Version 2.16.0

This release targets the OpenTelemetry SDK 1.50.0.

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.

⚠️⚠️ Breaking changes ⚠️⚠️

• Remove operation name from graphql span name (#13794)
• Remove deprecated property for disabling kafka metrics (#13803)

🌟 New javaagent instrumentation

• Add Avaje Jex Instrumentation (#13733)

📈 Enhancements

• Add Gen AI support for additional models (#13682)
• Add JVM metrics to JMX instrumentation (#13392)
• Add jvm.file_descriptor.count metric to JMX instrumentation (#13722)
• Optimize lettuce argument splitter regex (#13736)
• Re-enable Agent Detection on z/OS (#13730)
• Add GC cause as an opt-in attribute on jvm GC related metric (#13750)
• Implement stable semconv for db connection pool metrics (#13785)
• Add Cloud foundry resource provider (#13782)
• Add instrumentation for opensearch-rest-3.0 (#13823)
• Run tests with jdk24 and 25-ea (#13824)
• Propagate context into CompletableFuture returned from aws2 async client methods (#13810)
• Added opt-in instrumentation for transaction commit/rollback in jdbc (#13709)
• Added experimental opt-in JDBC db.query.parameter.<key> span attributes (#13719)
• Add tools support to bedrock InvokeModel instrumentation (#13832)

🛠️ Bug fixes

• Fix instrumentation for ibm https url connection connect (#13728)
• Don't wrap null ResultSet in jdbc library instrumentation (#13758)
• Fix NPE in netty 3.8 instrumentation (#13801)
• Fix ending server span with servlet async request (#13830)

🧰 Tooling

• Allow advice to define custom mappings (#13751)

🙇 Thank you

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

@123liuziming
@AlixBa
@anuraaga
@benjamin-confino
@breedx-splk
@codefromthecrypt
@ezhang6811
@jack-berg
@jannewulf
@jaydeluca
@jeanbisutti
@JonasKunz
@laurit
@lily-es
@navidcs
@robsunday
@ryanrupp
@schmikei
@SentryMan
@steverao
@stillya
@SylvainJuge
@tinnapat
@trask
@zeitlinger
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