diff --git a/src/crewai/telemetry/telemetry.py b/src/crewai/telemetry/telemetry.py
index 6821d5e22..142cafb2a 100644
--- a/src/crewai/telemetry/telemetry.py
+++ b/src/crewai/telemetry/telemetry.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import asyncio
 import json
+import logging
 import os
 import platform
 import warnings
@@ -14,6 +15,8 @@ from crewai.telemetry.constants import (
     CREWAI_TELEMETRY_SERVICE_NAME,
 )
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 @contextmanager
 def suppress_warnings():
@@ -28,7 +31,10 @@ from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.http.trace_exporter import (
 )
 from opentelemetry.sdk.resources import SERVICE_NAME, Resource  # noqa: E402
 from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import TracerProvider  # noqa: E402
-from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import BatchSpanProcessor  # noqa: E402
+from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import (  # noqa: E402
+    BatchSpanProcessor,
+    SpanExportResult,
+)
 from opentelemetry.trace import Span, Status, StatusCode  # noqa: E402
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -36,6 +42,15 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from crewai.task import Task
 
 
+class SafeOTLPSpanExporter(OTLPSpanExporter):
+    def export(self, spans) -> SpanExportResult:
+        try:
+            return super().export(spans)
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.error(e)
+            return SpanExportResult.FAILURE
+
+
 class Telemetry:
     """A class to handle anonymous telemetry for the crewai package.
 
@@ -64,7 +79,7 @@ class Telemetry:
                 self.provider = TracerProvider(resource=self.resource)
 
             processor = BatchSpanProcessor(
-                OTLPSpanExporter(
+                SafeOTLPSpanExporter(
                     endpoint=f"{CREWAI_TELEMETRY_BASE_URL}/v1/traces",
                     timeout=30,
                 )
diff --git a/tests/telemetry/test_telemetry.py b/tests/telemetry/test_telemetry.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ce9682125
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/telemetry/test_telemetry.py
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import os
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+import pytest
+
+from crewai import Agent, Crew, Task
+from crewai.telemetry import Telemetry
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "env_var,value,expected_ready",
+    [
+        ("OTEL_SDK_DISABLED", "true", False),
+        ("OTEL_SDK_DISABLED", "TRUE", False),
+        ("CREWAI_DISABLE_TELEMETRY", "true", False),
+        ("CREWAI_DISABLE_TELEMETRY", "TRUE", False),
+        ("OTEL_SDK_DISABLED", "false", True),
+        ("CREWAI_DISABLE_TELEMETRY", "false", True),
+    ],
+)
+def test_telemetry_environment_variables(env_var, value, expected_ready):
+    """Test telemetry state with different environment variable configurations."""
+    with patch.dict(os.environ, {env_var: value}):
+        with patch("crewai.telemetry.telemetry.TracerProvider"):
+            telemetry = Telemetry()
+            assert telemetry.ready is expected_ready
+
+
+def test_telemetry_enabled_by_default():
+    """Test that telemetry is enabled by default."""
+    with patch.dict(os.environ, {}, clear=True):
+        with patch("crewai.telemetry.telemetry.TracerProvider"):
+            telemetry = Telemetry()
+            assert telemetry.ready is True
+
+
+from opentelemetry import trace
+
+
+@patch("crewai.telemetry.telemetry.logger.error")
+@patch(
+    "opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.http.trace_exporter.OTLPSpanExporter.export",
+    side_effect=Exception("Test exception"),
+)
+def test_telemetry_fails_due_connect_timeout(export_mock, logger_mock):
+    error = Exception("Test exception")
+    export_mock.side_effect = error
+
+    tracer = trace.get_tracer(__name__)
+    with tracer.start_as_current_span("test-span"):
+        base_agent = Agent(
+            role="base_agent",
+            llm="gpt-4o-mini",
+            goal="Just say hi",
+            backstory="You are a helpful assistant that just says hi",
+        )
+        base_task = Task(
+            description="Just say hi",
+            expected_output="hi",
+            agent=base_agent,
+        )
+        crew = Crew(agents=[base_agent], tasks=[base_task], name="TestCrew")
+        crew.kickoff()
+
+    trace.get_tracer_provider().force_flush()
+
+    export_mock.assert_called_once()
+    logger_mock.assert_called_once_with(error)