<!-- markdownlint-disable MD034 --> <!--- The current milestones can be found at https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/milestones --> - [x] Complete [Milestone](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/milestone/<Release Milestone> - [x] https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/milestone/68 - [x] https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go-contrib/milestone/29 <!-- markdownlint-enable MD034 --> - [x] [Update contrib codebase to support changes about to be released (use a git sha version)](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/blob/main/RELEASING.md#verify-changes-for-contrib-repository) - [x] [Pre-release](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/blob/main/RELEASING.md#pre-release) - [x] https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/pull/6407 - [x] [Tag](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/blob/main/RELEASING.md#tag) - [x] [Release](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/blob/main/RELEASING.md#release) - [x] [Check examples](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/blob/main/RELEASING.md#verify-examples) - [x] [Sync with Contrib](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go-contrib/blob/main/RELEASING.md#upgrade-goopentelemetryiootel-packages) - [x] [Release contrib](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go-contrib/blob/main/RELEASING.md#release-process) - [x] https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go-contrib/pull/6889 - [x] [Sync website docs](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/blob/main/RELEASING.md#website-documentation) - [x] Close the milestone
