# Changelog

## [v0.50.0](https://github.com/aws-observability/aws-otel-collector/tree/v0.50.0) (2026-08-25)

[Full Changelog](https://github.com/aws-observability/aws-otel-collector/compare/v0.49.0...v0.50.0)

**Merged pull requests:**

- Bump OpenTelemetry Collector and Collector Contrib to v0.158.0 [\#3232](https://github.com/aws-observability/aws-otel-collector/pull/3232) ([lorespiz](https://github.com/lorespiz))
- Harden bump-version-and-create-release-note.sh preconditions [\#3231](https://github.com/aws-observability/aws-otel-collector/pull/3231) ([lorespiz](https://github.com/lorespiz))
- fix\(canary\): Disable SSM patching on ephemeral canary hosts [\#3230](https://github.com/aws-observability/aws-otel-collector/pull/3230) ([lorespiz](https://github.com/lorespiz))


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