- Breaking change: removed internal OTLP types and switched to official OTLP v3 types, eliminating triple marshaling.
- Feature added: Jaeger v2 now supports Badger as a storage backend.
- Bugfixes & minor improvements: streamlined Jaeger storage initialization, updated security self‑assessment to CNCF tag, fixed span reference ordering, removed CI test summary reports, and UI pinned to version 1.38.0.