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@thampiotr thampiotr commented Mar 24, 2026

Brief description of Pull Request

Adds a document that describes Alloy team's support policy for features related to OTel Engine.

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Fixes #5598

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  • Documentation added
  • Tests updated
  • Config converters updated

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Pull request overview

Adds a new reference document describing Grafana Alloy’s intended support levels for the OpenTelemetry Engine, including how support differs between Alloy-maintained pieces, upstream Collector components, community components, and OCB-based custom builds.

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  • Introduces an “OpenTelemetry Engine support policy” page under Reference → Release information.
  • Documents support responsibilities/expectations for Alloy-maintained vs upstream vs community components.
  • Defines stability-level mapping and support guidance for OCB custom builds.

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Closed this as it needs more discussion. Hope to re-open this soon.

@thampiotr thampiotr reopened this Apr 1, 2026
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@thampiotr thampiotr changed the title docs: Add OTel Engine support policy docs: Add Alloy maintenance scope docs Apr 2, 2026
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[otel-engine] Write up a maintenance levels doc, including OCB/BYOC

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