v1.41.0/v0.135.0

Images and binaries here: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/releases/tag/v0.135.0

End User Changelog

💡 Enhancements 💡

• exporterhelper: Add new exporter_queue_batch_send_size and exporter_queue_batch_send_size_bytes metrics, showing the size of telemetry batches from the exporter. (#12894)

API Changelog

🛑 Breaking changes 🛑

• pdata/pprofile: Remove deprecated AddAttribute method (#13764)

💡 Enhancements 💡

• configmiddleware: Stabilize configmiddleware module (#13422)
  This only stabilizes the configuration interface but does not stabilize the middlewares themselves or the way of implementing them.
• xpdata: Add experimental MapBuilder struct to optimize pcommon.Map construction (#13617)