Prepare for 1.63.0 release

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,70 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### API
+
+* Add missing `setAttribute` shortcuts to `Span` and `LogRecordBuilder`
+  ([#8255](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java/pull/8255))
+* Promote `InstrumentationUtil` to public class in `io.opentelemetry.api.impl` package
+  ([#8413](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java/pull/8413))
+* Fix index-out-of-bounds in `StrictContextStorage`
+  ([#8294](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java/pull/8294))
+
+#### Incubating
+
+* **BREAKING** Remove deprecated `ExtendedAttributes` and related code
+  ([#8395](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java/pull/8395))
+
+### SDK
+
+#### Metrics
+
+* Collect async exemplars when exemplar filter is `always_on`
+  ([#8363](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java/pull/8363))
+* Move delta record/collect coordination from instrument to series level
+  ([#8313](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java/pull/8313))
+
+#### Exporters
+
+* Add `noop()` factory method to `SpanExporter` and `LogRecordExporter`
+  ([#8435](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java/pull/8435))
+* **BREAKING** OTLP: Remove support for deprecated `GrpcSenderProvider` and `HttpSenderProvider` SPI
+  property names (use `io.opentelemetry.sdk.common.export.GrpcSenderProvider` /
+  `io.opentelemetry.sdk.common.export.HttpSenderProvider` instead)
+  ([#8392](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java/pull/8392))
+* OTLP: Bound OkHttp sender dispatchers and surface rejections
+  ([#8422](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java/pull/8422))
+* Prometheus: Limit exemplar label characters to conform to Prometheus limits
+  ([#8362](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java/pull/8362))
+* Logging: Fix `LoggingSpanExporter.flush()` to preserve flush failures
+  ([#8361](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java/pull/8361))
+* Zipkin: Make exporter self-contained by removing shared internal code dependencies
+  ([#8413](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java/pull/8413))
+
+#### Extensions
+
+* **BREAKING** Autoconfigure: Remove deprecated `otel.experimental.config.file` property
+  ([#8393](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java/pull/8393))
+* **BREAKING** Incubator: Remove deprecated `ViewConfig`/`ViewConfigCustomizer` view file config mechanism
+  ([#8394](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java/pull/8394))
+* Declarative config: Fix model package
+  ([#8403](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java/pull/8403))
+* Declarative config: Fix Java module name to `io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.declarativeconfig`
+  ([#8452](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java/pull/8452))
+
+### Shims
+
+* Deprecate OpenTracing shim public API
+  ([#8373](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java/pull/8373))
+
+### Project tooling
+
+* Finish adding OSGi support across all modules
+  ([#8401](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java/pull/8401),
+  [#8417](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java/pull/8417))
+* Force `io.zipkin.zipkin2:zipkin:3.6.1` to avoid problematic gson version
+  ([#8430](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java/pull/8430))
+
 ## Version 1.62.0 (2026-05-08)
 
 ### API

README.md

@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ SDK exporters for shipping traces, metrics, and logs out of process.
 | [OTLP Logging Exporters](./exporters/logging-otlp)                    | Logging exporters in OTLP JSON encoding, including traces, metrics, and logs | `opentelemetry-exporter-logging-otlp`                | <!--VERSION_STABLE-->1.62.0<!--/VERSION_STABLE-->           | [![Javadocs](https://www.javadoc.io/badge/io.opentelemetry/opentelemetry-exporter-logging-otlp.svg)](https://www.javadoc.io/doc/io.opentelemetry/opentelemetry-exporter-logging-otlp)                               |
 | [OTLP Common](./exporters/otlp/common)                                | Shared OTLP components (internal)                                            | `opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-common`                 | <!--VERSION_STABLE-->1.62.0<!--/VERSION_STABLE-->           | [![Javadocs](https://www.javadoc.io/badge/io.opentelemetry/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-common.svg)](https://www.javadoc.io/doc/io.opentelemetry/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-common)                                 |
 | [Logging Exporter](./exporters/logging)                               | Logging exporters, including metrics, traces, and logs                       | `opentelemetry-exporter-logging`                     | <!--VERSION_STABLE-->1.62.0<!--/VERSION_STABLE-->           | [![Javadocs](https://www.javadoc.io/badge/io.opentelemetry/opentelemetry-exporter-logging.svg)](https://www.javadoc.io/doc/io.opentelemetry/opentelemetry-exporter-logging)                                         |
-| [Zipkin Exporter](./exporters/zipkin)                                 | Zipkin trace exporter                                                        | `opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin`                      | <!--VERSION_STABLE-->1.62.0<!--/VERSION_STABLE-->           | [![Javadocs](https://www.javadoc.io/badge/io.opentelemetry/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin.svg)](https://www.javadoc.io/doc/io.opentelemetry/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin)                                           |
+| [Zipkin Exporter](./exporters/zipkin)                                 | **DEPRECATED** Zipkin trace exporter                                         | `opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin`                      | <!--VERSION_STABLE-->1.62.0<!--/VERSION_STABLE-->           | [![Javadocs](https://www.javadoc.io/badge/io.opentelemetry/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin.svg)](https://www.javadoc.io/doc/io.opentelemetry/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin)                                           |
 | [Prometheus Exporter](./exporters/prometheus)                         | Prometheus metric exporter                                                   | `opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus`                  | <!--VERSION_UNSTABLE-->1.62.0-alpha<!--/VERSION_UNSTABLE--> | [![Javadocs](https://www.javadoc.io/badge/io.opentelemetry/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus.svg)](https://www.javadoc.io/doc/io.opentelemetry/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus)                                   |
 | [Exporter Common](./exporters/common)                                 | Shared exporter components (internal)                                        | `opentelemetry-exporter-common`                      | <!--VERSION_STABLE-->1.62.0<!--/VERSION_STABLE-->           | [![Javadocs](https://www.javadoc.io/badge/io.opentelemetry/opentelemetry-exporter-common.svg)](https://www.javadoc.io/doc/io.opentelemetry/opentelemetry-exporter-common)                                           |
 | [OkHttp Sender](./exporters/sender/okhttp)                            | OkHttp implementation of HttpSender (internal)                               | `opentelemetry-exporter-sender-okhttp`               | <!--VERSION_STABLE-->1.62.0<!--/VERSION_STABLE-->           | [![Javadocs](https://www.javadoc.io/badge/io.opentelemetry/opentelemetry-exporter-sender-okhttp.svg)](https://www.javadoc.io/doc/io.opentelemetry/opentelemetry-exporter-sender-okhttp)                             |
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ Shims for bridging data from one observability library to another.
 | Component                              | Description                                                  | Artifact ID                      | Version                                                     | Javadoc                                                                                                                                                                     |
 |----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 | [OpenCensus Shim](./opencensus-shim)   | Bridge opencensus metrics into the OpenTelemetry metrics SDK | `opentelemetry-opencensus-shim`  | <!--VERSION_UNSTABLE-->1.62.0-alpha<!--/VERSION_UNSTABLE--> | [![Javadocs](https://www.javadoc.io/badge/io.opentelemetry/opentelemetry-opencensus-shim.svg)](https://www.javadoc.io/doc/io.opentelemetry/opentelemetry-opencensus-shim)   |
-| [OpenTracing Shim](./opentracing-shim) | Bridge opentracing spans into the OpenTelemetry trace API    | `opentelemetry-opentracing-shim` | <!--VERSION_STABLE-->1.62.0<!--/VERSION_STABLE-->          | [![Javadocs](https://www.javadoc.io/badge/io.opentelemetry/opentelemetry-opentracing-shim.svg)](https://www.javadoc.io/doc/io.opentelemetry/opentelemetry-opentracing-shim) |
+| [OpenTracing Shim](./opentracing-shim) | **DEPRECATED** Bridge opentracing spans into the OpenTelemetry trace API    | `opentelemetry-opentracing-shim` | <!--VERSION_STABLE-->1.62.0<!--/VERSION_STABLE-->          | [![Javadocs](https://www.javadoc.io/badge/io.opentelemetry/opentelemetry-opentracing-shim.svg)](https://www.javadoc.io/doc/io.opentelemetry/opentelemetry-opentracing-shim) |
 </details>
 
 ### Verifying Artifacts

api/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/api/impl/InstrumentationUtil.java

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
  *
  * <p>This class is not intended for use by application developers. Its API is stable and will not
  * be changed or removed in a backwards-incompatible manner.
+ *
+ * @since 1.63.0
  */
 public final class InstrumentationUtil {
   private static final ContextKey<Boolean> SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY =

api/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/api/logs/LogRecordBuilder.java

@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ default LogRecordBuilder setAttribute(String key, int value) {
    * @param key the key for this attribute.
    * @param value the value for this attribute.
    * @return this.
+   * @since 1.63.0
    */
   default LogRecordBuilder setAttribute(String key, Value<?> value) {
     return setAttribute(AttributeKey.valueKey(key), value);

api/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/api/trace/Span.java

@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ default Span setAttribute(String key, boolean value) {
    * @param key the key for this attribute.
    * @param value the value for this attribute.
    * @return this.
+   * @since 1.63.0
    */
   default Span setAttribute(String key, Value<?> value) {
     return setAttribute(AttributeKey.valueKey(key), value);

sdk/logs/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/export/LogRecordExporter.java

@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ static LogRecordExporter composite(Iterable<LogRecordExporter> exporters) {
 
   /**
    * Returns a {@link LogRecordExporter} that does nothing. All exported LogRecordData are ignored.
+   *
+   * @since 1.63.0
    */
   static LogRecordExporter noop() {
     return NoopLogRecordExporter.getInstance();

sdk/trace/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/export/SpanExporter.java

@@ -55,7 +55,11 @@ static SpanExporter composite(Iterable<SpanExporter> exporters) {
     return MultiSpanExporter.create(exportersList);
   }
 
-  /** Returns a {@link SpanExporter} that does nothing. All exported Spans are ignored. */
+  /**
+   * Returns a {@link SpanExporter} that does nothing. All exported Spans are ignored.
+   *
+   * @since 1.63.0
+   */
   static SpanExporter noop() {
     return NoopSpanExporter.getInstance();
   }