[chore] Prepare release v1.41.0/v0.135.0 (#13790)

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#### Description

Replaces
#13788 to
circumvent
#13789.

---------

Co-authored-by: otelbot <[email protected]>

Author: evan-bradley

.chloggen/12894.yaml

@@ -7,6 +7,20 @@ If you are looking for user-facing changes, check out [CHANGELOG.md](./CHANGELOG
 
 <!-- next version -->
 
+## v1.41.0/v0.135.0
+
+### 🛑 Breaking changes 🛑
+
+- `pdata/pprofile`: Remove deprecated AddAttribute method (#13764)
+
+### 💡 Enhancements 💡
+
+- `configmiddleware`: Stabilize `configmiddleware` module (#13422)
+  This only stabilizes the configuration interface but does not stabilize the middlewares themselves or the way of implementing them.
+- `xpdata`: Add experimental MapBuilder struct to optimize pcommon.Map construction (#13617)
+
+<!-- previous-version -->
+
 ## v1.40.0/v0.134.0
 
 ### 💡 Enhancements 💡

.chloggen/mx-psi_stabilize-configmiddleware.yaml

@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@ If you are looking for developer-facing changes, check out [CHANGELOG-API.md](./
 
 <!-- next version -->
 
+## v1.41.0/v0.135.0
+
+### 💡 Enhancements 💡
+
+- `exporterhelper`: Add new `exporter_queue_batch_send_size` and `exporter_queue_batch_send_size_bytes` metrics, showing the size of telemetry batches from the exporter. (#12894)
+
+<!-- previous-version -->
+
 ## v1.40.0/v0.134.0
 
 ### 💡 Enhancements 💡

.chloggen/profiles-remove-add-attribute.yaml

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ go 1.24
 
 require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v1.40.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.40.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v1.41.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.41.0
 	go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0
 )
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.3-0.20250322232337-35a7c28c31ee // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.40.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.41.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.41.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.33.0 // indirect

.chloggen/xpdata-mapbuilder.yaml

@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	defaultBetaOtelColVersion   = "v0.134.0"
-	defaultStableOtelColVersion = "v1.40.0"
+	defaultBetaOtelColVersion   = "v0.135.0"
+	defaultStableOtelColVersion = "v1.41.0"
 )
 
 // errMissingGoMod indicates an empty gomod field

CHANGELOG-API.md

@@ -10,29 +10,29 @@ dist:
   module: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/cmd/otelcorecol
   name: otelcorecol
   description: Local OpenTelemetry Collector binary, testing only.
-  version: 0.134.0-dev
+  version: 0.135.0-dev
 
 receivers:
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/nopreceiver v0.134.0
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/otlpreceiver v0.134.0
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/nopreceiver v0.135.0
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/otlpreceiver v0.135.0
 exporters:
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/debugexporter v0.134.0
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/nopexporter v0.134.0
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/otlpexporter v0.134.0
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/otlphttpexporter v0.134.0
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/debugexporter v0.135.0
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/nopexporter v0.135.0
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/otlpexporter v0.135.0
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/otlphttpexporter v0.135.0
 extensions:
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/memorylimiterextension v0.134.0
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/zpagesextension v0.134.0
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/memorylimiterextension v0.135.0
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/zpagesextension v0.135.0
 processors:
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/batchprocessor v0.134.0
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/memorylimiterprocessor v0.134.0
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/batchprocessor v0.135.0
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/memorylimiterprocessor v0.135.0
 connectors:
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/connector/forwardconnector v0.134.0
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/connector/forwardconnector v0.135.0
 
 providers:
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap/provider/envprovider v1.40.0
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap/provider/fileprovider v1.40.0
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap/provider/httpprovider v1.40.0
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap/provider/httpsprovider v1.40.0
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap/provider/yamlprovider v1.40.0
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap/provider/envprovider v1.41.0
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap/provider/fileprovider v1.41.0
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap/provider/httpprovider v1.41.0
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap/provider/httpsprovider v1.41.0
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap/provider/yamlprovider v1.41.0
 

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ dist:
   go: ${GOBIN}
 
 extensions:
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/zpagesextension v0.134.0
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/zpagesextension v0.135.0
 
 receivers:
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/otlpreceiver v0.134.0
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/otlpreceiver v0.135.0
 
 exporters:
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/debugexporter v0.134.0
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/debugexporter v0.135.0