[connector/exceptions] change stability to alpha (#31820)

**Description:** Promote this component to alpha and enable it in
contrib.

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Co-authored-by: Tyler Helmuth <[email protected]>

.chloggen/exceptionsconnector_change_stability.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# 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. filelogreceiver)
+component: exceptionsconnector
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: change stability of exceptionsconnector from development to alpha
+
+# Mandatory: One or more tracking issues related to the change. You can use the PR number here if no issue exists.
+issues: [31820]
+
+# (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:
+
+# If your change doesn't affect end users or the exported elements of any package,
+# you should instead start your pull request title with [chore] or use the "Skip Changelog" label.
+# Optional: The change log or logs in which this entry should be included.
+# e.g. '[user]' or '[user, api]'
+# Include 'user' if the change is relevant to end users.
+# Include 'api' if there is a change to a library API.
+# Default: '[user]'
+change_logs: []

connector/exceptionsconnector/README.md

@@ -3,18 +3,19 @@
 <!-- status autogenerated section -->
 | Status        |           |
 | ------------- |-----------|
-| Distributions | [] |
+| Distributions | [contrib] |
 | Issues        | [![Open issues](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-search/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib?query=is%3Aissue%20is%3Aopen%20label%3Aconnector%2Fexceptions%20&label=open&color=orange&logo=opentelemetry)](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Aconnector%2Fexceptions) [![Closed issues](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-search/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib?query=is%3Aissue%20is%3Aclosed%20label%3Aconnector%2Fexceptions%20&label=closed&color=blue&logo=opentelemetry)](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues?q=is%3Aclosed+is%3Aissue+label%3Aconnector%2Fexceptions) |
 | [Code Owners](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#becoming-a-code-owner)    | [@jpkrohling](https://www.github.com/jpkrohling), [@marctc](https://www.github.com/marctc) |
 
-[development]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector#development
+[alpha]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector#alpha
+[contrib]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/tree/main/distributions/otelcol-contrib
 
 ## Supported Pipeline Types
 
 | [Exporter Pipeline Type] | [Receiver Pipeline Type] | [Stability Level] |
 | ------------------------ | ------------------------ | ----------------- |
-| traces | metrics | [development] |
-| traces | logs | [development] |
+| traces | metrics | [alpha] |
+| traces | logs | [alpha] |
 
 [Exporter Pipeline Type]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/blob/main/connector/README.md#exporter-pipeline-type
 [Receiver Pipeline Type]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/blob/main/connector/README.md#receiver-pipeline-type

connector/exceptionsconnector/metadata.yaml

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ scope_name: otelcol/exceptions
 status:
   class: connector
   stability:
-    development: [traces_to_metrics, traces_to_logs]
-  distributions: []
+    alpha: [traces_to_metrics, traces_to_logs]
+  distributions: [contrib]
   codeowners:
     active: [jpkrohling, marctc]
 

reports/distributions/contrib.yaml

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ components:
     connector:
         - count
         - datadog
+        - exceptions
         - grafanacloud
         - routing
         - servicegraph