- Add a new otlphttp exporter (OTLP over HTTP) and numerous feature enhancements across exporters, processors, and receivers
- Introduce breaking API changes: rename TraceConsumer to TracesConsumer and related component types, deprecate NopExporter/SinkExporter in favor of consumer equivalents, and remove several pdata functions
- Fix several bugs such as logging exporter array serialization, zipkin receiver tag parsing, batch processor shutdown race, and add nil‑data‑point guards