2025.12

What's Changed

• Refresh refcache by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #8546
• Clarify how to visualize traces on Jaeger by @network-charles in #8316
• Use full-qualified name for OpenTelemetry Collector role name by @headcr4sh in #8350
• build(deps): bump github/codeql-action from 4.31.5 to 4.31.6 by @dependabot[bot] in #8552
• build(deps-dev): bump prettier from 3.6.2 to 3.7.3 by @dependabot[bot] in #8551
• Add blog on zipkin deprecation by @lmolkova in #8487
• build(deps): bump actions/checkout from 5.0.1 to 6.0.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #8553
• [prh][ja]Unify the translation for interface by @kohbis in #7769
• [ja] docs(i18n): Translate content/en/docs/languages/ruby/libraries.md by @kohbis in #7644
• Auto-update registry versions (1691a0a862c885de62b3e7aad5a458152c14da65) by @otelbot[bot] in #8555
• Refresh refcache by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #8550
• Sort CVEs by @trask in #8554
• Add project proposals by @theletterf in #8539
• fix: update sample commands in content/en/docs/contributing/blog.md by @luke6Lh43 in #8496
• Update opentelemetry-collector-releases version to v0.141.0 by @otelbot[bot] in #8556
• [zh] Sync localization.md by @windsonsea in #8401
• Auto-update registry versions (88fda3ab9d09eb29c9b9df8a5baa0751ce4ec1e0) by @otelbot[bot] in #8565
• Update community members by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #8564
• Create instrumentation-php-twig.yml for Twig auto-instrumentation by @cmelius in #8563
• Update Collector component tables for v0.141.0 by @jaydeluca in #8561
• Update Python logging docs for log signal stabilization by @emdneto in #8567
• Refresh refcache by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #8557
• fix: remove affiliation ezzio by @EzzioMoreira in #8569
• refactor : Rename and split up Collector installation page by @adity1raut in #8370
• Auto-update registry versions (8aa1c03234e9dacc664e1255a661ace6dd665ccb) by @otelbot[bot] in #8573
• Update community members by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #8572
• Add collector extension subtypes by @jaydeluca in #8570
• Vendors - Remove invalid Sentry Software entry returning 404 by @vitorvasc in #8515
• feat [es] Create community/marketing-guidelines.md by @didiViking in #8562
• [Registry] Remove dead components by @vitorvasc in #8577
• Refresh refcache by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #8574
• Add Truffle AI to adopters list by @rahulkarajgikar in #8585
• Update community members by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #8588
• Refresh refcache by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #8589
• Add blog post: Calling New Contributors research study by @amy-super in #8571
• Update opentelemetry-java version to v1.57.0 by @otelbot[bot] in #8593
• Auto-update registry versions (0dcda9dda254420ba6c8b26ef585bc0d4d914d03) by @otelbot[bot] in #8594
• Refresh refcache by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #8596
• build(deps): bump step-security/harden-runner from 2.13.2 to 2.13.3 by @dependabot[bot] in #8609
• build(deps): bump actions/create-github-app-token from 2.2.0 to 2.2.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #8607
• build(deps): bump github/codeql-action from 4.31.6 to 4.31.7 by @dependabot[bot] in #8608
• build(deps): bump actions/checkout from 6.0.0 to 6.0.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #8606
• build(deps-dev): bump prettier from 3.7.3 to 3.7.4 by @dependabot[bot] in #8605
• build(deps-dev): bump markdownlint-cli2 from 0.19.1 to 0.20.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #8604
• build(deps-dev): bump markdownlint from 0.39.0 to 0.40.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #8603
• Refresh refcache by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #8601
• Update calling new contributors by @amy-super in #8610
• Auto-update registry versions (73bdfe50eebcf51267dfa0d1b7792e381b5cddec) by @otelbot[bot] in #8612
• Update community members by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #8611
• [pt] Localize content/pt/docs/languages/js/context.md by @vitorvasc in #8410
• [pt] Localize content/en/docs/languages/js/instrumentation.md by @vitorvasc in #8388
• [ro] feature content/docs/getting-started/dev.md by @miaits in #8591
• [Collector] Standardize distribution in Quick Start & Installation by @jaehanbyun in #8430
• add akbank to adopters list by @emrullahcirit in #8615
• [refcache] Update Knative documentation URL to remove invalid URL fragment by @vitorvasc in #8616
• Refresh refcache by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #8613
• add obi troubleshooting docs by @NimrodAvni78 in #8559
• docs: clarify required fields in registry-entry template by @pmady in #8592
• Auto-update registry versions (126b11deff23e50c90785c68bb9773d672b68dd9) by @otelbot[bot] in #8621
• Update community members by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #8620
• Add Honeycomb Distros to distribution list by @JamieDanielson in #8619
• [Collector] Update unmaintained components message by @vitorvasc in #8576
• (es): 'Getting Started with .NET Zero Code' to Spanish by @abalso0 in #8535
• Refresh refcache by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #8622
• Refresh refcache by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #8625
• Add localization to projects folder by @vitorvasc in #8626
• Tune collector telemetry stability levels to match semconv by @ChrsMark in #8558
• Update java instrumentation libraries by @jaydeluca in #8630
• Copy edit custom component documentation by @onyeepeace in #8547
• Update community members by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #8633
• docs(dotnet): Add troubleshooting page with self-diagnostics instructions by @pmady in #8632
• Add @jaydeluca to approvers by @vitorvasc in #8628
• [ja] docs(i18n): Translate content/en/docs/collector/custom-collector.md by @kohbis in #8489
• [ja] docs(i18n): Translate content/en/docs/demo/kubernetes-deployment.md by @kohbis in #8491
• [ja] blog(i18n): Translate content/en/blog/2025/declarative-config.md by @kohbis in #8575
• [ja] docs(i18n): Translate ccontent/en/docs/collector/components/extension.md by @kohbis in #8466
• [CI] Add AI-generated content detection workflow by @vitorvasc in #8631
• Refresh refcache by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #8634
• Add auto-instrumentation for segmentio/kafka-go to registry by @bboreham in #8533
• Update opentelemetry-specification version to v1.52.0 by @otelbot[bot] in #8639
• docs: Create new Extend the Collector section and rename child pages by @pratik-mahalle in #8599
• add blog post for release of configuration schema rc3 by @codeboten in #8638
• Update opentelemetry-java-instrumentation version to v2.23.0 by @otelbot[bot] in #8640
• Auto-update registry versions (1c68d5b945c63aeb20c5004509e40ce01b6f167f) by @otelbot[bot] in #8643
• Auto-update registry versions (29b3f590556116f4fad847175b0a54ec2b356dc2) by @otelbot[bot] in #8641
• [ja] docs(i18n): Translate content/en/docs/collector/components/_index.md by @kohbis in #8461
• [ja] docs(i18n): Translate ccontent/en/docs/collector/components/receiver.md by @kohbis in #8462
• [ja] docs(i18n): Translate content/en/docs/collector/components/proce… by @kohbis in #8463
• [ja] docs(i18n): Translate content/ja/docs/collector/components/connector.md by @kohbis in #8464
• [ja] docs(i18n): Translate content/en/docs/collector/components/exporter.md by @kohbis in #8465
• [ja] docs(i18n): translate content/en/blog/2025/kotlin-multiplatform-opentelemetry.md by @Msksgm in #8600
• build(deps): bump github/codeql-action from 4.31.7 to 4.31.8 by @dependabot[bot] in #8649
• build(deps): bump actions/download-artifact from 6 to 7 by @dependabot[bot] in #8650
• build(deps): bump actions/upload-artifact from 5.0.0 to 6.0.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #8647
• build(deps): bump step-security/harden-runner from 2.13.3 to 2.14.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #8651
• build(deps): bump peter-evans/create-pull-request from 7 to 8 by @dependabot[bot] in #8648
• Refresh refcache by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #8642
• Update community members by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #8654
• docs(blog): update blog guidelines to avoid linking to main branchFix/blog link guidelines by @AbhinavKumar-Jha in #8602
• Auto-update registry versions (d45f2882eaca688bd59cf06bf8fcd6bd8e128cf0) by @otelbot[bot] in #8655
• Update opentelemetry-collector-releases version to v0.142.0 by @otelbot[bot] in #8656
• Refresh refcache by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #8657
• [pt] Update Python logging docs for log signal stabilization by @emdneto in #8653
• OBI docs: removes some deprecated configuration options and fixes some wrong OBI_ prefixes by @mariomac in #8590
• Update Collector component tables for v0.142.0 by @jaydeluca in #8660
• Java agent library updates for 2.23.0 by @jaydeluca in #8661
• [prh][ja]Unify the translation for annotation by @kohbis in #8582
• Auto-update registry versions (138e61a7be469eef82168a5d90960e2fe5b21338) by @otelbot[bot] in #8662
• [CI] Update .htmltest ignore rules by @vitorvasc in #8636
• [zh] Add content/zh/docs/languages/js/getting-started/browser.md by @chluknight1224 in #8411
• [ja] docs(i18n): Translate content/en/docs/specs/status.md by @kohbis in #8516
• Refresh refcache by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #8663
• Auto-update registry versions (facb7c18372a641cdf1f0c3fdb697789fa6a6ec3) by @otelbot[bot] in #8668
• Update community members by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #8667
• Add security best practices to context propagation docs by @pratik-mahalle in #8664
• add otel unplugged banner by @svrnm in #8674
• Add genai note for first time contributors by @svrnm in #8659
• Update community members by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #8677
• Update JS docs to stable semconv attribute names by @trentm in #8676
• Refresh refcache by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #8669
• OBI: fix resource_labels documentation by @mariomac in #8680
• Add java guidance for native instrumentation and manual instrumentation by @jack-berg in #8618
• Update docs for demo table. by @lucasff in #8686
• Update community members by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #8688
• Auto-update registry versions (32c179e8ccd5f0fb3398aa37bbdc021f00f73b0d) by @otelbot[bot] in #8689
• Update community members by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #8693
• Refresh refcache by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #8681
• [zh] Add content/zh/docs/languages/js/instrumentation.md by @chluknight1224 in #8694
• Auto-update registry versions (b7f9e1ef258c764e168e35f486bbe2e4ef02cf4e) by @otelbot[bot] in #8696
• Refresh refcache by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #8699
• build(deps): bump github/codeql-action from 4.31.8 to 4.31.9 by @dependabot[bot] in #8700
• add link to java agent explanation by @zeitlinger in #8690
• [zh] Add content/zh/docs/languages/js/libraries.md by @chluknight1224 in #8701
• Auto-update registry versions (fbdeee539e56b7fdd9d1c26eeaedfcb945cf1233) by @otelbot[bot] in #8706
• zero-code/python: document captured headers sanitization by @xrmx in #8702
• Refresh refcache by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #8707
• docs(i18n): translate content/ja/docs/zero-code/java/agent/getting-started.md into ja by @Msksgm in #8704
• Auto-update registry versions (3d74be33624526a3df0ba4ab12ac90b68b9a30d6) by @otelbot[bot] in #8710
• Add Collector docs refactor project by @tiffany76 in #8695
• Update community members by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #8718
• Refresh refcache by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #8711
• Refresh refcache by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #8720
• [ja] docs(i18n): Track path changes docs/collector/install #8370 by @kohbis in #8709
• [zh] Add content/zh/docs/languages/js/exporters.md by @chluknight1224 in #8708
• Auto-update registry versions (89da98d14850164353a8b0359245863a5f5e35dc) by @otelbot[bot] in #8714
• [ja] Fix broken link by @polamjag in #8716
• docs(erlang): add a roll dice example in Erlang and metrics instrumentation docs by @tsloughter in #8691
• Refresh refcache by @otelbot-docs[bot] in #8725

New Contributors

• @network-charles made their first contribution in #8316
• @headcr4sh made their first contribution in #8350
• @cmelius made their first contribution in #8563
• @adity1raut made their first contribution in #8370
• @rahulkarajgikar made their first contribution in #8585
• @amy-super made their first contribution in #8571
• @emrullahcirit made their first contribution in #8615
• @NimrodAvni78 made their first contribution in #8559
• @onyeepeace made their first contribution in #8547
• @bboreham made their first contribution in #8533
• @AbhinavKumar-Jha made their first contribution in #8602
• @lucasff made their first contribution in #8686
• @polamjag made their first contribution in #8716

Full Changelog: 2025.11...2025.12