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Version 1.42.0/0.63b0 (2026-05-19)

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• opentelemetry-api, opentelemetry-sdk: add support for 'random-trace-id' flags in W3C traceparent header trace flags. Implementations of IdGenerator that do randomly generate the 56 least significant bits, should also implement a is_trace_id_random methods that returns True. (#4854)
• logs: add exception support to Logger emit and LogRecord attributes (#4908)
• opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc: make retryable gRPC error codes configurable for gRPC exporters (#4917)
• opentelemetry-sdk: Add create_logger_provider/configure_logger_provider to declarative file configuration, enabling LoggerProvider instantiation from config files without reading env vars (#4990)
• opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-json-common: add 'opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-json-common' package for OTLP JSON exporters (#4996)
• opentelemetry-sdk: Add service resource detector support to declarative file configuration via detection_development.detectors[].service (#5003)
• opentelemetry-docker-tests: add docker-tests coverage of opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc and opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http metrics export (#5030)
• Add registry keyword argument to PrometheusMetricReader to allow passing a custom Prometheus registry (#5055)
• Add WeaverLiveCheck test util (#5088)
• opentelemetry-sdk: add load_entry_point shared utility to declarative file configuration for loading plugins via entry points; refactor propagator loading to use it (#5093)
• opentelemetry-sdk: add sampler plugin loading to declarative file configuration via the opentelemetry_sampler entry point group, matching the spec's PluginComponentProvider mechanism (#5095)
• opentelemetry-sdk: add propagator plugin loading to declarative file configuration via the opentelemetry_propagator entry point group, matching the spec's PluginComponentProvider mechanism (#5098)
• opentelemetry-sdk: add exporter plugin loading to declarative file configuration for all three signals (traces, metrics, logs) via the opentelemetry_*_exporter entry point groups, matching the spec's PluginComponentProvider mechanism (#5128)

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• 013045e [release/v1.42.x-0.63bx] Prepare release 1.42.0/0.63b0 (#5225)
• 1731583 ci: Enable GitHub Merge Queue support (#5209)
• 7fab34d fix(config): allow deflate for OTLP HTTP exporters (#5075)
• 0b690d2 ci: validate changelog fragment filenames (#5212)
• d4fabb4 feat(config): exporter plugin loading via entry points for declarative config...
• e19d346 feat(config): generic resource detector plugin loading for declarative config...
• 1d69bd2 sdk/metrics: copy attributes dict to prevent post-recording mutation (#5106)
• 990a611 feat(config): propagator plugin loading via entry points for declarative conf...
• 85eb40a ci: migrate unreleased changelog entries to towncrier fragments (#5213)
• 369644c docs: add new example for multi-destination exporting to Sphinx Doc (#5087)
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Version 1.42.0/0.63b0 (2026-05-19)

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• opentelemetry-api, opentelemetry-sdk: add support for 'random-trace-id' flags in W3C traceparent header trace flags. Implementations of IdGenerator that do randomly generate the 56 least significant bits, should also implement a is_trace_id_random methods that returns True. (#4854)
• logs: add exception support to Logger emit and LogRecord attributes (#4908)
• opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc: make retryable gRPC error codes configurable for gRPC exporters (#4917)
• opentelemetry-sdk: Add create_logger_provider/configure_logger_provider to declarative file configuration, enabling LoggerProvider instantiation from config files without reading env vars (#4990)
• opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-json-common: add 'opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-json-common' package for OTLP JSON exporters (#4996)
• opentelemetry-sdk: Add service resource detector support to declarative file configuration via detection_development.detectors[].service (#5003)
• opentelemetry-docker-tests: add docker-tests coverage of opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc and opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http metrics export (#5030)
• Add registry keyword argument to PrometheusMetricReader to allow passing a custom Prometheus registry (#5055)
• Add WeaverLiveCheck test util (#5088)
• opentelemetry-sdk: add load_entry_point shared utility to declarative file configuration for loading plugins via entry points; refactor propagator loading to use it (#5093)
• opentelemetry-sdk: add sampler plugin loading to declarative file configuration via the opentelemetry_sampler entry point group, matching the spec's PluginComponentProvider mechanism (#5095)
• opentelemetry-sdk: add propagator plugin loading to declarative file configuration via the opentelemetry_propagator entry point group, matching the spec's PluginComponentProvider mechanism (#5098)
• opentelemetry-sdk: add exporter plugin loading to declarative file configuration for all three signals (traces, metrics, logs) via the opentelemetry_*_exporter entry point groups, matching the spec's PluginComponentProvider mechanism (#5128)

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• 013045e [release/v1.42.x-0.63bx] Prepare release 1.42.0/0.63b0 (#5225)
• 1731583 ci: Enable GitHub Merge Queue support (#5209)
• 7fab34d fix(config): allow deflate for OTLP HTTP exporters (#5075)
• 0b690d2 ci: validate changelog fragment filenames (#5212)
• d4fabb4 feat(config): exporter plugin loading via entry points for declarative config...
• e19d346 feat(config): generic resource detector plugin loading for declarative config...
• 1d69bd2 sdk/metrics: copy attributes dict to prevent post-recording mutation (#5106)
• 990a611 feat(config): propagator plugin loading via entry points for declarative conf...
• 85eb40a ci: migrate unreleased changelog entries to towncrier fragments (#5213)
• 369644c docs: add new example for multi-destination exporting to Sphinx Doc (#5087)
• Additional commits viewable in compare view

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Version 1.42.0/0.63b0 (2026-05-19)

Added

• opentelemetry-api, opentelemetry-sdk: add support for 'random-trace-id' flags in W3C traceparent header trace flags. Implementations of IdGenerator that do randomly generate the 56 least significant bits, should also implement a is_trace_id_random methods that returns True. (#4854)
• logs: add exception support to Logger emit and LogRecord attributes (#4908)
• opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc: make retryable gRPC error codes configurable for gRPC exporters (#4917)
• opentelemetry-sdk: Add create_logger_provider/configure_logger_provider to declarative file configuration, enabling LoggerProvider instantiation from config files without reading env vars (#4990)
• opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-json-common: add 'opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-json-common' package for OTLP JSON exporters (#4996)
• opentelemetry-sdk: Add service resource detector support to declarative file configuration via detection_development.detectors[].service (#5003)
• opentelemetry-docker-tests: add docker-tests coverage of opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc and opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http metrics export (#5030)
• Add registry keyword argument to PrometheusMetricReader to allow passing a custom Prometheus registry (#5055)
• Add WeaverLiveCheck test util (#5088)
• opentelemetry-sdk: add load_entry_point shared utility to declarative file configuration for loading plugins via entry points; refactor propagator loading to use it (#5093)
• opentelemetry-sdk: add sampler plugin loading to declarative file configuration via the opentelemetry_sampler entry point group, matching the spec's PluginComponentProvider mechanism (#5095)
• opentelemetry-sdk: add propagator plugin loading to declarative file configuration via the opentelemetry_propagator entry point group, matching the spec's PluginComponentProvider mechanism (#5098)
• opentelemetry-sdk: add exporter plugin loading to declarative file configuration for all three signals (traces, metrics, logs) via the opentelemetry_*_exporter entry point groups, matching the spec's PluginComponentProvider mechanism (#5128)

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