- Breaking changes include removal of several deprecated builders (connector, exporter, extension, processor, receiver), removal of ObsReport types and feature gates, and deletion of extensiontest StatusWatcher helpers.
- New components added: separate module for experimental storage, extensioncapabilities module, pprofile OTLP service, ProfilesRouterAndConsumer interface, and profile support in the service package.
- Enhancements and bug fixes: added processor incoming/outgoing metrics, no-op tracer provider to avoid memory allocation, config telemetry guidelines, fixes for configgrpc overflow and exporterqueue deadlock.