Nightly dependency update: OpenTelemetry 2.26.1/1.54.0 (#1342)

Automated update of OpenTelemetry dependencies.

**Build Status:** ❌
[failure](https://github.com/aws-observability/aws-otel-java-instrumentation/actions/runs/23558572784)

**Updated versions:**
- [OpenTelemetry Java
Instrumentation](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/releases/tag/v2.26.1):
2.26.1
- [OpenTelemetry Java
Contrib](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-contrib/releases/tag/v1.54.0):
1.54.0

**Upstream releases with breaking changes:**
Note: the mechanism to detect upstream breaking changes is not perfect.
Be sure to check all new releases and understand if any additional
changes need to be addressed.

**opentelemetry-java-instrumentation:**
- [Version
2.26.0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/releases/tag/v2.26.0)

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Co-authored-by: github-actions <github-actions@github.com>
Co-authored-by: Eric Zhang <zhaez@amazon.com>
Co-authored-by: ADOT Patch workflow <adot-patch-workflow@github.com>

Author: 4 people

.github/patches/versions

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-OTEL_JAVA_INSTRUMENTATION_VERSION=v2.25.0
+OTEL_JAVA_INSTRUMENTATION_VERSION=v2.26.1
 OTEL_JAVA_CONTRIB_VERSION=v1.54.0

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ If your change does not need a CHANGELOG entry, add the "skip changelog" label t
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+- Bump OpenTelemetry Java Instrumentation version to 2.26.1
+  ([#1342](https://github.com/aws-observability/aws-otel-java-instrumentation/pull/1342))
 - End support for ADOT Java 1.x: remove v1 image scans and update README#1339
   ([#1339](https://github.com/aws-observability/aws-otel-java-instrumentation/pull/1339))
 
@@ -34,13 +36,6 @@ If your change does not need a CHANGELOG entry, add the "skip changelog" label t
 - Upgrade jackson-bom to 2.21.1 to fix CVE GHSA-72hv-8253-57qq
   ([#1334](https://github.com/aws-observability/aws-otel-java-instrumentation/pull/1334))
 
-## v2.25.1 - 2026-03-11
-
-- feat: Allow disabling of default anomaly condition
-  ([#1329](https://github.com/aws-observability/aws-otel-java-instrumentation/pull/1329))
-- Upgrade jackson-bom to 2.21.1 to fix CVE GHSA-72hv-8253-57qq
-  ([#1334](https://github.com/aws-observability/aws-otel-java-instrumentation/pull/1334))
-
 ## v2.23.0 - 2026-01-24
 
 ### Enhancements

awsagentprovider/src/main/java/software/amazon/opentelemetry/javaagent/providers/AwsApplicationSignalsCustomizerProvider.java

@@ -36,9 +36,11 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.spi.ConfigurationException;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.logs.export.LogRecordExporter;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.Aggregation;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.InstrumentSelector;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.InstrumentType;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.SdkMeterProvider;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.SdkMeterProviderBuilder;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.View;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export.MetricExporter;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export.MetricReader;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export.PeriodicMetricReader;
@@ -415,6 +417,12 @@ private SdkTracerProviderBuilder customizeTracerProviderBuilder(
           SdkMeterProvider.builder()
               .setResource(ResourceHolder.getResource())
               .registerMetricReader(metricReader)
+              // Drop SDK internal telemetry metrics (e.g.
+              // otel.sdk.metric_reader.collection.duration added in OTel SDK 1.60.0) to
+              // avoid exporting them to the Application Signals endpoint.
+              .registerView(
+                  InstrumentSelector.builder().setMeterName("io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics").build(),
+                  View.builder().setAggregation(Aggregation.drop()).build())
               .build();
 
       // Construct and set application signals metrics processor

dependencyManagement/build.gradle.kts

@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ data class DependencySet(val group: String, val version: String, val modules: Li
 val testSnapshots = rootProject.findProperty("testUpstreamSnapshots") == "true"
 
 // This is the version of the upstream instrumentation BOM
-val otelVersion = "2.25.0"
-val otelSnapshotVersion = "2.26.0"
+val otelVersion = "2.26.1"
+val otelSnapshotVersion = "2.27.0"
 val otelAlphaVersion = if (!testSnapshots) "$otelVersion-alpha" else "$otelSnapshotVersion-alpha-SNAPSHOT"
 val otelJavaAgentVersion = if (!testSnapshots) otelVersion else "$otelSnapshotVersion-SNAPSHOT"
 // All versions below are only used in testing and do not affect the released artifact.

lambda-layer/patches/aws-otel-java-instrumentation.patch

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ index 6ca4ff5..97e211a 100644
  val testSnapshots = rootProject.findProperty("testUpstreamSnapshots") == "true"
 
  // This is the version of the upstream instrumentation BOM
--val otelVersion = "2.25.0"
-+val otelVersion = "2.25.0-adot-lambda1"
- val otelSnapshotVersion = "2.26.0"
+-val otelVersion = "2.26.1"
++val otelVersion = "2.26.1-adot-lambda1"
+ val otelSnapshotVersion = "2.27.0"
  val otelAlphaVersion = if (!testSnapshots) "$otelVersion-alpha" else "$otelSnapshotVersion-alpha-SNAPSHOT"
  val otelJavaAgentVersion = if (!testSnapshots) otelVersion else "$otelSnapshotVersion-SNAPSHOT"

lambda-layer/patches/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation.patch

@@ -678,10 +678,10 @@ index a46c2d24de..71a2264042 100644
 --- a/version.gradle.kts
 +++ b/version.gradle.kts
 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
--val stableVersion = "2.25.0"
--val alphaVersion = "2.25.0-alpha"
-+val stableVersion = "2.25.0-adot-lambda1"
-+val alphaVersion = "2.25.0-adot-lambda1-alpha"
+-val stableVersion = "2.26.1"
+-val alphaVersion = "2.26.1-alpha"
++val stableVersion = "2.26.1-adot-lambda1"
++val alphaVersion = "2.26.1-adot-lambda1-alpha"
 
  allprojects {
    if (findProperty("otel.stable") != "true") {