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Co-authored-by: 吴晟 Wu Sheng <wu.sheng@foxmail.com>

fix influxdb bug while setting influxdb connection response format as InfluxDB.ResponseFormat.JSON (#5946)

* Update manual-sdk.md

* Update README.md

* Update README.md

* Add Istio control plane otel MAL expressions and UI template
* Remove OpenCensus receiver, add OpenTelemetry receiver
* Transfer oc receiver to ot receiver
* Create indices on boot
* Document istio metrics and otel receiver
* Update CHANGES.md
* Fix potential NPE
* Add group to meter and cleanup istio mixer
* Update e2e case due to the change of meter metric name
* Update prometheus fetcher config, fix sql builder issue of h2
* Disable istio and so11y metrics by default.
* Fix micrometer testcase

* support spring-kafka 1.3.x and add test

* add spring-kafka-1.3.x-scenario to github workflow

* change kafka-plugin FAQ

* add supported versions

* update CHANGES.md

* fix transaction too large error when use TiDB as storage

* add CHANGES.md

* fix typo

* add tidb storage provider module.

* add e2e.

* revert ui submodule.

* fix license.

* Fix wrong health check test

* add tidb ttl e2e.
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Co-authored-by: Nkezhenxu94 <kezhenxu94@apache.org>
Co-authored-by: Nkezhenxu94 <kezhenxu94@163.com>

fix misspelling words

* Support group in the service traffic and service list query.

* Support nested sidecar object in the scope.

* Update the changelog.

* Fix comments and docs.

* Add the plugin for mssql-jtds 1.x plugin.