EKS ADD on v0.78.0 Release blog

Author: vasireddy99

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+title: 'AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry EKS add-on v0.78.0'
+description:
+    This blog post is the release announcement for ADOT EKS Add-on v0.78.0
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+[AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry (ADOT)](https://aws-otel.github.io/) EKS Add-on v0.78.0 is now available.
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+**Release Highlights**
+
+* ADOT Collector [v0.30.0](https://github.com/aws-observability/aws-otel-collector/releases/tag/v0.30.0)
+* ADOT autoinstrumentation java [v1.26.0](https://github.com/aws-observability/aws-otel-java-instrumentation/releases/tag/v1.26.0)
+
+Detailed release notes are on [GitHub](https://github.com/aws-observability/aws-otel-collector/releases).
+All code changes are upstream in the respective OpenTelemetry project components.
+
+**IMPORTANT:**
+
+* [There are upstream breaking changes in prometheus related components](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/releases/tag/v0.76.3) that affects metric names. 
+The ADOT collector will adopt the upstream behaviour starting v0.31.0. For more details and testing instructions please refer to issue [#2043](https://github.com/aws-observability/aws-otel-collector/issues/2043).
+
+**Getting Started**
+
+To learn more about the EKS Add-on please visit the docs on the [ADOT Developer Site](https://aws-otel.github.io/docs/getting-started/adot-eks-add-on) or 
+the [official AWS Docs](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/userguide/opentelemetry.html)
+
+To learn more about how to use AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry (ADOT) to collect data for your observability solution,
+check out the hands-on [AWS Observability workshop](https://observability.workshop.aws/en/adot.html).
+Please file an [issue](https://github.com/aws-observability/aws-otel-community/issues) if you have any
+questions about the distribution, features, or its components.
+
+We also welcome you to participate in the [OpenTelemetry project](https://github.com/open-telemetry).
+The project was [approved for incubation](https://www.cncf.io/blog/2021/08/26/opentelemetry-becomes-a-cncf-incubating-project/) status
+in August 2021 by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation Technical Oversight Committee (CNCF TOC). Learn more about
+[AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/category/management-tools/aws-distro-for-opentelemetry/) on the
+[AWS Open Source Blog](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/category/management-tools/aws-distro-for-opentelemetry/), where we announced
+the distribution’s [general availability for tracing](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/aws-distro-for-opentelemetry-is-now-ga-for-tracing/) in September 2021 
+and the distribution's [general availability for metrics](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/aws-distro-for-opentelemetry-is-now-generally-available-for-metrics/) in May 2022.