Version 2.18.0

This release targets the OpenTelemetry SDK 1.52.0.

Note that many artifacts 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.

🌟 New javaagent instrumentation

• Add initial instrumentation for OpenAI client (#14221)

🌟 New library instrumentation

• Add initial instrumentation for OpenAI client (#14221)

📈 Enhancements

• Implement stable semantic conventions for code.* attributes with opt-in support (#13860)
• Add span kind configuration support for method instrumentation and declarative tooling (#14014)
• Add support for vendor-specific declarative configuration properties (#14016)
• Add auto-instrumentation support for AWS Secrets Manager SDK v1 (#14027)
• Add aws.sns.topic.arn semantic convention support for AWS SNS SDK v1 and v2 (#14035)
• Remove thread.name attribute from experimental JVM metrics (#14061)
• Enhance and align Jetty JMX metrics with OpenTelemetry semantic conventions (#14067)
• Add support for latest spring-cloud-aws versions (#14207)
• Add JDBC parameter capture support for PreparedStatement.setObject() method (#14219)
• Add aws.lambda.resource.mapping.id and experimental Lambda attributes for AWS Lambda SDK (#14229)
• Clear context class loader from OpenTelemetry internal threads to prevent leaks (#14241)

🛠️ Bug fixes

• Fix JDBC URL parser StringIndexOutOfBoundsException with malformed connection strings (#14151)
• Fix empty units in JMX state metrics definitions (#14194)

🙇 Thank you

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

@anuraaga
@atoulme
@breedx-splk
@codefromthecrypt
@garethedwards-tass
@jack-berg
@jadolgl
@jaydeluca
@jhayes2-chwy
@JonasKunz
@laurit
@lukeina2z
@mznet
@PeterF778
@robsunday
@steverao
@stevesea
@SylvainJuge
@trask
@wl2027
@zeitlinger