diff --git a/.chloggen/connector-factory-map.yaml b/.chloggen/connector-factory-map.yaml
deleted file mode 100755
index 47061053302..00000000000
--- a/.chloggen/connector-factory-map.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
-change_type: enhancement
-
-# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. otlpreceiver)
-component: connector
-
-# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
-note: Add MakeFactoryMap
-
-# One or more tracking issues or pull requests related to the change
-issues: [6889]
-
-# (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:
diff --git a/.chloggen/opaque-fixed-length.yaml b/.chloggen/opaque-fixed-length.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4e80ba575cf..00000000000
--- a/.chloggen/opaque-fixed-length.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
-change_type: bug_fix
-
-# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. otlpreceiver)
-component: config
-
-# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
-note: use [REDACTED] when marshaling to text a configopaque.String, instead of disclosing secret length.
-
-# One or more tracking issues or pull requests related to the change
-issues: [6868]
-
-# (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:
diff --git a/.chloggen/rm-deprecated-exporter.yaml b/.chloggen/rm-deprecated-exporter.yaml
deleted file mode 100755
index c924e98775e..00000000000
--- a/.chloggen/rm-deprecated-exporter.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-# 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. otlpreceiver)
-component: component
-
-# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
-note: Remove deprecated Exporter types
-
-# One or more tracking issues or pull requests related to the change
-issues: [6880]
-
-# (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:
diff --git a/.chloggen/rm-deprecated-extension.yaml b/.chloggen/rm-deprecated-extension.yaml
deleted file mode 100755
index 467ee9c6edc..00000000000
--- a/.chloggen/rm-deprecated-extension.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-# 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. otlpreceiver)
-component: component
-
-# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
-note: Remove deprecated Extension types
-
-# One or more tracking issues or pull requests related to the change
-issues: [6865]
-
-# (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:
diff --git a/.chloggen/rm-deprecated-processor.yaml b/.chloggen/rm-deprecated-processor.yaml
deleted file mode 100755
index d4a5722480a..00000000000
--- a/.chloggen/rm-deprecated-processor.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-# 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. otlpreceiver)
-component: component
-
-# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
-note: Remove deprecated ProcessorFactoryOptions
-
-# One or more tracking issues or pull requests related to the change
-issues: [6881]
-
-# (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:
diff --git a/.chloggen/rm-deprecated-receiver.yaml b/.chloggen/rm-deprecated-receiver.yaml
deleted file mode 100755
index 9db0d54539c..00000000000
--- a/.chloggen/rm-deprecated-receiver.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-# 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. otlpreceiver)
-component: component
-
-# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
-note: Remove deprecated Receiver types
-
-# One or more tracking issues or pull requests related to the change
-issues: [6882]
-
-# (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:
diff --git a/.chloggen/rmcomptest.yaml b/.chloggen/rmcomptest.yaml
deleted file mode 100755
index 460272dbc13..00000000000
--- a/.chloggen/rmcomptest.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# 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. otlpreceiver)
-component: componenttest
-
-# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
-note: Remove deprecated funcs from componenttest
-
-# One or more tracking issues or pull requests related to the change
-issues: [6836]
diff --git a/.chloggen/rmdepbatch.yaml b/.chloggen/rmdepbatch.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 80bb935e1de..00000000000
--- a/.chloggen/rmdepbatch.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# 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. otlpreceiver)
-component: batchprocessor
-
-# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
-note: Remove deprecated batchprocessor.MetricViews and batchprocessor.OtelMetricViews
-
-# One or more tracking issues or pull requests related to the change
-issues: [6861]
diff --git a/.chloggen/rmdepcompfact.yaml b/.chloggen/rmdepcompfact.yaml
deleted file mode 100755
index 88c40635a74..00000000000
--- a/.chloggen/rmdepcompfact.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# 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. otlpreceiver)
-component: component
-
-# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
-note: Remove deprecated component.[Factories|MakePorcessorFactoryMap] and componenttest.NewNopFactories
-
-# One or more tracking issues or pull requests related to the change
-issues: [6835]
diff --git a/.chloggen/rmdepconfig.yaml b/.chloggen/rmdepconfig.yaml
deleted file mode 100755
index f1313b3d2a0..00000000000
--- a/.chloggen/rmdepconfig.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# 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. otlpreceiver)
-component: config
-
-# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
-note: Remove deprecated cofig.*Settings
-
-# One or more tracking issues or pull requests related to the change
-issues: [6837]
diff --git a/.chloggen/rmdepobsreptest.yaml b/.chloggen/rmdepobsreptest.yaml
deleted file mode 100755
index 9a24deee689..00000000000
--- a/.chloggen/rmdepobsreptest.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# 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. otlpreceiver)
-component: obsereporttest
-
-# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
-note: Remove deprecated obsereporttest.SetupTelemetryWithID
-
-# One or more tracking issues or pull requests related to the change
-issues: [6861]
diff --git a/.chloggen/rmdepprocs.yaml b/.chloggen/rmdepprocs.yaml
deleted file mode 100755
index a811fd43e46..00000000000
--- a/.chloggen/rmdepprocs.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# 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. otlpreceiver)
-component: component
-
-# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
-note: Remove deprecated component [Traces|Metrics|Logs]Processor and ProcessorFactory
-
-# One or more tracking issues or pull requests related to the change
-issues: [6884]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.chloggen/rmdepservcfg.yaml b/.chloggen/rmdepservcfg.yaml
deleted file mode 100755
index 81c3e2b9599..00000000000
--- a/.chloggen/rmdepservcfg.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# 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. otlpreceiver)
-component: service
-
-# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
-note: Remove deprecated service service.ConfigService and service.ConfigServicePipeline
-
-# One or more tracking issues or pull requests related to the change
-issues: [6859]
diff --git a/.chloggen/semconv_v1.16.0.yaml b/.chloggen/semconv_v1.16.0.yaml
deleted file mode 100755
index f6492546aa9..00000000000
--- a/.chloggen/semconv_v1.16.0.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
-change_type: enhancement
-
-# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. otlpreceiver)
-component: semconv
-
-# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
-note: Add semantic conventions for specification v1.16.0
-
-# One or more tracking issues or pull requests related to the change
-issues: [6714]
-
-# (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:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index afc4b8b76e1..a78151f99b7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,31 @@
 
 <!-- next version -->
 
+## v1.0.0-RC3/v0.69.0
+
+### 🛑 Breaking changes 🛑
+
+- `component`: Remove deprecated Exporter types (#6880)
+- `component`: Remove deprecated Extension types (#6865)
+- `component`: Remove deprecated ProcessorFactoryOptions (#6881)
+- `component`: Remove deprecated Receiver types (#6882)
+- `componenttest`: Remove deprecated funcs from componenttest (#6836)
+- `batchprocessor`: Remove deprecated batchprocessor.MetricViews and batchprocessor.OtelMetricViews (#6861)
+- `component`: Remove deprecated component.[Factories|MakePorcessorFactoryMap] and componenttest.NewNopFactories (#6835)
+- `config`: Remove deprecated cofig.*Settings (#6837)
+- `obsereporttest`: Remove deprecated obsereporttest.SetupTelemetryWithID (#6861)
+- `component`: Remove deprecated component [Traces|Metrics|Logs]Processor and ProcessorFactory (#6884)
+- `service`: Remove deprecated service service.ConfigService and service.ConfigServicePipeline (#6859)
+
+### 💡 Enhancements 💡
+
+- `connector`: Add MakeFactoryMap (#6889)
+- `semconv`: Add semantic conventions for specification v1.16.0 (#6714)
+
+### 🧰 Bug fixes 🧰
+
+- `config`: use [REDACTED] when marshaling to text a configopaque.String, instead of disclosing secret length. (#6868)
+
 ## v1.0.0-RC2/v0.68.0
 
 ### 🛑 Breaking changes 🛑
@@ -108,7 +133,7 @@ and hope to make a v1.0.0 release soon.
   - Deprecate `component.Config.ID()` in favor of `component.[*]CreateSettings.ID`.
   - Deprecate `component.Config.SetIDName()`, no replacement needed since ID in settings is public member.
   - Deprecate `obsreporttest.SetupTelemetry` in favor of `obsreporttest.SetupTelemetryWithID`.
-  
+
 - `component`: Deprecate `component.Unmarshal[*]Config` in favor of `component.UnmarshalConfig` (#6613)
 - `component`: Deprecate Extension related types/funcs from component package in favor of extension package. (#6578)
   - `component.Extension` -> `extension.Extension`
@@ -169,14 +194,14 @@ and hope to make a v1.0.0 release soon.
   - "" is returned for integers that are out of Level enum range.
   - It also affects `Level.Marshal` output, but it's not a problem because `Unmarshal` method accepts strings in
   all cases, e.g. "normal", "Normal" and "NORMAL".
-  
+
 - `featuregate`: Make impossible to implement RegistryOption outside `featuregate` package (#6532)
 - `service/telemetry`: Remove unit suffixes from metrics exported by the otel-go prometheus exporter. (#6403)
 - `obsreport`: `obsreport.New[Receiver|Scraper|Processor|Exporter]` returns error now (#6458)
 - `configgrpc`: Remove deprecated funcs in `configgrpc`. (#6529)
   - `configgrpc.GRPCClientSettings.ToDialOptions`
   - `configgrpc.GRPCServerSettings.ToServerOption`
-  
+
 - `config/configtest`: Remove deprecated `configtest` package. (#6542)
 - `config`: Remove deprecated types and funcs from config. Use `component` package. (#6511)
   - config.ComponentID
@@ -190,20 +215,20 @@ and hope to make a v1.0.0 release soon.
   - config.UnmarshalExporter
   - config.Extension
   - config.UnmarshalExtension
-  
+
 - `featuregate`: Remove deprecated funcs and struct members from `featuregate` package (#6523)
   - featuregate.Gate.ID
   - featuregate.Gate.Description
   - featuregate.Gate.Enabled
   - featuregate.Registry.Register
   - featuregate.Registry.MustRegister
-  
+
 - `experimental`: Remove experimental configsource code. (#6558)
 - `component`: Update values returned by `StabilityLevel.String` method. (#6490)
   - All returned strings are capitalized.
   - "Undefined" is returned only for `StabilityLevelUndefined`.
   - "" is returned for integers that are out of StabilityLevel enum range.
-  
+
 
 ### 🚩 Deprecations 🚩
 
@@ -213,12 +238,12 @@ and hope to make a v1.0.0 release soon.
   - Deprecate `obsreport.MustNewScraper()` in favor of `obsreport.NewScraper()`
   - Deprecate `obsreport.MustNewProcessor()` in favor of `obsreport.NewProcessor()`
   - Deprecate `obsreport.MustNewExporter()` in favor of `obsreport.NewExporter()`
-  
+
 - `component`: Deprecate `component.Receiver`, `component.Processor`, and `component.Exporter`. (#6553)
 - `featuregate`: Deprecate Get prefix funcs for `featuregate.Gate` (#6528)
   `featuregate.Gate.GetID` -> `featuregate.Gate.ID`
   `featuregate.Gate.GetDescription` -> `featuregate.Gate.Description`
-  
+
 - `component`: Deprecate `component.Config.Validate` in favor of `component.ValidateConfig` (#6572)
 - `component`: Deprecate `StabilityLevelInDevelopment` enum const in favor of `StabilityLevelDevelopment`. (#6561)
   Also rename all mentions of "In development" stability level to "Development".
@@ -260,7 +285,7 @@ and hope to make a v1.0.0 release soon.
   - plog.SeverityNumber
   - ptrace.SpanKind
   - ptrace.StatusCode
-  
+
 - `config`: Remove already deprecates `config.Config`. (#6394)
 - `pdata`: Remove deprecated code from pdata (#6417)
   - `p[trace|metric|log]otlp.[Request|Response]`
@@ -268,25 +293,25 @@ and hope to make a v1.0.0 release soon.
   - `p[trace|metric|log]otlp.NewRequestFrom[Traces|Metrics|Logs]`
   - `p[trace|metric|log]otlp.NewClient`
   - `p[trace|metric|log]New[JSON|Proto][Marshaler|Unmarshale]`
-  
+
 - `extension`: Splitting ballast/zpages extension into their own modules (#6191)
   The import path for the extension modules can now be accessed directly:
   - `go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/ballastextension`
   - `go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/zpagesextension`
-  
+
   If using one of these extensions, modify your Collector builder configuration to use `gomod` directly, such as:
   - `gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/ballastextension v0.64.0`
 - `processor`: Splitting batch/memorylimiter processors into their own modules (#6188, #6192, #6193)
   The import path for the processor modules can now be access directly:
   - `go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/batchprocessor`
   - `go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/memorylimiter`
-  
+
   If using this processor, modify your Collector builder configuration to use `gomod` directly, such as:
   - `gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/batchprocessor v0.64.0`
 - `otlpreceiver`: Splitting otlp receiver into its own module (#6190)
   The import path for the OTLP receiver can now be access directly:
   - `go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/otlpreceiver`
-  
+
   If using this receiver, modify your Collector builder configuration to use `gomod` directly, such as:
   - `gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/otlpreceiver v0.64.0`
 
@@ -308,12 +333,12 @@ and hope to make a v1.0.0 release soon.
   - config.UnmarshalExporter => component.UnmarshalExporterConfig
   - config.Extension => component.ExtensionConfig
   - config.UnmarshalExtension => component.UnmarshalExtensionConfig
-  
+
 - `obsreport`: deprecate `obsreport.New[Receiver|Scraper|Processor|Exporter]` in favor of `obsreport.MustNew[Receiver|Scraper|Processor|Exporter]` (#6458)
 - `config/configgrpc`: Provide better helpers for configgrpc, consistent with confighttp (#6441)
   - Deprecate `GRPCClientSettings.ToDialOptions` in favor of `GRPCClientSettings.ToClientConn`.
   - Deprecate `GRPCServerSettings.ToServerOption` in favor of `GRPCServerSettings.ToServer`.
-  
+
 
 ### 💡 Enhancements 💡
 
@@ -354,13 +379,13 @@ and hope to make a v1.0.0 release soon.
   - Remove deprecated `pmetric.[New]?ValueAtQuantile`
   - Remove deprecated `pmetric.[New]?ValueAtQuantileSlice`
   - Remove deprecated `ptrace.[New]?SpanStatus`
-  
+
 - `exporter`: Splitting otlp, otlphttp and logging exporters into their own modules (#6343)
   The import path for these exporters can now be access directly:
   - `go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/loggingexporter`
   - `go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/otlpexporter`
   - `go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/otlphttpexporter`
-  
+
   If using these exporters, modify your Collector builder configuration to use `gomod` directly, such as:
   - `gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/otlpexporter v0.63.0`
 
@@ -370,9 +395,9 @@ and hope to make a v1.0.0 release soon.
 - `pdata`: Add `Export` prefix to `p[trace|metric|log]otlp.[Request|Response]` (#6365)
   - Deprecate `p[trace|metric|log]otlp.[Request|Response]` in favor of `p[trace|metric|log]otlp.Export[Request|Response]`
   - Deprecate `p[trace|metric|log]otlp.New[Request|Response]` in favor of `p[trace|metric|log]otlp.NewExport[Request|Response]`
-  - Deprecate `p[trace|metric|log]otlp.NewRequestFrom[Traces|Metrics|Logs]` in favor of 
+  - Deprecate `p[trace|metric|log]otlp.NewRequestFrom[Traces|Metrics|Logs]` in favor of
     `p[trace|metric|log]otlp.NewExportRequestFrom[Traces|Metrics|Logs]`
-  
+
 - `pdata`: Deprecate `p[trace|metric|log]otlp.NewClient` in favor of `p[trace|metric|log]otlp.NewGRPCClient` (#6350)
 - `exporter/logging`: Deprecate 'loglevel' in favor of 'verbosity' option (#5878)
 - `pdata`: Deprecate `New[JSON|Proto][Marshaler|Unmarshale]` in favor of exposing the underlying structs (#6340)
@@ -414,7 +439,7 @@ and hope to make a v1.0.0 release soon.
 - Delete deprecated `StringVal` and `SetStringVal` methods. (#6178)
 - Delete deprecated `ValueTypeString` method. (#6178)
 - Change AggregationTemporality.String to simpler, easier to read. (#6117)
-- Update `pcommon.ValueType.String` output to string representation of corresponding type identifiers. The following 
+- Update `pcommon.ValueType.String` output to string representation of corresponding type identifiers. The following
   values will be returned: (#6247)
   - ValueTypeEmpty.String() -> "Empty"
   - ValueTypeStr.String() -> "Str"
@@ -424,7 +449,7 @@ and hope to make a v1.0.0 release soon.
   - ValueTypeMap.String() -> "Map"
   - ValueTypeSlice.String() -> "Slice"
   - ValueTypeBytes.String() -> "Bytes"
-- Rename output of `[MetricType|NumberDataPointValueType|ExemplarValueType].String()` for zero values from `"None"` to 
+- Rename output of `[MetricType|NumberDataPointValueType|ExemplarValueType].String()` for zero values from `"None"` to
   `"Empty"` (#6270)
 
 ### 🚩 Deprecations 🚩
@@ -496,9 +521,9 @@ and hope to make a v1.0.0 release soon.
   - `pmetric.Metrics.Clone` is deprecated in favor of `pmetric.Metrics.CopyTo`
   - `ptrace.Traces.Clone` is deprecated in favor of `pmetric.Traces.CopyTo`
   - `plog.Logs.Clone` is deprecated in favor of `plogs.Logs.CopyTo`
-- Rename all `pcommon.Value` getter/setter methods by removing `Val` suffix. (#6092) 
+- Rename all `pcommon.Value` getter/setter methods by removing `Val` suffix. (#6092)
   - Old methods with `Val` suffix are deprecated.
-  - `StringVal` and `SetStringVal` are deprecated in favor of `Str` and `SetStr` to avoid implementing `fmt.Stringer` interface. 
+  - `StringVal` and `SetStringVal` are deprecated in favor of `Str` and `SetStr` to avoid implementing `fmt.Stringer` interface.
   - Therefore, `ValueTypeString` is deprecated in favour of `ValueTypeStr` for consistency.
 
 ### 💡 Enhancements 💡
@@ -506,7 +531,7 @@ and hope to make a v1.0.0 release soon.
 - Add AppendEmpty and EnsureCapacity method to primitive pdata slices (#6060)
 - Expose `AsRaw` and `FromRaw` `pcommon.Value` methods (#6090)
 - Convert `ValueTypeBytes` attributes in logging exporter (#6153)
-- service.name Resource attribute is added to Collector's own telemetry, defaults to the value of `BuildInfo.Command` and can be overridden in the config (#6152) 
+- service.name Resource attribute is added to Collector's own telemetry, defaults to the value of `BuildInfo.Command` and can be overridden in the config (#6152)
 - Updated how `telemetryInitializer` is created so it's instanced per Collector instance rather than global to the process (#6138)
 
 ## v0.60.0 Beta
diff --git a/cmd/builder/internal/builder/config.go b/cmd/builder/internal/builder/config.go
index 5b64543f064..c515660c72b 100644
--- a/cmd/builder/internal/builder/config.go
+++ b/cmd/builder/internal/builder/config.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
 
-const defaultOtelColVersion = "0.68.0"
+const defaultOtelColVersion = "0.69.0"
 
 // ErrInvalidGoMod indicates an invalid gomod
 var ErrInvalidGoMod = errors.New("invalid gomod specification for module")
diff --git a/cmd/builder/internal/config/default.yaml b/cmd/builder/internal/config/default.yaml
index 742db41d1d2..371a8f5db3b 100644
--- a/cmd/builder/internal/config/default.yaml
+++ b/cmd/builder/internal/config/default.yaml
@@ -2,19 +2,19 @@ dist:
   module: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/cmd/otelcorecol
   name: otelcorecol
   description: Local OpenTelemetry Collector binary, testing only.
-  version: 0.68.0-dev
-  otelcol_version: 0.68.0
+  version: 0.69.0-dev
+  otelcol_version: 0.69.0
 
 receivers:
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/otlpreceiver v0.68.0
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/otlpreceiver v0.69.0
 exporters:
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/loggingexporter v0.68.0
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/otlpexporter v0.68.0
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/otlphttpexporter v0.68.0
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/loggingexporter v0.69.0
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/otlpexporter v0.69.0
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/otlphttpexporter v0.69.0
 extensions:
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/ballastextension v0.68.0
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/zpagesextension v0.68.0
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/ballastextension v0.69.0
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/zpagesextension v0.69.0
 processors:
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/batchprocessor v0.68.0
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/memorylimiterprocessor v0.68.0
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/batchprocessor v0.69.0
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/memorylimiterprocessor v0.69.0
 
diff --git a/cmd/builder/test/core.builder.yaml b/cmd/builder/test/core.builder.yaml
index 81b8854f9fd..d2fe306b690 100644
--- a/cmd/builder/test/core.builder.yaml
+++ b/cmd/builder/test/core.builder.yaml
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 dist:
   module: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/builder/test/core
-  otelcol_version: 0.68.0
+  otelcol_version: 0.69.0
 
 extensions:
   - import: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/zpagesextension
-    gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.68.0
+    gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.69.0
     path: ${WORKSPACE_DIR}
 
 receivers:
   - import: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/otlpreceiver
-    gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.68.0
+    gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.69.0
     path: ${WORKSPACE_DIR}
 
 exporters:
   - import: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/loggingexporter
-    gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.68.0
+    gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.69.0
     path: ${WORKSPACE_DIR}
 
 replaces:
diff --git a/cmd/otelcorecol/builder-config.yaml b/cmd/otelcorecol/builder-config.yaml
index 4e1949ebf49..dbd96eda34d 100644
--- a/cmd/otelcorecol/builder-config.yaml
+++ b/cmd/otelcorecol/builder-config.yaml
@@ -2,21 +2,21 @@ dist:
   module: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/cmd/otelcorecol
   name: otelcorecol
   description: Local OpenTelemetry Collector binary, testing only.
-  version: 0.68.0-dev
-  otelcol_version: 0.68.0
+  version: 0.69.0-dev
+  otelcol_version: 0.69.0
 
 receivers:
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/otlpreceiver v0.68.0
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/otlpreceiver v0.69.0
 exporters:
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/loggingexporter v0.68.0
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/otlpexporter v0.68.0
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/otlphttpexporter v0.68.0
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/loggingexporter v0.69.0
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/otlpexporter v0.69.0
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/otlphttpexporter v0.69.0
 extensions:
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/ballastextension v0.68.0
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/zpagesextension v0.68.0
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/ballastextension v0.69.0
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/zpagesextension v0.69.0
 processors:
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/batchprocessor v0.68.0
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/memorylimiterprocessor v0.68.0
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/batchprocessor v0.69.0
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/memorylimiterprocessor v0.69.0
 
 replaces:
   - go.opentelemetry.io/collector => ../../
diff --git a/cmd/otelcorecol/go.mod b/cmd/otelcorecol/go.mod
index ac77d2119e4..3a4a2129027 100644
--- a/cmd/otelcorecol/go.mod
+++ b/cmd/otelcorecol/go.mod
@@ -6,16 +6,16 @@ go 1.18
 
 require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.68.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.69.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.68.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/loggingexporter v0.68.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/otlpexporter v0.68.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/otlphttpexporter v0.68.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/ballastextension v0.68.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/zpagesextension v0.68.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/batchprocessor v0.68.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/memorylimiterprocessor v0.68.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/otlpreceiver v0.68.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/loggingexporter v0.69.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/otlpexporter v0.69.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/otlphttpexporter v0.69.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/ballastextension v0.69.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/zpagesextension v0.69.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/batchprocessor v0.69.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/memorylimiterprocessor v0.69.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/otlpreceiver v0.69.0
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.3.0
 )
 
diff --git a/cmd/otelcorecol/main.go b/cmd/otelcorecol/main.go
index d23c222c130..55e39ddca3c 100644
--- a/cmd/otelcorecol/main.go
+++ b/cmd/otelcorecol/main.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func main() {
 	info := component.BuildInfo{
 		Command:     "otelcorecol",
 		Description: "Local OpenTelemetry Collector binary, testing only.",
-		Version:     "0.68.0-dev",
+		Version:     "0.69.0-dev",
 	}
 
 	if err := run(otelcol.CollectorSettings{BuildInfo: info, Factories: factories}); err != nil {
diff --git a/versions.yaml b/versions.yaml
index d37cce359ca..b66e7a08f01 100644
--- a/versions.yaml
+++ b/versions.yaml
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@
 
 module-sets:
   stable:
-    version: v1.0.0-rc2
+    version: v1.0.0-rc3
     modules:
       - go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata
   beta:
-    version: v0.68.0
+    version: v0.69.0
     modules:
       - go.opentelemetry.io/collector
       - go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component