4.1.5 Backports

[barchetta]

Backport the following for the 4.1.5 release:

• Fully initialize OpenTelemetry items during start-up #9489 (4.1.5: Fully initialize OpenTelemetry items during start-up  #9553)
• 4.x netty 4.1.115 #9499 (4.1.5: upgrade Netty to 4.1.115 #9557)
• gRPC compatiblity fixes #9505 (4.1.5: gRPC compatiblity fixes #9559)
• New paragraph describing how to explicitly turn off TLS on an MP gRPC client #9519 (4.1.5: New paragraph describing how to explicitly turn off TLS on an MP gRPC client #9560)
• Fix to correctly create references for config documentation provider implementations #9523 (4.1.5: Fix to correctly create references for config documentation provider implementations #9561)
• 4.x: Upgrade kafka-clients to 3.8.1 #9527 (4.1.5: Upgrade kafka-clients to 3.8.1 #9563)
• Removes repeated warning when method name cannot be determined from annotation #9529 (4.1.5: Removes repeated warning when method name cannot be determined from annotation #9562)
• Initialize distribution customizations even before config is applied #9547 (4.1.5: Initialize distribution customizations even before config is applied #9564)
• Adds support for async on @ExecuteOn methods #9551 (4.1.5: Adds support for async on @ExecuteOn methods #9566)
• Creates FT executor using our ThreadPoolSupplier to ensure context propagation #9555 (4.1.5: Creates FT executor using our ThreadPoolSupplier to ensure context propagation #9567)
• Adds support for send(byte[],int,int) to server responses #9569 ( 4.1.5: Adds support for send(byte[],int,int) to server responses #9575)
• 4.x: Java 24 support: Upgrade ASM and Byte Buddy  #9571 (4.1.5: Upgrade ASM and Byte Buddy for Java 24 support (#9571) #9573)
• Upgrades ojdbc to the latest version of 23 as of this writing #9441 (4.1.5: Upgrades ojdbc to the latest version of 23 as of this writing #9574)
• Enables support to turn on/off proxy protocol in config #9577 (4.1.5: Enables support to turn on/off proxy protocol in config #9579)
• Add telemetry filter helper feature so developer code can influence automatic span creation #9552 (4.1.5: Add telemetry filter helper feature so developer code can influence automatic span creation #9581)
• Fix MP telemetry config setting typo #9583 (4.1.5 mp telemetry doc typo #9584)
• Fix incorrect throw of exception in global tracer assignment #9587 (4.1.5 Fix incorrect throw of exception in global tracer assignment #9588)

After further review, decided not to backport to patch release

• 4.x: Update to static content #9502 (4.1.5: Update to static content #9558)