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OpenTelemetry Collection Agent Plugin 6.x Release Notes
Overview Copied
This page provides information about the OpenTelemetry Collection Agent plugin version 6.x release, including new features and resolved issues.
For a detailed overview of the Geneos 7.x.x release, including key highlights for other components, see Geneos 7.x Release Notes.
OpenTelemetry Collection Agent plugin 6.3.0 Copied
Released: 11 April 2026 Standalone release
New features and enhancements Copied
These are the new features and enhancements of this release:
| Issue key | Release description |
|---|---|
| C2-507 | Improved the handling to correctly throw a gRPC error when rejected executions are encountered. |
| HP-3714 | Upgraded OpenTelemetry Java Agent to version to 2.26.1 to resolve the security vulnerability CVE-2026-33701. |
OpenTelemetry Collection Agent plugin 6.2.0 Copied
Released:
- 15 April 2026 Packaged with Geneos 7.9.0
- 25 March 2026 Standalone release
New features and enhancements Copied
These are the new features and enhancements of this release:
| Issue key | Release description |
|---|---|
| C2-470 | Trace sampling now identifies endpoints by service and span name, improving accuracy when multiple services share the same operation name. |
| C2-493 | Fixed edge calculations to use the operation name of the child span instead of the parent span, ensuring accurate per-edge error and latency metrics. |
| C2-495 | Service graph statistics now include root spans and internal spans. |
| COL-13041 | The plugin has been upgraded to use collection-plugin-parent version 6.5.0. |
| COL-13046 | This release updates the OpenTelemetry Collection Agent plugin to version 6.2.0, which also requires a minimum Collection Agent version 6.5.0 for proper functionality. |
OpenTelemetry Collection Agent plugin 6.1.1 Copied
Released: 30 September 2025 Standalone release
New features and enhancements Copied
These are the new features and enhancements of this release:
| Issue key | Release description |
|---|---|
| C2-488 | The OpenTelemetry Collection Agent plugin no longer publishes empty histograms after data model validation changes that render empty histograms invalid. |
OpenTelemetry Collection Agent plugin 6.1.0 Copied
Released:
- 30 September 2025 Packaged with Geneos 7.6.0
- 31 July 2025 Standalone release
New features and enhancements Copied
These are the new features and enhancements of this release:
| Issue key | Release description |
|---|---|
| N/A | This release updates the OpenTelemetry Collection Agent plugin to version 6.1.0. |
OpenTelemetry Collection Agent plugin 6.0.0 Copied
Released:
- 07 August 2025 Packaged with Geneos 7.5.0
- 10 July 2025 Standalone release
New features and enhancements Copied
These are the new features and enhancements of this release:
| Issue key | Release description |
|---|---|
| C2-481 | Trace-level aggregate statistics can now be collected when sampling is enabled. |
| C2-485 | Improved the publishing of attributes in the SpanMetricsGenerator. |
| COL-12693 | This release updates the OpenTelemetry Collection Agent plugin to version 6.0.0, which also requires a minimum Collection Agent version 6.0.0 for proper functionality. |
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