open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io 2025.12 Release Notes

Published at: 2026-01-06T13:41:56Z

What’s Changed

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Clarify how to visualize traces on Jaeger by @network-charles in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8316
Use full-qualified name for OpenTelemetry Collector role name by @headcr4sh in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8350
build(deps): bump github/codeql-action from 4.31.5 to 4.31.6 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8552
build(deps-dev): bump prettier from 3.6.2 to 3.7.3 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8551
Add blog on zipkin deprecation by @lmolkova in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8487
build(deps): bump actions/checkout from 5.0.1 to 6.0.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8553
[prh][ja]Unify the translation for interface by @kohbis in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/7769
[ja] docs(i18n): Translate content/en/docs/languages/ruby/libraries.md by @kohbis in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/7644
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Sort CVEs by @trask in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8554
Add project proposals by @theletterf in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8539
fix: update sample commands in content/en/docs/contributing/blog.md by @luke6Lh43 in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8496
Update opentelemetry-collector-releases version to v0.141.0 by @otelbot[bot] in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8556
[zh] Sync localization.md by @windsonsea in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8401
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Create instrumentation-php-twig.yml for Twig auto-instrumentation by @cmelius in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8563
Update Collector component tables for v0.141.0 by @jaydeluca in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8561
Update Python logging docs for log signal stabilization by @emdneto in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8567
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fix: remove affiliation ezzio by @EzzioMoreira in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8569
refactor : Rename and split up Collector installation page by @adity1raut in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8370
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Add collector extension subtypes by @jaydeluca in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8570
Vendors - Remove invalid Sentry Software entry returning 404 by @vitorvasc in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8515
feat [es] Create community/marketing-guidelines.md by @didiViking in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8562
[Registry] Remove dead components by @vitorvasc in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8577
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Add Truffle AI to adopters list by @rahulkarajgikar in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8585
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Add blog post: Calling New Contributors research study by @amy-super in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8571
Update opentelemetry-java version to v1.57.0 by @otelbot[bot] in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8593
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build(deps): bump step-security/harden-runner from 2.13.2 to 2.13.3 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8609
build(deps): bump actions/create-github-app-token from 2.2.0 to 2.2.1 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8607
build(deps): bump github/codeql-action from 4.31.6 to 4.31.7 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8608
build(deps): bump actions/checkout from 6.0.0 to 6.0.1 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8606
build(deps-dev): bump prettier from 3.7.3 to 3.7.4 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8605
build(deps-dev): bump markdownlint-cli2 from 0.19.1 to 0.20.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8604
build(deps-dev): bump markdownlint from 0.39.0 to 0.40.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8603
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Update calling new contributors by @amy-super in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8610
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[pt] Localize content/pt/docs/languages/js/context.md by @vitorvasc in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8410
[pt] Localize content/en/docs/languages/js/instrumentation.md by @vitorvasc in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8388
[ro] feature content/docs/getting-started/dev.md by @miaits in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8591
[Collector] Standardize distribution in Quick Start & Installation by @jaehanbyun in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8430
add akbank to adopters list by @emrullahcirit in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8615
[refcache] Update Knative documentation URL to remove invalid URL fragment by @vitorvasc in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8616
Refresh refcache by @otelbot-docs[bot] in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8613
add obi troubleshooting docs by @NimrodAvni78 in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8559
docs: clarify required fields in registry-entry template by @pmady in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8592
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Add Honeycomb Distros to distribution list by @JamieDanielson in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8619
[Collector] Update unmaintained components message by @vitorvasc in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8576
(es): ‘Getting Started with .NET Zero Code’ to Spanish by @abalso0 in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8535
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Refresh refcache by @otelbot-docs[bot] in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8625
Add localization to projects folder by @vitorvasc in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8626
Tune collector telemetry stability levels to match semconv by @ChrsMark in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8558
Update java instrumentation libraries by @jaydeluca in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8630
Copy edit custom component documentation by @onyeepeace in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8547
Update community members by @otelbot-docs[bot] in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8633
docs(dotnet): Add troubleshooting page with self-diagnostics instructions by @pmady in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8632
Add @jaydeluca to approvers by @vitorvasc in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8628
[ja] docs(i18n): Translate content/en/docs/collector/custom-collector.md by @kohbis in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8489
[ja] docs(i18n): Translate content/en/docs/demo/kubernetes-deployment.md by @kohbis in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8491
[ja] blog(i18n): Translate content/en/blog/2025/declarative-config.md by @kohbis in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8575
[ja] docs(i18n): Translate ccontent/en/docs/collector/components/extension.md by @kohbis in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8466
[CI] Add AI-generated content detection workflow by @vitorvasc in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8631
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Add auto-instrumentation for segmentio/kafka-go to registry by @bboreham in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8533
Update opentelemetry-specification version to v1.52.0 by @otelbot[bot] in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8639
docs: Create new Extend the Collector section and rename child pages by @pratik-mahalle in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8599
add blog post for release of configuration schema rc3 by @codeboten in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8638
Update opentelemetry-java-instrumentation version to v2.23.0 by @otelbot[bot] in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8640
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[ja] docs(i18n): Translate ccontent/en/docs/collector/components/receiver.md by @kohbis in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8462
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[ja] docs(i18n): Translate content/en/docs/collector/components/exporter.md by @kohbis in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8465
[ja] docs(i18n): translate content/en/blog/2025/kotlin-multiplatform-opentelemetry.md by @Msksgm in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8600
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build(deps): bump actions/download-artifact from 6 to 7 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8650
build(deps): bump actions/upload-artifact from 5.0.0 to 6.0.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8647
build(deps): bump step-security/harden-runner from 2.13.3 to 2.14.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8651
build(deps): bump peter-evans/create-pull-request from 7 to 8 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8648
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Update community members by @otelbot-docs[bot] in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8654
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Refresh refcache by @otelbot-docs[bot] in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8657
[pt] Update Python logging docs for log signal stabilization by @emdneto in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8653
OBI docs: removes some deprecated configuration options and fixes some wrong OBI_ prefixes by @mariomac in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8590
Update Collector component tables for v0.142.0 by @jaydeluca in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8660
Java agent library updates for 2.23.0 by @jaydeluca in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8661
[prh][ja]Unify the translation for annotation by @kohbis in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8582
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[CI] Update .htmltest ignore rules by @vitorvasc in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8636
[zh] Add content/zh/docs/languages/js/getting-started/browser.md by @chluknight1224 in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8411
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Add security best practices to context propagation docs by @pratik-mahalle in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8664
add otel unplugged banner by @svrnm in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8674
Add genai note for first time contributors by @svrnm in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8659
Update community members by @otelbot-docs[bot] in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8677
Update JS docs to stable semconv attribute names by @trentm in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8676
Refresh refcache by @otelbot-docs[bot] in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8669
OBI: fix resource_labels documentation by @mariomac in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8680
Add java guidance for native instrumentation and manual instrumentation by @jack-berg in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8618
Update docs for demo table. by @lucasff in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8686
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build(deps): bump github/codeql-action from 4.31.8 to 4.31.9 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8700
add link to java agent explanation by @zeitlinger in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8690
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New Contributors

@network-charles made their first contribution in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8316
@headcr4sh made their first contribution in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8350
@cmelius made their first contribution in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8563
@adity1raut made their first contribution in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8370
@rahulkarajgikar made their first contribution in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8585
@amy-super made their first contribution in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8571
@emrullahcirit made their first contribution in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8615
@NimrodAvni78 made their first contribution in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8559
@onyeepeace made their first contribution in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8547
@bboreham made their first contribution in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8533
@AbhinavKumar-Jha made their first contribution in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8602
@lucasff made their first contribution in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8686
@polamjag made their first contribution in https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/pull/8716

Full Changelog: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io/compare/2025.11...2025.12

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