release: Release opentelemetry-api 1.7.0 (was 1.6.0) (#1927)

github-actions[bot] · opentelemetrybot · web-flow · commit 90ae798891f2 · 2025-09-17T17:46:06.000-04:00
Co-authored-by: OpenTelemetry Bot &lt;107717825+opentelemetrybot@users.noreply.github.com&gt;
diff --git a/api/CHANGELOG.md b/api/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Release History: opentelemetry-api
 
+### v1.7.0 / 2025-09-17
+
+* BREAKING CHANGE: Remove Span APIs for attributes and events
+
+* ADDED: Add record_exception option for in_span
+* FIXED: Remove Span APIs for attributes and events
+
 ### v1.6.0 / 2025-08-14
 
 - ADDED: Add noop methods on Trace::Span for `attributes` and `events`
diff --git a/api/lib/opentelemetry/version.rb b/api/lib/opentelemetry/version.rb
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 
 module OpenTelemetry
   ## Current OpenTelemetry version
-  VERSION = '1.6.0'
+  VERSION = '1.7.0'
 end
