OpenTelemetry Changelog

Fixes #4298

This PR adds the MeasurementProcessor concept to the Metrics SDK specification.

Related to https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/issues/1536

Changes

What's Changed

• Update community members by @opentelemetrybot in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/7239
• Auto-update registry versions (0c430aba2bd560ea9c107ba9ec3cc39ca7befda0) by @opentelemetrybot in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/7240

What's Changed

• Update community members by @opentelemetrybot in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/7239
• Auto-update registry versions (0c430aba2bd560ea9c107ba9ec3cc39ca7befda0) by @opentelemetrybot in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/7240

This OTEP defines a EntityProvider, to enable the updating of resources that have a lifespan shorter than the lifespan of the application instance.

This OTEP is currently a draft. The primary open question is how to handle active spans that are already running when a resource change is made. Please see the OTEP for details.

Traces

• Define sampling threshold field in OpenTelemetry TraceState; define the behavior

Related to #4468, #4414

This OTEP suggests a path forward on how to support complex attributes. It proposes to:

🚩 Deprecations 🚩

• os: Adds the 'deprecated:' tag/attribute to the z_os enum value of os.type. This value was recently deprecated in v1.35.0. ([#2479](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/issues/2479))

Changes

This change brings the specification lifecycle phases in alignment with OTEP-232 which defines the maturity levels for OTel in general. Most of the changes should be non-contentious, but one aspect deserves discussion: should feature-freeze be mapped to Release Candidate?

🛑 Breaking changes 🛑

• azure: Align azure events, attributes, and enum members with general naming guidelines. ([#608](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/issues/608), [#1708](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/issues/1708), [#1698](https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/issues/1698))