The OpenTelemetry blog states that Profiles has entered public alpha (https://opentelemetry.io/blog/2026/profiles-alpha/). The post is the primary source for the release details (https://opentelemetry.io/blog/2026/profiles-alpha/).

Profiles extend the existing OpenTelemetry signals of traces, metrics and logs (https://opentelemetry.io/blog/2026/profiles-alpha/). The alpha version is available for implementation testing by vendors and developers (https://opentelemetry.io/blog/2026/profiles-alpha/).

The project is hosted under the Cloud Native Computing Foundation and this release follows prior specification work (https://opentelemetry.io/blog/2026/profiles-alpha/). No additional data was provided in the primary source (https://opentelemetry.io/blog/2026/profiles-alpha/).