API

• Add GlobalOpenTelemetry#getOrNoop, #isSet. Update #get to always returns obfuscated instance (#7819)

Incubating

• Logs: Complex attributes incubating implementation (#7814)

SDK

Logs

• Add minimum severity and trace-based logger configuration (incubating API) (#7529)

Exporters

• OTLP: VarHandle string encoder (#7701)
• OTLP: Fix OkHttpGrpcSender to properly await executor shutdown (#7840)
• OTLP: avoid auto-config warning (#7881)
• OTLP: update error message for missing GrpcSenderProvider dependency (#7884)

Extensions

• Declarative config: add runtime hints for graal VM (#7866)
• Declarative config: add missing warning about discarded value (#7821)

Project tooling

• Update macos version to latest and switch to corretto for testing (#7841)
• Sync Java worflows: Allow re-running prepare release branch workflow (#7845)
• Simplify and standardize renovate custom managers across Java repos (#7846)
• Remove misspell workflow (#7852)
• Fix link checks on main (#7867)
• Add zeitlinger as approver (#7868)
• Move snapshot publishing to daily build (#7886)

🙇 Thank you

This release was possible thanks to the following contributors who shared their brilliant ideas and awesome pull requests:

@breedx-splk @HarshMehta112 @jack-berg @jaydeluca @jeanbisutti @jkwatson @kevinburkesegment @laurit @michaldo @trask @zeitlinger