@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ namespace OpenTelemetry.Trace
         {
             Debug.Assert(activity != null, "Activity should not be null");
 
-            activity.SetTag(SpanAttributeConstants.StatusCodeKey, (int)status.StatusCode);
+            activity.SetTag(SpanAttributeConstants.StatusCodeKey, StatusHelper.GetStringNameForStatusCode(status.StatusCode));
             activity.SetTag(SpanAttributeConstants.StatusDescriptionKey, status.Description);
         }
 
// <copyright file="ActivityExtensions.cs" company="OpenTelemetry Authors">
// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
//
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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//
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// </copyright>

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
using OpenTelemetry.Internal;

namespace OpenTelemetry.Trace
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Extension methods on Activity.
    /// </summary>
    public static class ActivityExtensions
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Sets the status of activity execution.
        /// Activity class in .NET does not support 'Status'.
        /// This extension provides a workaround to store Status as special tags with key name of otel.status_code and otel.status_description.
        /// Read more about SetStatus here https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/master/specification/trace/api.md#set-status.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="activity">Activity instance.</param>
        /// <param name="status">Activity execution status.</param>
        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
        [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Design", "CA1062:Validate arguments of public methods", Justification = "ActivityProcessor is hot path")]
        public static void SetStatus(this Activity activity, Status status)
        {
            Debug.Assert(activity != null, "Activity should not be null");

            activity.SetTag(SpanAttributeConstants.StatusCodeKey, (int)status.StatusCode);
            activity.SetTag(SpanAttributeConstants.StatusDescriptionKey, status.Description);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the status of activity execution.
        /// Activity class in .NET does not support 'Status'.
        /// This extension provides a workaround to retrieve Status from special tags with key name otel.status_code and otel.status_description.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="activity">Activity instance.</param>
        /// <returns>Activity execution status.</returns>
        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
        [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Design", "CA1062:Validate arguments of public methods", Justification = "ActivityProcessor is hot path")]
        public static Status GetStatus(this Activity activity)
        {
            return activity.GetStatusHelper();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Record Exception.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="activity">Activity instance.</param>
        /// <param name="ex">Exception to be recorded.</param>
        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
        public static void RecordException(this Activity activity, Exception ex)
        {
            if (ex == null)
            {
                return;
            }

            var tagsCollection = new ActivityTagsCollection
            {
                { SemanticConventions.AttributeExceptionType, ex.GetType().Name },
                { SemanticConventions.AttributeExceptionStacktrace, ex.ToInvariantString() },
            };

            if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(ex.Message))
            {
                tagsCollection.Add(SemanticConventions.AttributeExceptionMessage, ex.Message);
            }

            activity?.AddEvent(new ActivityEvent(SemanticConventions.AttributeExceptionEventName, default, tagsCollection));
        }
    }
}

can you add the type change in changelog.md for API?