Version 1.49.0

This release targets the OpenTelemetry Java Instrumentation 2.19.0.

Consistent sampling

• Add updateable threshold sampler for dynamic sampling configuration (#2137)

Disk buffering

• Introduce API changes for improved disk buffering functionality (#2084)
• Implement more efficient serializer with direct disk write capabilities (#2138)

IBM MQ metrics - New 🌟

IBM MQ metrics collection utility.

Inferred spans

• Update async profiler to version 4.1 for improved performance (#2096)

OpAMP client - New 🌟

OpenTelemetry Agent Management Protocol (OpAMP) client implementation.

🙇 Thank you

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

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@danielcompton
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@opentelemetrybot
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