- Added support for secure OTLP exporter configuration in HotROD and introduced Jaeger YugabyteDB (YCQL) backend support.
- Updated Go to 1.20 and modernized code: replaced pkg/multierror with errors.Join, removed pkg/multicloser, switched to http.MethodGet, and migrated fsnotify to fswatcher.
- Improved CI speed, refined Linux artifact builds, and restored baggage handling in HotROD.