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1.6.0

1.6.0 (2026-03-19)

Features

• Add readTimeout and conenctionTimeout as configurable parameters (#1658) (e7aa3c6)
• adds createdTimestamp to counters exposed via prometheus protouf protocol (#1532) (b89a721)

Bug Fixes

• deps: update dependency com.github.ben-manes.caffeine:caffeine to v3.2.3 (#1649) (2b87200)
• deps: update dependency com.google.guava:guava to v33.5.0-jre (#1573) (290276a)
• deps: update dependency com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java to v4.33.0 (#1627) (446a097)
• deps: update dependency commons-io:commons-io to v2.21.0 (#1670) (06d48a0)
• deps: update dependency io.dropwizard.metrics:metrics-core to v4.2.37 (#1569) (41b0365)
• deps: update dependency io.dropwizard.metrics:metrics-core to v4.2.38 (#1805) (fcbb08e)
• deps: update dependency io.dropwizard.metrics5:metrics-core to v5.0.5 (#1570) (2abf8bb)
• deps: update dependency io.dropwizard.metrics5:metrics-core to v5.0.6 (#1806) (0550eef)
• deps: update dependency io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-instrumentation-bom-alpha to v2.24.0-alpha (#1863) (04bc727)
• deps: update dependency io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-instrumentation-bom-alpha to v2.25.0-alpha (#1871) (7e472c7)
• deps: update dependency io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-instrumentation-bom-alpha to v2.25.0-alpha (#1872) (246c956)
• deps: update dependency io.prometheus:prometheus-metrics-bom to v1.5.0 (#1877) (043fc57)
• deps: update dependency org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core to v11.0.11 (#1554) (3459435)
• deps: update dependency org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core to v11.0.12 (#1615) (41b1b48)
• deps: update dependency org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core to v11.0.13 (#1622) (7948421)
• deps: update dependency org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core to v11.0.14 (#1678) (b53cf31)
• deps: update dependency org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core to v11.0.15 (#1726) (947e9c3)
• deps: update dependency org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core to v11.0.18 (#1820) (a756947)
• deps: update dependency org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server to v12.1.2 (#1616) (da977df)
• deps: update dependency org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-parent to v3.5.6 (#1574) (eb91514)
• deps: update dependency org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-parent to v3.5.7 (#1641) (14883e4)
• deps: update dependency org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-parent to v3.5.8 (#1696) (490d2f6)
• deps: update dependency org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-parent to v4 (#1699) (2a71bd3)
• deps: update dependency org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-parent to v4.0.1 (#1746) (975e7c0)
• deps: update dependency org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-parent to v4.0.2 (#1797) (623467c)
• deps: update dependency org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-parent to v4.0.3 (#1900) (0d800d0)
• deps: update jetty monorepo to v12.1.1 (#1558) (ab97f62)
• deps: update jetty monorepo to v12.1.3 (#1634) (0b7eb5f)
• deps: update jetty monorepo to v12.1.4 (#1680) (f0e751d)
• deps: update jetty monorepo to v12.1.5 (#1722) (dc805a7)
• deps: update jetty monorepo to v12.1.6 (#1837) (ab808a0)
• deps: update jetty monorepo to v12.1.7 (#1932) (5bd3b79)
• deps: update junit-framework monorepo to v5.14.0 (#1601) (ab785c1)
• deps: update junit-framework monorepo to v6 (major) (#1602) (0655cea)
• deps: update junit-framework monorepo to v6.0.1 (#1657) (be0b1cf)
• deps: update junit-framework monorepo to v6.0.2 (#1764) (63ed3b6)
• deps: update junit-framework monorepo to v6.0.3 (#1880) (05ad751)
• deps: update protobuf monorepo (#1566) (6121922)
• deps: update protobuf monorepo (#1681) (bfbaa5f)
• deps: update protobuf monorepo (#1724) (aed3439)
• deps: update protobuf monorepo (#1774) (1effe1f)
• deps: update protobuf monorepo (#1778) (ea0c71e)
• deps: update protobuf monorepo (#1835) (ba308cf)
• exclude standalone examples from mise run format (#1931) (537fb88)
• Handle empty datapoints in otel exporter (#1898) (59c8552)
• inline set-version logic in build-release.sh (#1884) (c050435)
• reduce lychee retries to avoid compounding GitHub 429s (#1940) (cc17d6e)
• remove version manipulation from build-release.sh (#1886) (93e2b6d)
• renovate: enable updates for opentelemetry-instrumentation-bom-alpha (#1860) (8adc88f)
• trigger Maven deploy on release-please published events (#1966) (643d0e7)
• update build command to include 'clean' for benchmarks (#1762) (3a2b380)
• use /tree/ instead of /blob/ for directory URL (#1944) (b81332e)
• use maven release type for release-please (#1967) (ff3bd2d)

Documentation

• document DCO sign-off requirement for contributions (#1937) (0860e77)
• Update classicBuckets() to classicUpperBounds() (#1644) (c15ce23)

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