[chore] Add display names to components (#14400)

jaydeluca · dmathieu · web-flow · commit b3125cea266d · 2026-01-16T12:52:35.000Z
#### Description Uses the new [display_name](#14115) metadata field for components. Related to #14114 --------- Co-authored-by: Damien Mathieu <42@dmathieu.com>
diff --git a/connector/forwardconnector/README.md b/connector/forwardconnector/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-# Forward Connector
-
 <!-- status autogenerated section -->
+# Forward Connector
 | Status        |           |
 | ------------- |-----------|
 | Distributions | [core], [contrib], [k8s] |
diff --git a/connector/forwardconnector/metadata.yaml b/connector/forwardconnector/metadata.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+display_name: Forward Connector
 type: forward
 github_project: open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector
 
diff --git a/exporter/debugexporter/README.md b/exporter/debugexporter/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-# Debug Exporter
-
 <!-- status autogenerated section -->
+# Debug Exporter
 | Status        |           |
 | ------------- |-----------|
 | Stability     | [development]: profiles   |
diff --git a/exporter/debugexporter/metadata.yaml b/exporter/debugexporter/metadata.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+display_name: Debug Exporter
 type: debug
 github_project: open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector
 
diff --git a/exporter/nopexporter/README.md b/exporter/nopexporter/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-# No-op Exporter
-
 <!-- status autogenerated section -->
+# No-op Exporter
 | Status        |           |
 | ------------- |-----------|
 | Stability     | [development]: profiles   |
diff --git a/exporter/nopexporter/metadata.yaml b/exporter/nopexporter/metadata.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+display_name: No-op Exporter
 type: nop
 github_project: open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector
 
diff --git a/exporter/otlpexporter/README.md b/exporter/otlpexporter/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-# OTLP gRPC Exporter
-
 <!-- status autogenerated section -->
+# OTLP gRPC Exporter
 | Status        |           |
 | ------------- |-----------|
 | Stability     | [development]: profiles   |
diff --git a/exporter/otlpexporter/metadata.yaml b/exporter/otlpexporter/metadata.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+display_name: OTLP gRPC Exporter
 type: otlp_grpc
 github_project: open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector
 
diff --git a/exporter/otlphttpexporter/README.md b/exporter/otlphttpexporter/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-# OTLP/HTTP Exporter
-
 <!-- status autogenerated section -->
+# OTLP HTTP Exporter
 | Status        |           |
 | ------------- |-----------|
 | Stability     | [development]: profiles   |
diff --git a/exporter/otlphttpexporter/metadata.yaml b/exporter/otlphttpexporter/metadata.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+display_name: OTLP HTTP Exporter
 type: otlp_http
 github_project: open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector
 
diff --git a/extension/memorylimiterextension/README.md b/extension/memorylimiterextension/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-# Memory Limiter Extension
-
 <!-- status autogenerated section -->
+# Memory Limiter Extension
 | Status        |           |
 | ------------- |-----------|
 | Stability     | [development]  |
diff --git a/extension/memorylimiterextension/metadata.yaml b/extension/memorylimiterextension/metadata.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+display_name: Memory Limiter Extension
 type: memory_limiter
 github_project: open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector
 
diff --git a/extension/zpagesextension/README.md b/extension/zpagesextension/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-# zPages
-
 <!-- status autogenerated section -->
+# zPages Extension
 | Status        |           |
 | ------------- |-----------|
 | Stability     | [beta]  |
diff --git a/extension/zpagesextension/metadata.yaml b/extension/zpagesextension/metadata.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+display_name: zPages Extension
 type: zpages
 github_project: open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector
 
diff --git a/processor/batchprocessor/README.md b/processor/batchprocessor/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-# Batch Processor
-
 <!-- status autogenerated section -->
+# Batch Processor
 | Status        |           |
 | ------------- |-----------|
 | Stability     | [beta]: traces, metrics, logs   |
diff --git a/processor/batchprocessor/metadata.yaml b/processor/batchprocessor/metadata.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+display_name: Batch Processor
 type: batch
 github_project: open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector
 
diff --git a/processor/memorylimiterprocessor/README.md b/processor/memorylimiterprocessor/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-# Memory Limiter Processor
-
 <!-- status autogenerated section -->
+# Memory Limiter Processor
 | Status        |           |
 | ------------- |-----------|
 | Stability     | [alpha]: profiles   |
diff --git a/processor/memorylimiterprocessor/metadata.yaml b/processor/memorylimiterprocessor/metadata.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+display_name: Memory Limiter Processor
 type: memory_limiter
 github_project: open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector
 
diff --git a/receiver/nopreceiver/README.md b/receiver/nopreceiver/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-# No-op Receiver
-
 <!-- status autogenerated section -->
+# No-op Receiver
 | Status        |           |
 | ------------- |-----------|
 | Stability     | [development]: profiles   |
diff --git a/receiver/nopreceiver/metadata.yaml b/receiver/nopreceiver/metadata.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+display_name: No-op Receiver
 type: nop
 github_project: open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector
 
diff --git a/receiver/otlpreceiver/README.md b/receiver/otlpreceiver/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-# OTLP Receiver
-
 <!-- status autogenerated section -->
+# OTLP Receiver
 | Status        |           |
 | ------------- |-----------|
 | Stability     | [development]: profiles   |
diff --git a/receiver/otlpreceiver/metadata.yaml b/receiver/otlpreceiver/metadata.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+display_name: OTLP Receiver
 type: otlp
 github_project: open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector
 

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`@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@`
	`1`	`+display_name: Forward Connector`
`1`	`2`	`type: forward`
`2`	`3`	`github_project: open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector`
`3`	`4`
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`@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@`
	`1`	`+display_name: Debug Exporter`
`1`	`2`	`type: debug`
`2`	`3`	`github_project: open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector`
`3`	`4`
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`@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@`
	`1`	`+display_name: No-op Exporter`
`1`	`2`	`type: nop`
`2`	`3`	`github_project: open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector`
`3`	`4`
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`@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@`
	`1`	`+display_name: OTLP gRPC Exporter`
`1`	`2`	`type: otlp_grpc`
`2`	`3`	`github_project: open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector`
`3`	`4`
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`@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@`
	`1`	`+display_name: OTLP HTTP Exporter`
`1`	`2`	`type: otlp_http`
`2`	`3`	`github_project: open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector`
`3`	`4`