* [maven-release-plugin] prepare release v8.8.0

* [maven-release-plugin] prepare for next development iteration

* Create changes-8.8.0.md

* Reset changelog for 8.9.0

* Only report `bug warning` in precise conditions.

* Add a test check for template existing.

* [maven-release-plugin] prepare release v8.7.0

* [maven-release-plugin] prepare for next development iteration

* Performance: remove the synchronous persistence mechanism from batch ElasticSearch DAO. Because the current enhanced persistent session mechanism, don't require the data queryable immediately after the insert and update anymore.
* Performance: share `flushInterval` setting for both metrics and record data, due to `synchronous persistence mechanism` removed. Record flush interval used to be hardcoded as 10s.
* Remove `syncBulkActions` in ElasticSearch storage option.
* Increase the default bulkActions(env, SW_STORAGE_ES_BULK_ACTIONS) to 5000(from 1000).
* Increase the flush interval of ElasticSearch indices to 15s(from 10s)

Add these 2 references. According to these, **(same _index, _type and _id) in same bulk will be in order**
1. https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/50199
2. https://discuss.elastic.co/t/order-of--bulk-request-operations/98124

Notice, the order of different bulks is not guaranteed by the ElasticSearch cluster. We are going to have the risk of dirty write. But consider we set over 20s period between flush, and index flush period is 10, we should be safe.

Recommend 5000 bulk size and 15s flush interval only. The persistent period has been set to 25s.

* Allow configuring max request header size

This allows configuring the HTTP max request header size from the jetty
server.
By default it uses 8192, the same jetty default.

* Append the root slash(/) to getIndex and getTemplate requests
Signed-off-by: NGao Hongtao <hanahmily@gmail.com>

* Document this bug
Signed-off-by: NGao Hongtao <hanahmily@gmail.com>

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

* [maven-release-plugin] prepare release v8.4.0

* [maven-release-plugin] prepare for next development iteration

* [maven-release-plugin] prepare release v8.3.0

* [maven-release-plugin] prepare for next development iteration

* 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

* 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.
Co-authored-by: Nmoonsphere <moonsphere@m.com>
Co-authored-by: Nkezhenxu94 <kezhenxu94@apache.org>
Co-authored-by: Nkezhenxu94 <kezhenxu94@163.com>

* 1.Add ThreadPoolExecutor for handle kafka message.
Co-authored-by: NDaming <zteny@foxmail.com>
Co-authored-by: 吴晟 Wu Sheng <wu.sheng@foxmail.com>