chore(main): release 1.13.0

Author: grafana-alloybot[bot]

.release-please-manifest.json

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 {
-  ".": "1.12.1"
+  ".": "1.13.0"
 }

CHANGELOG.md

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 # Changelog
 
+## [1.13.0](https://github.com/grafana/alloy/compare/v1.12.1...v1.13.0) (2026-01-05)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* `min_size` changed from `8192` to `2000` and `max_size` changed from `0` to `3000`
+
+### Features 🌟
+
+* database_observability: stop tracking own instrumentation queries ([0b55557](https://github.com/grafana/alloy/commit/0b55557657fa3e9f1a3463444c372b6fdde4bcf2))
+* database_observability: stop tracking own instrumentation queries ([#4991](https://github.com/grafana/alloy/issues/4991)) ([0b55557](https://github.com/grafana/alloy/commit/0b55557657fa3e9f1a3463444c372b6fdde4bcf2))
+* **loki.source.syslog:** support raw format ([#5140](https://github.com/grafana/alloy/issues/5140)) ([923d127](https://github.com/grafana/alloy/commit/923d127c50949f88a37ac808154240de0649df09))
+* **mixin:** provide rendered dashboards and alert rule files to import into Grafana ([#5118](https://github.com/grafana/alloy/issues/5118)) ([738b9fb](https://github.com/grafana/alloy/commit/738b9fb4e99595d5d202db9dbc89f71e95402ce0))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes 🐛
+
+* perform drain when file is deleted in tail package ([#5139](https://github.com/grafana/alloy/issues/5139)) ([2e48867](https://github.com/grafana/alloy/commit/2e48867c639c5170c547443f16227133d6c6f604))
+* preserve meta labels ([23d787c](https://github.com/grafana/alloy/commit/23d787c5c607a077dbb28dd382e6543aeee115fe))
+* preserve meta labels in loki.source.podlogs ([#5097](https://github.com/grafana/alloy/issues/5097)) ([23d787c](https://github.com/grafana/alloy/commit/23d787c5c607a077dbb28dd382e6543aeee115fe))
+* show correct fallback alloy version instead of v1.13.0 ([e2e96e9](https://github.com/grafana/alloy/commit/e2e96e95ff0dab600befbe63165e10eea096b968))
+* update syslog parser tests to account for new years logic ([#5166](https://github.com/grafana/alloy/issues/5166)) ([0d40805](https://github.com/grafana/alloy/commit/0d40805acc6fc0805ad8eb81836e3e5f4ac50859))
+
+
+### Chores
+
+* change the defaults for `sending_queue` > `batch` block inside `otelcol.exporter` components ([714a2ed](https://github.com/grafana/alloy/commit/714a2ed6c57b3aa7172b8da194caf1fe8a724680))
+
 ## [1.12.1](https://github.com/grafana/alloy/compare/v1.12.0...v1.12.1) (2025-12-15)
 
 

docs/sources/_index.md

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 description: Grafana Alloy is a vendor-neutral distribution of the OTel Collector
 weight: 350
 cascade:
-  ALLOY_RELEASE: v1.12.1 # x-release-please-version
+  ALLOY_RELEASE: v1.13.0 # x-release-please-version
   OTEL_VERSION: v0.139.0
   PROM_WIN_EXP_VERSION: v0.31.3
   SNMP_VERSION: v0.29.0