put failoverconnector into alpha and add to contrib distribution

.chloggen/failover-alpha.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: failoverconnector
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: This change puts the failoverconnector into alpha
+
+# Mandatory: One or more tracking issues related to the change. You can use the PR number here if no issue exists.
+issues: [20766]
+
+# (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: []

cmd/otelcontribcol/go.mod

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/countconnector v0.98.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/datadogconnector v0.98.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/exceptionsconnector v0.98.0
+	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/failoverconnector v0.98.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/grafanacloudconnector v0.98.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/routingconnector v0.98.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/servicegraphconnector v0.98.0
@@ -1156,6 +1157,8 @@ replace github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/data
 
 replace github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/exceptionsconnector => ../../connector/exceptionsconnector
 
+replace github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/failoverconnector => ../../connector/failoverconnector
+
 replace github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/grafanacloudconnector => ../../connector/grafanacloudconnector
 
 replace github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/routingconnector => ../../connector/routingconnector

connector/failoverconnector/metadata.yaml

@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ scope_name: otelcol/failover
 status:
   class: connector
   stability:
-    development: [metrics_to_metrics, traces_to_traces, logs_to_logs]
-  distributions: []
+    alpha: [traces_to_traces, metrics_to_metrics, logs_to_logs]
+  distributions: [contrib]
   codeowners:
     active: [akats7, djaglowski, fatsheep9146]
 
 tests:
-    skip_lifecycle: true
-    skip_shutdown: true
+  skip_lifecycle: true
+  skip_shutdown: true