Version 1.16.0

This release targets the OpenTelemetry SDK 1.16.0.

Note that all artifacts other than io.opentelemetry.javaagent:opentelemetry-javaagent have the -alpha suffix attached to their version number, reflecting that they are still alpha quality and will continue to have breaking changes. Please see the VERSIONING.md for more details.

Migration notes

• Config has been replaced by ConfigProperties in Javaagent extensions SPIs
• The deprecated TimeExtractor has been removed
• The opentelemetry-instrumentation-api-annotation-support artifact has been renamed to opentelemetry-instrumentation-annotation-support
• The opentelemetry-annotations instrumentation suppression key has been renamed to opentelemetry-extension-annotations
• The 'otel.javaagent.experimental.use-noop-api' flag has been removed, as this capability is now available via the otel.experimental.sdk.enabled flag

🌟 New javaagent instrumentation

• C3P0 connection pool metrics (#6174)
• JVM buffer pool metrics (#6177)
• Kafka client metrics (#6138)
• dropwizard-metrics to OpenTelemetry metrics bridge (#6259)

🌟 New library instrumentation

• C3P0 connection pool metrics (#6174)
• JVM buffer pool metrics (#6177)
• Kafka client metrics (#6138)
• Add metrics & micrometer support to spring-boot-autoconfigure (#6270)
• Spring Kafka library instrumentation (#6283)

📈 Enhancements

• Update GraphQL instrumentation to match spec (#6179)
• Make rpc.grpc.status_code required (#6184)
• Always pass Context when recording HttpServerMetrics (#6223)
• Capture enduser.id in servlet instrumentation (#6225)
• Support metric view configuration file in the Javaagent (#6228)
• Aws sdk2 sqs context propagation (#6199)
• More Spring JMS support (#6308)
• Hikaricp: Avoid registering duplicate metrics (#6325)

🛠️ Bug fixes

• Fix liberty net.peer.port (#6274)

🙇 Thank you

This release was possible thanks to the following contributors who shared their brilliant ideas and awesome pull requests:

@agoallikmaa
@amoscatelli
@anosek-an
@anuraaga
@breedx-splk
@brunobat
@cuichenli
@danielqsj
@eric-spence-code
@GrahamLea
@HashemTaheriSonos
@jack-berg
@jeanbisutti
@jkwatson
@jkwatson-verta
@laurit
@lmolkova
@mateuszrzeszutek
@mikelaspina
@opentelemetry-java-bot
@shreya22-1998
@syr
@trask
@urwah1996
@zackman0010