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 ## Unreleased
 
+## Version 1.18.0
+
+The `opentelemetry-instrumentation-api` artifact is declared stable in this release.
+
+### Migration notes
+
+- There were a few late-breaking changes in `opentelemetry-instrumentation-api`, prior to it being
+  declared stable:
+  * `InstrumenterBuilder.addAttributesExtractors(AttributesExtractor...)` was removed, use instead
+    `addAttributesExtractors(AttributesExtractor)` or
+    `addAttributesExtractors(Iterable<AttributesExtractor>)`
+  * `SpanLinksExtractor.extractFromRequest()` was removed, use instead manual extraction
+  * `ErrorCauseExtractor.jdk()` was renamed to `ErrorCauseExtractor.getDefault()`
+  * `ClassNames` utility was removed with no direct replacement
+- The deprecated `io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.config.Config` and related classes
+  have been removed
+  ([#6501](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/pull/6501))
+- Net attributes getters were updated to reflect latest specification changes
+  ([#6503](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/pull/6503))
+- The deprecated `Ordered` interface was removed from the `opentelemetry-javaagent-extension-api`,
+  use instead the `Ordered` interface from `opentelemetry-sdk-extension-autoconfigure-spi`
+  ([#6589](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/pull/6589))
+
+### 📈 Enhancements
+
+- Add Spring Boot service name guesser / ResourceProvider
+  ([#6516](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/pull/6516))
+- Move micrometer shim library instrumentation back
+  ([#6538](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/pull/6538))
+- Add grpc status code to metrics attrs
+  ([#6556](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/pull/6556))
+- Add mongo sanitization configuration
+  ([#6541](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/pull/6541))
+- Add kafka client metrics to the javaagent instrumentation
+  ([#6533](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/pull/6533))
+- Add experimental span attribute job.system
+  ([#6586](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/pull/6586))
+- Add code attributes for Logback
+  ([#6591](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/pull/6591))
+- Reactor instrumentation: do not make root context current
+  ([#6593](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/pull/6593))
+
+### 🛠️ Bug fixes
+
+- Fix default-enabled config
+  ([#6491](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/pull/6491))
+- Fix new jdbc javaagent config
+  ([#6492](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/pull/6492))
+- Fix jaxrs async instrumentation race
+  ([#6523](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/pull/6523))
+- Fix spring webmvc instrumentation name
+  ([#6557](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/pull/6557))
+- Fix spring boot `@WithSpan` handling
+  ([#6619](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/pull/6619))
+
 ## Version 1.17.0 (2022-08-18)
 
 ### Migration notes