- Breaking API changes: processorhelper consolidates metric attributes, otlpexporter renames TimeoutSettings to TimeoutConfig, connectors now accept pipeline.ID, and deprecated extension interfaces are removed.
- Extensive deprecations introduced for processor metrics, exporterhelper settings, configgrpc options, component data type enums, service pipelines, scraperhelper, and other legacy APIs.
- New features and enhancements include MoveTo support in pdata, a new pipeline module, OTLP receiver profile support, stability fields in mdatagen, builder and config improvements, plus numerous bug fixes for telemetry, Windows service ha...