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OTel Arrow Protocol advances to Phase 2, the Observability Summit recordings are now available on YouTube, and Collector releases 0.154.0 and 0.155.0 bringing the cardinality guardian processor to alpha, Schema v2 file format support, and a wave of OTTL improvements. Specification v1.58.0 merges context-scoped Attributes and finalizes Prometheus stabilizations. Semantic conventions v1.42.0 moves all GenAI conventions to a dedicated repository.
OpenTelemetry graduates in the CNCF, the Browser SIG ships its first official SDK release, the Collector gains a cardinality guardian processor and a GenAI telemetry normalizer, semconv v1.41.0 lands major GenAI and Kubernetes additions, and two accepted proposals target Semantic Convention Schema v2 and Collector partial reload.
Go compile-time instrumentation targets v1.0 by June 1, OTel Nights goes global with Amsterdam and New York, and three Collector releases deliver a critical azure_auth fix, profiles alpha, and a broad rename wave.
Span Events deprecated, Profiles enters public Alpha, Collector 1.0 progress, new Kotlin Multiplatform SDK, and two Collector releases.
Declarative Configuration goes stable, the Collector advances, Semantic Conventions expand, and KubeCon EU approaches — February 2026 in OpenTelemetry.
January 2026 OpenTelemetry News: Collector releases, OTLP exporter renaming, community proposals, and key events around FOSDEM.