[release/v1.51.x] Prepare release 1.51.0 (#2373)

otelbot[bot] · web-flow · commit e8a77af760fd · 2025-10-20T23:15:16.000Z
Co-authored-by: otelbot &lt;197425009+otelbot@users.noreply.github.com&gt;
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## Unreleased
+## Version 1.51.0 (2025-10-20)
 
 ### AWS X-Ray SDK support and propagator
 
diff --git a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-aws-xray.txt b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-aws-xray.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-aws-xray-1.51.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-aws-xray-1.50.0.jar
+Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-aws-xray-1.51.0.jar against opentelemetry-aws-xray-1.50.0.jar
 +++  NEW CLASS: PUBLIC(+) ABSTRACT(+) io.opentelemetry.contrib.awsxray.AwsXrayAdaptiveSamplingConfig  (not serializable)
 	+++  CLASS FILE FORMAT VERSION: 52.0 <- n.a.
 	+++  NEW SUPERCLASS: java.lang.Object
diff --git a/version.gradle.kts b/version.gradle.kts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-val stableVersion = "1.51.0-SNAPSHOT"
-val alphaVersion = "1.51.0-alpha-SNAPSHOT"
+val stableVersion = "1.51.0"
+val alphaVersion = "1.51.0-alpha"
 
 allprojects {
   if (findProperty("otel.stable") != "true") {

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`1`		`-Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-aws-xray-1.51.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-aws-xray-1.50.0.jar`
	`1`	`+Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-aws-xray-1.51.0.jar against opentelemetry-aws-xray-1.50.0.jar`
`2`	`2`	`+++ NEW CLASS: PUBLIC(+) ABSTRACT(+) io.opentelemetry.contrib.awsxray.AwsXrayAdaptiveSamplingConfig (not serializable)`
`3`	`3`	`+++ CLASS FILE FORMAT VERSION: 52.0 <- n.a.`
`4`	`4`	`+++ NEW SUPERCLASS: java.lang.Object`