics\x1A\xA0\x01\n)type.googleapis.com/google.rpc.BadRequest\x12s\n>\n\x1D.resourceMetrics.scopeMetrics\x12\x1DPath contained no usable data\n1\n\x10.resourceMetrics\x12\x1DPath contained no usable data"
+      stub_request(:post, 'http://localhost:4318/v1/metrics').to_return(status: 400, body: body, headers: { 'Content-Type' => 'application/x-protobuf' })
+      metrics_data = create_metrics_data
+
+      result = exporter.export([metrics_data])
+
+      _(log_stream.string).must_match(
+        /ERROR -- : OpenTelemetry error: OTLP metrics_exporter received rpc\.Status{message=HTTP 400 \(gRPC: INVALID_ARGUMENT\): Metric validation removed all of the passed metrics, details=\[\]}/
+      )
+
+      _(result).must_equal(METRICS_FAILURE)
+    ensure
+      OpenTelemetry.logger = logger
+    end
+
     it 'logs a specific message when there is a 404' do
       log_stream = StringIO.new
       logger = OpenTelemetry.logger