- Added strict version checking in the builder with a temporary skip flag (breaking change and future removal).
- Changed the default telemetry metrics level to normal and expanded metric reporting for batch processors and GRPC/HTTP components.
- Extended configurability for builder and confmap (provider/converter settings, factories) and added NewDefault helpers for config structs.
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Add pkg.exporterhelper.queueBatchEnabled feature gate to enable batch settings by default.
Introduced queuebatchprocessor to replace the legacy batchprocessor, promoted memory‑limiter extension to beta stability, and marked configgrpc as stable.