Merge branch 'main' into main

Author: odubajDT

.chloggen/add-configurable-reporter-period-for-host-metadata.yaml

@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
 change_type: bug_fix
 
 # The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. filelogreceiver)
-component: opencensusreceiver
+component: connector/datadog, exporter/datadog, pkg/datadog
 
 # A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
-note: Do not report error message when OpenCensus receiver is shutdown cleanly.
+note: throw error if datadog API key contains invalid characters
 
 # Mandatory: One or more tracking issues related to the change. You can use the PR number here if no issue exists.
-issues: [36622]
+issues: [36509]
 
 # (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.