2026.03

What's Changed

• docs(collector): add Kubernetes troubleshooting guidance by @MUSKANNISHAD in #8884
• Update dates for Observability Day and Maintainer Summit by @julianocosta89 in #9304
• Add the hydrolix collector exporter to the registry by @murphpdx in #8979
• [ja] docs(i18n): Translate content/en/docs/collector/extend/custom-component/extension/_index.md by @kohbis in #8999
• Auto-update registry versions (fdc73ee6b853cd5b6c970300cfba91d357165df6) by @otelbot[bot] in #9305
• [ja] docs(i18n): sync content/ja/docs/contributing/announcements.md by @kota-sakuma in #9251
• Refresh refcache by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #9303
• Add k8ssaauthextension to the registry by @Jamstah in #9295
• Refresh refcache by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #9307
• docs(collector): add otel-collector-config.yaml example for Docker install by @pratik50 in #9285
• Add blog post OTTL context inference come to filterprocessor by @kaisecheng in #9197
• chore(deps): bump actions/download-artifact from 7 to 8 by @dependabot[bot] in #9312
• chore(deps): bump step-security/harden-runner from 2.14.2 to 2.15.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #9311
• chore(deps): bump actions/upload-artifact from 6 to 7 by @dependabot[bot] in #9308
• chore(deps): bump astral-sh/setup-uv from 7.3.0 to 7.3.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #9309
• chore(deps): bump github/codeql-action from 4.32.4 to 4.32.5 by @dependabot[bot] in #9310
• Update opentelemetry-collector-releases version to v0.147.0 by @otelbot[bot] in #9314
• Update community members by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #9316
• Auto-update registry versions (911836540f1b782f793bdab74e925ae4251926e0) by @otelbot[bot] in #9317
• Add dynamic collector versions to links by @jaydeluca in #9315
• [Infra] Drop obsolete patches on adjust-pages.pl; update maintainer docs by @vitorvasc in #9319
• Update export-data.md with instrumentations info by @ronaldpetty in #9107
• [PHP] Correct Instrumentation Example (#9184) by @andrewnicols in #9217
• feat:[es] Ecosystem - keep-up-to-date.md by @didiViking in #9326
• Update speaker details for KubeCon EU 2026 sessions by @jiekun in #9327
• Update Collector component tables for v0.147.0 by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #9322
• Auto-update registry versions (77d4711dc9612222fe6bb13802be65662416607a) by @otelbot[bot] in #9331
• Adopters by @didiViking in #9318
• Update community members by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #9330
• [ja] docs(i18n): Translate demo/requirements/system.md&opentelemetry.md by @aki0000 in #9122
• [CI] PR-label-gating workflow: add publish-date gating by @vitorvasc in #9324
• [CI] PR-label-gating fix: use base repo for publish-date API call in fork PRs by @vitorvasc in #9333
• content/en: updated Python log instrumentation docs by @xrmx in #9320
• Auto-update registry versions (fa6ecab718a48a1f240d33e50ff098eab1d22a59) by @otelbot[bot] in #9334
• feat:[es] Ecosystem-corrections by @didiViking in #9335
• [go] Document autoexport package for environment variable configuration by @pratik-mahalle in #9128
• Blog post announcing stable declarative configuration by @jack-berg in #9289
• Wakeup_len is an int, not a string. by @pilhuhn in #9344
• Update opentelemetry-specification version to v1.55.0 by @otelbot[bot] in #9341
• Update community members by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #9343
• Update community members by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #9350
• Auto-update registry versions (b1e0ca6914b587b8c02dc8110430f05642758e10) by @otelbot[bot] in #9351
• add execreceiver to the registry by @graphaelli in #9348
• Update opentelemetry-java version to v1.60.0 by @otelbot[bot] in #9347
• Auto-update registry versions (6f3af3825e2a9c79ddb916665a82204128420dab) by @otelbot[bot] in #9355
• Auto-update registry versions (206242695c6279a3af689d14e9c9aa5967e5a67d) by @otelbot[bot] in #9361
• [ja] docs(i18n): Translate content/en/docs/collector/extend/custom-component/extension/authenticator.md by @kohbis in #9000
• Update opentelemetry-java version to v1.60.1 by @otelbot[bot] in #9354
• Fix OBI test service image references, ports, and registry typo - Fix… by @KazChe in #9357
• [Go] bump semconv to v1.40.0 by @pellared in #9364
• Add note about updating Dockerfile when customizing dist name by @KazChe in #9356
• Add Respan vendor details to vendors.yaml by @fran3cc in #9363
• Refresh refcache by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #9321
• chore(deps): bump @opentelemetry/auto-instrumentations-web from 0.57.0 to 0.58.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #9366
• chore(deps): bump @opentelemetry/instrumentation from 0.212.0 to 0.213.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #9367
• chore(deps): bump @opentelemetry/exporter-trace-otlp-http from 0.212.0 to 0.213.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #9368
• chore(deps): bump github/codeql-action from 4.32.5 to 4.32.6 by @dependabot[bot] in #9369
• chore(deps): bump step-security/harden-runner from 2.15.0 to 2.15.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #9370
• Add Profiles concepts page by @christos68k in #9339
• replace uv pip install with uv add in the Bootstrap using uv by @KazChe in #9359
• Update Ruby instrumentation documentation by @ltickett in #9286
• Update opentelemetry-proto version to v1.10.0 by @otelbot[bot] in #9371
• Update OBI docs for v0.6.0 release by @MrAlias in #9349
• docs: Update glossary.md (en) by @hawran in #9374
• Auto-update registry versions (4aa666d0086152a2ace34b509da7279609cfe593) by @otelbot[bot] in #9382
• Update community members by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #9381
• Refresh refcache by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #9376
• Remove do not port message for localizers in homepage by @theletterf in #9036
• Auto-update registry versions (7658861b312da17f1c2794d1a0bf21f0395d0a5c) by @otelbot[bot] in #9388
• Refresh refcache by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #9390
• Create collector-receiver-chromium.yml by @stuart23 in #9384
• Update community members by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #9393
• Auto-update registry versions (489db09170601264ea136778a74eeb3e9eccfe13) by @otelbot[bot] in #9394
• Maintainer docs: add localization onboarding guide by @vitorvasc in #9391
• [i18n][pl] Setup Polish language support by @vitorvasc in #9389
• Document new OBI metadata attributes by @mariomac in #9396
• fix: correct processor count in pipeline example description by @perashanid in #9403
• Update opentelemetry-java-instrumentation version to v2.26.0 by @otelbot[bot] in #9407
• Add Deno to the Otel registry by @bartlomieju in #9405
• Auto-update registry versions (ceb28db882f71da6e5dca3fe7368694738cf3360) by @otelbot[bot] in #9408
• [pt] Update content/pt/_index.md by @vitorvasc in #9398
• [es] Update content/es/_index.md by @vitorvasc in #9399
• [ja] Update Collector components table to match English version by @vitorvasc in #9400
• Add otel-gui to the registry by @metafab in #9409
• Make collector component docs more translatable by @jaydeluca in #9402
• chore(deps): bump github/codeql-action from 4.32.6 to 4.33.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #9414
• chore(deps): bump astral-sh/setup-uv from 7.3.1 to 7.5.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #9415
• chore(deps): bump step-security/harden-runner from 2.15.1 to 2.16.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #9416
• chore(deps): bump actions/create-github-app-token from 2.2.1 to 3.0.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #9417
• Add k8s SemConv rc blogpost by @ChrsMark in #9380
• [pt] Localize content/pt/docs/collector/components/ by @vitorvasc in #9413
• Add site docs for collector component automation by @jaydeluca in #9418
• [fr] Localize content/fr/docs/collector/components/ by @vitorvasc in #9424
• Auto-update registry versions (6223669d6e1c3974c33d32098ca1ed788bd7d1c1) by @otelbot[bot] in #9432
• Update community members by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #9431
• [ja] docs(i18n): Translate /content/en/docs/collector/internal-telemetry.md by @aki0000 in #9387
• Update Collector component tables for v0.147.0 by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #9429
• Adding failedReadinessProbe feature flag for cart service (code PR request #2830) by @manojsardana in #8670
• Refresh refcache by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #9433
• [blog] Deprecating Span Events API by @pellared in #9342
• Update Java agent declarative config docs for 2.26.0 by @zeitlinger in #9436
• [CI] Integrate blog publish labels workflow with Slack by @vitorvasc in #9438
• Clarify the unification of event representation in the Span Events API by @pellared in #9443
• Update community members by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #9441
• Auto-update registry versions (0a2c79db54fc5e24048a7566b2d1f6a25ae842a4) by @otelbot[bot] in #9442
• Fix links to Tracing API and Logs API in Deprecating Span Events API by @pellared in #9444
• Refresh refcache by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #9446
• [blog] Add Mastodon OTel Collector usage story by @julianocosta89 in #9378
• [CI] Update blog-publish-labels.yml cron schedule, add Slack notification test by @vitorvasc in #9445
• [es] Localize content/es/docs/collector/components/ by @vitorvasc in #9419
• Add new Compatibility section and nest Migration docs by @tiffany76 in #9439
• feat:[en] Blog - alternative-approaches.md by @didiViking in #9353
• Add clarification for otel-js apps written in CJS and ESM by @JamieDanielson in #8666
• [CI] Auto-update versions in localized content files by @vitorvasc in #9460
• Migrate opentelemetry-go to opentelemetry-go-contrib by @jack-berg in #9462
• [CI] Update blog-publish-labels.yml; decouple blog publish batch logic + fix Slack formatting by @vitorvasc in #9461
• Update community members by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #9465
• [pt] Localize content/pt/docs/concepts/signals/profiles.md by @vitorvasc in #9463
• [pt] Localize content/pt/docs/collector/install/ by @vitorvasc in #9464
• [ja] docs(i18): updated some of drifted files in content/en/docs/languages/java/ by @Msksgm in #9440
• Update profiles status to Alpha by @christos68k in #9457
• [ja] docs(i18n): Translate content/en/docs/languages/python/_index.md by @kohbis in #9472
• Create blog post announcing opentelemetry kotlin by @fractalwrench in #9293
• chore(deps): bump astral-sh/setup-uv from 7.5.0 to 7.6.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #9480
• chore(deps): bump github/codeql-action from 4.33.0 to 4.34.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #9479
• chore(deps-dev): bump markdownlint-cli2 from 0.21.0 to 0.22.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #9478
• Refresh refcache by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #9482
• Update opentelemetry-java-instrumentation version to v2.26.1 by @otelbot[bot] in #9483
• Update community members by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #9485
• ci:add the ready-to-be-merged label in pr workflow by @pratik-mahalle in #9451
• Update opentelemetry-collector-releases version to v0.148.0 by @otelbot[bot] in #9458
• [pt] Translate OCB customization guide by @robert-portilho in #9470
• Refresh refcache by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #9490
• registry: Add Traceway OpenTelemetry Symfony Bundle by @jstojiljkovic in #9488
• update observIQ -> Bindplane branding by @colelaven in #9492
• Auto-update registry versions (6d4936ad0c2c1f3ddfe58464a9ff425d31c2ccc6) by @otelbot[bot] in #9497
• Update community members by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #9495
• [ja] docs(i18n): Translate content/en/blog/2026/deprecating-span-events.md by @kohbis in #9491
• Update community members by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #9502
• Auto-update registry versions (826c4cf3de4f335bc053fd627a88b87bda180b9c) by @otelbot[bot] in #9503
• Remove deprecated components from japanese collector pages by @jaydeluca in #9501
• [zh] Translate collector/configuration to Chinese by @wucm667 in #9475
• Profiles Alpha blog post by @aalexand in #9430
• Fix the post title to use the official signal name. by @aalexand in #9506
• Add ZIO HTTP to java agent supported libraries by @jaydeluca in #9505
• Use display names for collector components by @jaydeluca in #9507
• Add TraceVerde (genai-otel-instrument) to registry by @Mandark-droid in #9496
• Auto-update registry versions (c1829765613fbf9404bbef6724f6a222b211d019) by @otelbot[bot] in #9512
• Remove using var metricProvider pattern in .NET doc by @schielc in #9509
• Java Agent Extensions Rewrite - Part 1 by @jaydeluca in #9329
• README.md: Update affiliation for @vitorvasc by @vitorvasc in #9515
• Add AI tool usage guidance to localization docs by @mvanhorn in #9466
• Auto-update registry versions (caae079c4cb3f4353f2b01c1c5d4c74d0b6909c9) by @otelbot[bot] in #9517
• Enable native OTLP for Azure vendor configuration by @kayodeprinceMS in #9516
• [es] Sync Kubernetes operator and collector docs with English by @VallejoM in #9489
• Add Chinese translations for Collector components docs by @wucm667 in #9513
• [ja] docs(i18n): Translate content/en/docs/languages/python/getting-started.md by @kohbis in #9481
• [zh] Rename collector deployment to deploy for correct URL path by @wucm667 in #9473
• 　docs(i18n): sync content/ja/docs/collector/architecture.md by @aki0000 in #9511
• Document OBI log_format configuration by @mariomac in #9514
• [pt] Translate collector quick-start page by @Ywtoo in #9428
• [ja] docs(i18n): Translate /content/en/docs/concepts/signals/profiles.md by @aki0000 in #9474
• chore(deps): bump @opentelemetry/exporter-trace-otlp-http from 0.213.0 to 0.214.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #9522
• Move inactive members to emeritus by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #9519
• chore(deps): bump astral-sh/setup-uv from 7.6.0 to 8.0.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #9526
• chore(deps): bump @opentelemetry/auto-instrumentations-web from 0.58.0 to 0.59.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #9524
• chore(deps): bump github/codeql-action from 4.34.1 to 4.35.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #9525
• Update community members by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #9532
• Auto-update registry versions (50689a8471b2a416ccd068af33833f89b151d3a4) by @otelbot[bot] in #9533
• chore(deps): bump @opentelemetry/instrumentation from 0.213.0 to 0.214.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #9523
• Update docs triagers in README by @didiViking in #9528

New Contributors

• @murphpdx made their first contribution in #8979
• @kota-sakuma made their first contribution in #9251
• @Jamstah made their first contribution in #9295
• @pratik50 made their first contribution in #9285
• @kaisecheng made their first contribution in #9197
• @andrewnicols made their first contribution in #9217
• @KazChe made their first contribution in #9357
• @fran3cc made their first contribution in #9363
• @christos68k made their first contribution in #9339
• @ltickett made their first contribution in #9286
• @hawran made their first contribution in #9374
• @stuart23 made their first contribution in #9384
• @perashanid made their first contribution in #9403
• @bartlomieju made their first contribution in #9405
• @metafab made their first contribution in #9409
• @manojsardana made their first contribution in #8670
• @robert-portilho made their first contribution in #9470
• @jstojiljkovic made their first contribution in #9488
• @colelaven made their first contribution in #9492
• @wucm667 made their first contribution in #9475
• @aalexand made their first contribution in #9430
• @Mandark-droid made their first contribution in #9496
• @schielc made their first contribution in #9509
• @mvanhorn made their first contribution in #9466
• @kayodeprinceMS made their first contribution in #9516
• @VallejoM made their first contribution in #9489
• @Ywtoo made their first contribution in #9428

Full Changelog: 2026.02...2026.03