OTTL context inference comes to the Filter Processor

Elastic’s OpenTelemetry Collector now features OTTL context inference in its Filter Processor, simplifying filter configuration. This new functionality allows users to define filtering conditions in a flat list, automatically inferring the correct context (trace, metric, log, profile) from prefixes like “resource.” or “span.”, rather than nesting them within specific context blocks. This streamlines configuration, improves readability, and offers more flexible error handling and cross-context filtering while maintaining backwards compatibility with existing configurations.