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-The OpenTelemetry tracing specification is now 1.0!
-[Learn more][]
+OpenTelemetry metrics release candidates are now available!
+[Read more][]
 
-[Learn more]: https://medium.com/opentelemetry/opentelemetry-specification-v1-0-0-tracing-edition-72dd08936978
+[Read more]: /blog/2022/metrics-announcement/
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