[chore] Prepare release v1.3.0/v0.96.0

CHANGELOG-API.md

@@ -7,6 +7,18 @@ If you are looking for user-facing changes, check out [CHANGELOG.md](./CHANGELOG
 
 <!-- next version -->
 
+## v1.3.0/v0.96.0
+
+### 🚩 Deprecations 🚩
+
+- `configgrpc`: Deprecates `ToServer`.  Use `ToServerContext` instead. (#9624)
+- `component`: deprecate component.ErrNilNextConsumer (#9526)
+- `configtls`: Rename TLSClientSetting, TLSServerSetting, and TLSSetting based on the naming convention used in other config packages. (#9474)
+
+### 💡 Enhancements 💡
+
+- `receivertest`: add support for metrics in contract checker (#9551)
+
 ## v1.2.0/v0.95.0
 
 ### 🛑 Breaking changes 🛑

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,6 +7,30 @@ If you are looking for developer-facing changes, check out [CHANGELOG-API.md](./
 
 <!-- next version -->
 
+## v1.3.0/v0.96.0
+
+### 🛑 Breaking changes 🛑
+
+- `configgrpc`: Remove deprecated `GRPCClientSettings`, `GRPCServerSettings`, and `ServerConfig.ToListenerContext`. (#9616)
+- `confighttp`: Remove deprecated `HTTPClientSettings`, `NewDefaultHTTPClientSettings`, and `CORSSettings`. (#9625)
+- `confignet`: Removes deprecated `NetAddr` and `TCPAddr` (#9614)
+
+### 💡 Enhancements 💡
+
+- `configtls`: Add `include_system_ca_certs_pool` to configtls, allowing to load system certs and additional custom certs. (#7774)
+- `otelcol`: Add `ConfigProviderSettings` to `CollectorSettings` (#4759)
+  This allows passing a custom list of `confmap.Provider`s to `otelcol.NewCommand`.
+- `pdata`: Update to OTLP v1.1.0 (#9587)
+  Introduces Span and SpanLink flags.
+- `confmap`: Update mapstructure to use a maintained fork, github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2. (#9634)
+  See https://github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure/issues/349 for context.
+
+
+### 🧰 Bug fixes 🧰
+
+- `configretry`: Allow max_elapsed_time to be set to 0 for indefinite retries (#9641)
+- `client`: Make `Metadata.Get` thread safe (#9595)
+
 ## v1.2.0/v0.95.0
 
 ### 🛑 Breaking changes 🛑

cmd/builder/internal/builder/config.go

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
 
-const defaultOtelColVersion = "0.95.0"
+const defaultOtelColVersion = "0.96.0"
 
 // ErrInvalidGoMod indicates an invalid gomod
 var ErrInvalidGoMod = errors.New("invalid gomod specification for module")