Merge branch 'open-telemetry:main' into main

Author: hilmarf

.chloggen/41934.yaml

@@ -4,21 +4,19 @@
 change_type: enhancement
 
 # The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. filelogreceiver)
-component: cmd/telemetrygen
+component: receiver/k8sobjects
 
 # A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
-note: Add batching capability to metrics and traces
+note: "Add support for exclude_namespaces to exclude specific namespaces from being watched."
 
 # Mandatory: One or more tracking issues related to the change. You can use the PR number here if no issue exists.
-issues: [42322]
+issues: [36217]
 
 # (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
 # These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
 # Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
 subtext: |
-  - Changed traces batching to have configurable batch size and match batch flag.
-  - Added batching to metrics.
-  - Added batching to logs. 
+  Add support for exclude_namespaces to exclude specific namespaces from being watched.
 
 # If your change doesn't affect end users or the exported elements of any package,
 # you should instead start your pull request title with [chore] or use the "Skip Changelog" label.