Merge branch 'main' into fix/47193

Author: singhvibhanshu

.chloggen/ottl-setter-type-validation.yaml

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+change_type: breaking
+component: pkg/ottl
+note: Return errors when OTTL context accessors receive values of the wrong type (part 2)
+issues: [40198]
+subtext: |
+  Setters in OTTL contexts now validate that values are of the expected type and return
+  descriptive errors when type mismatches occur. This is the continuation of work done in
+  \#43505, addressing remaining contexts: datapoint, profile, profilesample, resource, span,
+  and spanevent.
+
+  Changes include:
+  - Slice setters (explicit_bounds, bucket_counts, positive.bucket_counts, negative.bucket_counts)
+    now use SetCommonTypedSliceValues/SetCommonIntSliceValues for better type handling.
+  - SetMap now returns an error for invalid value types instead of silently ignoring them.
+
+  **Note:** Users may see new errors from OTTL statements that were previously silently failing
+  due to type mismatches. These errors indicate pre-existing issues in OTTL configurations that
+  were not being applied as expected.
+change_logs: [api, user]