chore(main): release 1.7.0 (#2092)

🤖 I have created a release *beep* *boop*
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##
[1.7.0](v1.6.1...v1.7.0)
(2026-06-03)


### Features

* Add StableApi marker and API diff check
([#2168](#2168))
([768fd3a](768fd3a))
* add typed metric family descriptors
([#2114](#2114))
([9c3b097](9c3b097))
* track api-diff baseline via Renovate and store diffs in docs/apidiffs
([#2174](#2174))
([3adb890](3adb890))


### Bug Fixes

* **deps:** update dependency com.github.ben-manes.caffeine:caffeine to
v3.2.4 ([#2088](#2088))
([144eb61](144eb61))
* **deps:** update dependency io.dropwizard.metrics:metrics-core to
v4.2.39 ([#2139](#2139))
([5817d13](5817d13))
* **deps:** update dependency io.dropwizard.metrics5:metrics-core to
v5.0.7 ([#2140](#2140))
([261c451](261c451))
* **deps:** update dependency
io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-instrumentation-bom-alpha
to v2.28.0-alpha
([#2126](#2126))
([b62b5d0](b62b5d0))
* **deps:** update dependency
io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-instrumentation-bom-alpha
to v2.28.0-alpha
([#2127](#2127))
([e11ce3d](e11ce3d))
* **deps:** update dependency
io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-instrumentation-bom-alpha
to v2.28.1-alpha
([#2132](#2132))
([b09be38](b09be38))
* **deps:** update dependency
io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-instrumentation-bom-alpha
to v2.28.1-alpha
([#2133](#2133))
([a241c16](a241c16))
* **deps:** update dependency org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core
to v11.0.22
([#2099](#2099))
([22125c5](22125c5))
* **deps:** update jetty monorepo to v12.1.10
([#2169](#2169))
([ddd3991](ddd3991))
* **deps:** update jetty monorepo to v12.1.9
([#2102](#2102))
([04bee70](04bee70))
* **deps:** update protobuf
([#2129](#2129))
([320538a](320538a))
* Reduce allocations for classic histogram buckets
([#2081](#2081))
([edd160a](edd160a))
* restore legacy suffix compatibility
([#2100](#2100))
([b2ae70f](b2ae70f))
* restore reserved suffix stripping in
`PrometheusNaming.sanitizeMetricName()`
([#2124](#2124))
([2d0f508](2d0f508))


### Performance Improvements

* Refactored sorting to use optimized sort algorithms
([#2161](#2161))
([25b94fc](25b94fc))


### Documentation

* clarify downstream adapter validation requirements
([#2101](#2101))
([ef8c75c](ef8c75c))
* Document OM2
([#2059](#2059))
([45d753c](45d753c))
* document PushGateway shading workaround
([#2106](#2106))
([8ca0eb8](8ca0eb8))

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