[pkg/fileconsumer] Move feature gate filelog.protobufCheckpointEncoding to beta and keep it enabled by default

.chloggen/feat_fileconsumer_proto_beta.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: "breaking"
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. receiver/filelog)
+component: "pkg/fileconsumer"
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Move feature gate filelog.protobufCheckpointEncoding to beta and keep it enabled by default
+
+# Mandatory: One or more tracking issues related to the change. You can use the PR number here if no issue exists.
+issues: []
+
+# (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:
+
+# 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.
+# Optional: The change log or logs in which this entry should be included.
+# e.g. '[user]' or '[user, api]'
+# Include 'user' if the change is relevant to end users.
+# Include 'api' if there is a change to a library API.
+# Default: '[user]'
+change_logs: [user]

pkg/stanza/fileconsumer/documentation.md

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ This component has the following feature gates:
 | `filelog.allowFileDeletion` | alpha | When enabled, allows usage of the `delete_after_read` setting. | v0.70.0 | N/A | [Link](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues/16314) |
 | `filelog.allowHeaderMetadataParsing` | beta | When enabled, allows usage of the `header` setting. | v0.73.0 | N/A | [Link](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues/18198) |
 | `filelog.mtimeSortType` | alpha | When enabled, allows usage of `ordering_criteria.mode` = `mtime`. | v0.89.0 | N/A | [Link](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues/27812) |
-| `filelog.protobufCheckpointEncoding` | alpha | Use protobuf encoding for checkpoint storage instead of JSON. | v0.148.0 | N/A | [Link](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues/43266) |
+| `filelog.protobufCheckpointEncoding` | beta | Use protobuf encoding for checkpoint storage instead of JSON. | v0.148.0 | N/A | [Link](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues/43266) |
 | `filelog.windows.caseInsensitive` | alpha | On Windows, make matching patterns in include/exclude case insensitive. | v0.142.0 | N/A | [Link](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pull/43777) |
 
 For more information about feature gates, see the [Feature Gates](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/blob/main/featuregate/README.md) documentation.

pkg/stanza/fileconsumer/metadata.yaml

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ feature_gates:
     reference_url: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues/27812
     skip_strict_validation: true
   - id: filelog.protobufCheckpointEncoding
-    stage: alpha
+    stage: beta
     description: >-
       Use protobuf encoding for checkpoint storage instead of JSON.
     from_version: v0.148.0