- Breaking changes: internal collector metrics now emitted via OTLP, component.Type limited to 63 characters, and several configgrpc/TLS settings deprecated or renamed.
- Feature enhancements: nop exporter/receiver promoted to beta, OTLP exporter config validation added, new pdata/testdata module, exporterhelper WithBatcher now available, and README/confmap documentation updates.
- Bug fixes: consistent IncludeSystemCACertsPool handling, corrected component and validate command outputs, and OTLP receiver now returns proper retryable HTTP error codes.