[connector/datadog] Enable connector.datadogconnector.performance by …

…default (#30829)

.chloggen/ddconnector-enable-flag.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: breaking
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. filelogreceiver)
+component: datadogconnector
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Enable feature gate `connector.datadogconnector.performance` by default.
+
+# Mandatory: One or more tracking issues related to the change. You can use the PR number here if no issue exists.
+issues: [30829]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext: See https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/connector/datadogconnector#feature-gate-for-performance for caveats of this feature gate.
+
+# If your change doesn't affect end users or the exported elements of any package,
+# you should instead start your pull request title with [chore] or use the "Skip Changelog" label.
+# Optional: The change log or logs in which this entry should be included.
+# e.g. '[user]' or '[user, api]'
+# Include 'user' if the change is relevant to end users.
+# Include 'api' if there is a change to a library API.
+# Default: '[user]'
+change_logs: []

internal/datadog/agent.go

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ type TraceAgent struct {
 // ConnectorPerformanceFeatureGate uses optimized code paths for the Datadog Connector.
 var ConnectorPerformanceFeatureGate = featuregate.GlobalRegistry().MustRegister(
 	"connector.datadogconnector.performance",
-	featuregate.StageAlpha,
+	featuregate.StageBeta,
 	featuregate.WithRegisterDescription("Datadog Connector will use optimized code"),
 )