- Removed the deprecated `model` module and `LogRecord.Name` field, with no new releases for the module (breaking change).
- Deprecated multiple byte‑slice and histogram methods in favor of new immutable‑slice equivalents (e.g., `Value.BytesVal` → `Value.MBytesVal`).
- Added `pcommon.NewSliceFromRaw` and `pcommon.Slice.AsRaw` APIs and fixed Windows Event Log handling of custom logging options.
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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.