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…jdbc to v2.30.5 (#2104)

#2106)

…v1 to v2.66.0 (#2105)

Remove some specific checks/restrictions from tests when running on the Emulator, as these issues have been fixed in the latest release of the Emulator.

…v3.50.0 (#2108)

… to v0.36.0 (#2110)

…cs to v0.36.0 (#2109)

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| Package | Change | Age | Adoption | Passing | Confidence |
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| [com.google.cloud.opentelemetry:exporter-metrics](https://redirect.github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/opentelemetry-operations-java) | `0.35.0` -> `0.36.0` | [![age](https://developer.mend.io/api/mc/badges/age/maven/com.google.cloud.opentelemetry:exporter-metrics/0.36.0?slim=true)](https://docs.renovatebot.com/merge-confidence/) | [![adoption](https://developer.mend.io/api/mc/badges/adoption/maven/com.google.cloud.opentelemetry:exporter-metrics/0.36.0?slim=true)](https://docs.renovatebot.com/merge-confidence/) | [![passing](https://developer.mend.io/api/mc/badges/compatibility/maven/com.google.cloud.opentelemetry:exporter-metrics/0.35.0/0.36.0?slim=true)](https://docs.renovatebot.com/merge-confidence/) | [![confidence](https://developer.mend.io/api/mc/badges/confidence/maven/com.google.cloud.opentelemetry:exporter-metrics/0.35.0/0.36.0?slim=true)](https://docs.renovatebot.com/merge-confidence/) |

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### Release Notes

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<summary>GoogleCloudPlatform/opentelemetry-operations-java (com.google.cloud.opentelemetry:exporter-metrics)</summary>

### [`v0.36.0`](https://redirect.github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/opentelemetry-operations-java/releases/tag/v0.36.0)

[Compare Source](https://redirect.github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/opentelemetry-operations-java/compare/v0.35.0...v0.36.0)

##### Release Highlights

This release is primarily done to test the new release process for this repository. There are no new feature updates or fixes in this release compared to the previous version.

##### What's Changed

- Publish by using Portal OSSRH Staging API by [@&#8203;psx95](https://redirect.github.com/psx95) in [https://togithub.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/opentelemetry-operations-java/pull/416](https://redirect.github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/opentelemetry-operations-java/pull/416)

**Full Changelog**: https://togithub.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/opentelemetry-operations-java/compare/v0.35.0...v0.36.0

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…v1 to v2.67.0 (#2114)

#2112)

* feat: Allow JDBC connection to configiue direct access

* test: update SQL script tests to allow zero for timeouts

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