diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/trace/sampler/jaeger_remote/rate_limit.rs b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/trace/sampler/jaeger_remote/rate_limit.rs
index 436df8f096..62a8dfef02 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/trace/sampler/jaeger_remote/rate_limit.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/trace/sampler/jaeger_remote/rate_limit.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-use opentelemetry::trace::TraceError;
 use std::time::SystemTime;
 
 // leaky bucket based rate limit
@@ -9,6 +8,7 @@ pub(crate) struct LeakyBucket {
     bucket_size: f64,
     last_time: SystemTime,
 }
+use opentelemetry::otel_debug;
 
 impl LeakyBucket {
     pub(crate) fn new(bucket_size: f64, span_per_sec: f64) -> LeakyBucket {
@@ -53,10 +53,12 @@ impl LeakyBucket {
                         false
                     }
                 }
-                Err(_) => {
-                    opentelemetry::global::handle_error(TraceError::Other(
-                        "jaeger remote sampler gets rewinded timestamp".into(),
-                    ));
+                Err(err) => {
+                    otel_debug!(
+                        name: "JaegerRemoteSampler.LeakyBucket.ClockAdjustment",
+                        message = "Jaeger remote sampler detected a rewind in system clock",
+                        reason = format!("{:?}", err),
+                    );
                     true
                 }
             }
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/trace/sampler/jaeger_remote/sampler.rs b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/trace/sampler/jaeger_remote/sampler.rs
index 6f942cbd7f..1b7909f760 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/trace/sampler/jaeger_remote/sampler.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/trace/sampler/jaeger_remote/sampler.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use crate::trace::{Sampler, ShouldSample};
 use futures_util::{stream, StreamExt as _};
 use http::Uri;
 use opentelemetry::trace::{Link, SamplingResult, SpanKind, TraceError, TraceId};
-use opentelemetry::{global, Context, KeyValue};
+use opentelemetry::{otel_warn, Context, KeyValue};
 use opentelemetry_http::HttpClient;
 use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::sync::Arc;
@@ -203,7 +203,13 @@ impl JaegerRemoteSampler {
                     // send request
                     match Self::request_new_strategy(&client, endpoint.clone()).await {
                         Ok(remote_strategy_resp) => strategy.update(remote_strategy_resp),
-                        Err(err_msg) => global::handle_error(TraceError::Other(err_msg.into())),
+                        Err(err_msg) => {
+                            otel_warn!(
+                                name: "JaegerRemoteSampler.FailedToFetchStrategy",
+                                message= "Failed to fetch the sampling strategy from the remote endpoint. The last successfully fetched configuration will be used if available; otherwise, the default sampler will be applied until a successful configuration fetch.",
+                                reason = format!("{}", err_msg),
+                            );
+                        }
                     };
                 } else {
                     // shutdown
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/trace/sampler/jaeger_remote/sampling_strategy.rs b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/trace/sampler/jaeger_remote/sampling_strategy.rs
index b48642d478..0f1fd43679 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/trace/sampler/jaeger_remote/sampling_strategy.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/trace/sampler/jaeger_remote/sampling_strategy.rs
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ use crate::trace::sampler::jaeger_remote::remote::{
 };
 use crate::trace::sampler::sample_based_on_probability;
 use opentelemetry::trace::{
-    SamplingDecision, SamplingResult, TraceContextExt, TraceError, TraceId, TraceState,
+    SamplingDecision, SamplingResult, TraceContextExt, TraceId, TraceState,
 };
-use opentelemetry::{global, Context};
+use opentelemetry::{otel_warn, Context};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::fmt::{Debug, Formatter};
 use std::sync::Mutex;
@@ -107,9 +107,10 @@ impl Inner {
                 }
             })
             .unwrap_or_else(|_err| {
-                global::handle_error(TraceError::Other(
-                    "jaeger remote sampler mutex poisoned".into(),
-                ))
+                otel_warn!(
+                    name: "JaegerRemoteSampler.MutexPoisoned",
+                    message = "Unable to update Jaeger Remote sampling strategy: the sampler's internal mutex is poisoned, likely due to a panic in another thread holding the lock. No further attempts to update the strategy will be made until the application or process restarts, and the last known configuration will continue to be used.",
+                );
             });
     }
 
@@ -137,7 +138,13 @@ impl Inner {
             (_, _, Some(probabilistic)) => {
                 Some(Strategy::Probabilistic(probabilistic.sampling_rate))
             }
-            _ => None,
+            _ => {
+                otel_warn!(
+                    name: "JaegerRemoteSampler.InvalidStrategyReceived",
+                    message = "Invalid sampling strategy received from the remote endpoint. Expected one of: OperationSampling, RateLimitingSampling, or ProbabilisticSampling. Continuing to use the previous strategy or default sampler until a successful update.",
+                );
+                None
+            }
         }
     }