- Breaking API changes: numerous renames (e.g., ForEach→Range, componenthelper.Start→StartFunc), removal of helper functions and interfaces, and config parser updates.
- New features and enhancements: validatable config interface, experimental config source manager, Kafka receiver now supports logs, Prometheus exporter adds Summary metric support, and other component improvements.
- Bug fixes: corrected metric handling in Prometheus receiver, added well‑known labels, fixed out‑of‑order sample sorting, removed incompatible queued retry, and addressed data races in Kafka and Jaeger receivers.
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Add pkg.exporterhelper.queueBatchEnabled feature gate to enable batch settings by default.
Introduced queuebatchprocessor to replace the legacy batchprocessor, promoted memory‑limiter extension to beta stability, and marked configgrpc as stable.