Stable release prep changelog release branch (#3241)

* update changelog for stable release

* placebo

* port fixes from main

Author: thampiotr

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,21 +7,7 @@ This document contains a historical list of changes between releases. Only
 changes that impact end-user behavior are listed; changes to documentation or
 internal API changes are not present.
 
-v1.8.0-rc.3
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-
-### Features
-
-- Add support for live debugging and graph in the UI for components imported via remotecfg. (@wildum)
-
-### Enhancements
-
-- Removed syntax highlighting from the component details UI view to improve
-  rendering performance. (@tpaschalis)
-
-- A new `grafana/alloy:vX.Y.Z-windowsservercore-ltsc2022` Docker image is now published on DockerHub. (@ptodev)
-
-v1.8.0-rc.2
+v1.8.0
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 ### Breaking changes
@@ -30,7 +16,7 @@ v1.8.0-rc.2
 
 - Breaking changes from the OpenTelemetry Collector v0.122 update: (@wildum)
   - `otelcol.exporter.splunkhec`: `min_size_items` and `max_size_items` were replaced by `min_size`, `max_size` and `sizer` in the `batcher` block to allow
-  users to configure the size of the batch in a more flexible way.
+    users to configure the size of the batch in a more flexible way.
   - The telemetry level of Otel components is no longer configurable. The `level` argument in the `debug_metrics` block is kept to avoid breaking changes but it is not used anymore.
   - `otelcol.processor.tailsampling` changed the unit of the decision timer metric from microseconds to milliseconds. (change unit of otelcol_processor_tail_sampling_sampling_decision_timer_latency)
   - `otelcol.processor.deltatocumulative`: rename `otelcol_deltatocumulative_datapoints_processed` to `otelcol_deltatocumulative_datapoints` and remove the metrics `otelcol_deltatocumulative_streams_evicted`, `otelcol_deltatocumulative_datapoints_dropped` and `otelcol_deltatocumulative_gaps_length`.
@@ -51,6 +37,7 @@ v1.8.0-rc.2
   required before components that use clustering begin processing traffic to ensure adequate cluster capacity is
   available. (@thampiotr)
 - Add `trace_printer` to `beyla.ebpf` component to print trace information in a specific format. (@marctc)
+- Add support for live debugging and graph in the UI for components imported via remotecfg. (@wildum)
 
 ### Enhancements
 
@@ -94,6 +81,7 @@ v1.8.0-rc.2
   - `query_sample`: add option to use TiDB sql parser (@cristiangreco)
   - `query_tables`: rename collector from `query_sample` to better reflect responsibility (@matthewnolf)
   - `query_sample`: add new collector that replaces previous implementation to collect more detailed sample information (@matthewnolf)
+  - `query_sample`: refactor parsing of truncated queries (@cristiangreco)
 
 - Add labels validation in `pyroscope.write` to prevent duplicate labels and invalid label names/values. (@marcsanmi)
 
@@ -107,6 +95,11 @@ v1.8.0-rc.2
 
 - Add `tenant` label to remaining `loki_write_.+` metrics (@towolf)
 
+- Removed syntax highlighting from the component details UI view to improve
+  rendering performance. (@tpaschalis)
+
+- A new `grafana/alloy:vX.Y.Z-windowsservercore-ltsc2022` Docker image is now published on DockerHub. (@ptodev)
+
 ### Bugfixes
 
 - Fix deadlocks in `loki.source.file` when tailing fails (@mblaschke)
@@ -137,7 +130,7 @@ v1.8.0-rc.2
 
 - Change the stability of the `beyla.ebpf` component from "public preview" to "generally available". (@marctc)
 
-- The ingest API of `pyrscope.receive_http` no longer forwards all received headers, instead only passes through the `Content-Type` header. 
+- The ingest API of `pyroscope.receive_http` no longer forwards all received headers, instead only passes through the `Content-Type` header. (@simonswine)
 
 v1.7.5
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