diff --git a/.chloggen/configcompression-include-lz4-compression.yaml b/.chloggen/configcompression-include-lz4-compression.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..383a3b83d05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/configcompression-include-lz4-compression.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: "enhancement"
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. otlpreceiver)
+component: "configcompression"
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Add support for lz4 compression
+
+# One or more tracking issues or pull requests related to the change
+issues: [9128]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext:
+
+# Optional: The change log or logs in which this entry should be included.
+# e.g. '[user]' or '[user, api]'
+# Include 'user' if the change is relevant to end users.
+# Include 'api' if there is a change to a library API.
+# Default: '[user]'
+change_logs: [api]
diff --git a/.chloggen/exportertest-separate-module.yaml b/.chloggen/exportertest-separate-module.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..075324d462d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/exportertest-separate-module.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: breaking
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. otlpreceiver)
+component: exporter/expotertest
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Put expotertest into its own module
+
+# One or more tracking issues or pull requests related to the change
+issues: [11461]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext:
+
+# Optional: The change log or logs in which this entry should be included.
+# e.g. '[user]' or '[user, api]'
+# Include 'user' if the change is relevant to end users.
+# Include 'api' if there is a change to a library API.
+# Default: '[user]'
+change_logs: []
diff --git a/.chloggen/merge-function-as-requet-method.yaml b/.chloggen/merge-function-as-requet-method.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fae049f3f02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/merge-function-as-requet-method.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: breaking
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. otlpreceiver)
+component: exporter
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Made mergeFunc and mergeSplitFunc required method of exporter.Request
+
+# One or more tracking issues or pull requests related to the change
+issues: [10368]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext:
+  mergeFunc and mergeSplitFunc used to be part of the configuration pass to the exporter. Now it is changed
+  | to be a method function of request.
+
+# Optional: The change log or logs in which this entry should be included.
+# e.g. '[user]' or '[user, api]'
+# Include 'user' if the change is relevant to end users.
+# Include 'api' if there is a change to a library API.
+# Default: '[user]'
+change_logs: [api]
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/stabilization.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/stabilization.md
index aea8102517b..62e9b8f1018 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/stabilization.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/stabilization.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Before stabilizing a module, an approver or maintainer must make sure that the f
 - [ ] No TODOs in the module code that would require breaking changes
 - [ ] No deprecated symbols in the module
 - [ ] No symbols marked as experimental in the module
-- [ ] The module follows the [Coding guidelines](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md)
+- [ ] The module follows the [Coding guidelines](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/blob/main/docs/coding-guidelines.md)
 
 Please also make sure to publicly announce our intent to stabilize the module on:
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1a4357bd5b9..cab7722c87a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ check-contrib:
 		-replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter=$(CURDIR)/exporter  \
 		-replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/debugexporter=$(CURDIR)/exporter/debugexporter  \
 		-replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterprofiles=$(CURDIR)/exporter/exporterprofiles  \
+		-replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exportertest=$(CURDIR)/exporter/exportertest  \
 		-replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterhelper/exporterhelperprofiles=$(CURDIR)/exporter/exporterhelper/exporterhelperprofiles  \
 		-replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/nopexporter=$(CURDIR)/exporter/nopexporter  \
 		-replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/otlpexporter=$(CURDIR)/exporter/otlpexporter  \
@@ -368,6 +369,7 @@ restore-contrib:
 		-dropreplace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumertest  \
 		-dropreplace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter  \
 		-dropreplace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterhelper/exporterhelperprofiles  \
+		-dropreplace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exportertest  \
 		-dropreplace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/debugexporter  \
 		-dropreplace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/nopexporter  \
 		-dropreplace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/otlpexporter  \
diff --git a/client/go.mod b/client/go.mod
index 6322ea7912d..5fd9e460dd9 100644
--- a/client/go.mod
+++ b/client/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.22.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.1-0.20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.17.0
 	go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0
 )
diff --git a/cmd/builder/README.md b/cmd/builder/README.md
index 159ac167ae7..8d26c3b5816 100644
--- a/cmd/builder/README.md
+++ b/cmd/builder/README.md
@@ -57,11 +57,34 @@ $ /tmp/dist/otelcol-custom --config=/tmp/otelcol.yaml
 
 ## Installation
 
-There are two supported ways to install the builder: via the official releases (recommended) and through `go install`.
+There are three supported ways to install the builder:
+1. Via official release Docker images (recommended)
+2. Via official release binaries (recommended)
+3. Through `go install` (not recommended)
 
-### Official releases
+### Official release Docker image
 
-This is the recommended installation method. Download the binary for your respective platform from the ["Releases"](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/releases?q=cmd/builder) page.
+You will find the official docker images at [DockerHub](https://hub.docker.com/r/otel/opentelemetry-collector-builder). 
+
+Pull the image via tagged version number (e.g. v0.110.0) or 'latest'. You may also specify platform, although Docker will handle this automatically as it is a multi-platform build.
+
+```
+docker pull otel/opentelemetry-collector-builder:latest
+```
+
+The included builder configuration file/manifest should be replaced by mounting a file from your local filesystem to the docker container; the default location is `/build/builder-config.yaml`. If you mount a file at a different location inside the container, your `builder.config.yaml` must be specified as a command line argument to ocb. Additionally, the output folder must also be mounted from your local system to the docker container. This output directory must be specified in your `builder-config.yaml` file as it cannot be set via the command-line arguments.
+
+Assuming you are running this image in your working directory, have a `builder-config.yaml` file located in this folder, the `dist.output_path` item inside your `builder-config.yaml` is set to `./otelcol-dev`, and you wish to output the binary/go module files to a folder named `output`, the command would look as follows:
+
+```
+docker run -v "$(pwd)/builder-config.yaml:/build/builder-config.yaml" -v "$(pwd)/output:/build/otelcol-dev" otel/opentelemetry-collector-builder:latest
+```
+
+Additional arguments may be passed to ocb on the command line as specified below, but if you wish to do this, you must make sure to pass the `--config` argument, as this is specified as an additional `CMD`, not an entrypoint. 
+
+### Official release binaries 
+
+This is the recommended installation method for the binary. Download the binary for your respective platform from the ["Releases"](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/releases?q=cmd/builder) page.
 
 ### `go install`
 
diff --git a/cmd/builder/internal/builder/main_test.go b/cmd/builder/internal/builder/main_test.go
index 8152cee79a9..787f472762b 100644
--- a/cmd/builder/internal/builder/main_test.go
+++ b/cmd/builder/internal/builder/main_test.go
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ var (
 		"/exporter",
 		"/exporter/debugexporter",
 		"/exporter/exporterprofiles",
+		"/exporter/exportertest",
 		"/exporter/exporterhelper/exporterhelperprofiles",
 		"/exporter/nopexporter",
 		"/exporter/otlpexporter",
diff --git a/cmd/builder/test/core.builder.yaml b/cmd/builder/test/core.builder.yaml
index af5d1981932..459e892d0bb 100644
--- a/cmd/builder/test/core.builder.yaml
+++ b/cmd/builder/test/core.builder.yaml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ replaces:
   - go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter => ${WORKSPACE_DIR}/exporter
   - go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/debugexporter => ${WORKSPACE_DIR}/exporter/debugexporter
   - go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterprofiles => ${WORKSPACE_DIR}/exporter/exporterprofiles
+  - go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exportertest => ${WORKSPACE_DIR}/exporter/exportertest
   - go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterhelper/exporterhelperprofiles => ${WORKSPACE_DIR}/exporter/exporterhelper/exporterhelperprofiles
   - go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension => ${WORKSPACE_DIR}/extension
   - go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/auth => ${WORKSPACE_DIR}/extension/auth
diff --git a/cmd/mdatagen/go.mod b/cmd/mdatagen/go.mod
index 3717552bb7f..5581ec9b7b3 100644
--- a/cmd/mdatagen/go.mod
+++ b/cmd/mdatagen/go.mod
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v1.17.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap/provider/fileprovider v1.17.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.1-0.20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumertest v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/filter v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.17.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor v0.111.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/processortest v0.111.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor v0.111.1-0.20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/processortest v0.0.0-20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/semconv v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.31.0
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component/componentstatus v0.111.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror v0.111.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror v0.0.0-20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumerprofiles v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/testdata v0.111.0 // indirect
diff --git a/cmd/otelcorecol/builder-config.yaml b/cmd/otelcorecol/builder-config.yaml
index 0c4b06f4af0..09ba29cec66 100644
--- a/cmd/otelcorecol/builder-config.yaml
+++ b/cmd/otelcorecol/builder-config.yaml
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ replaces:
   - go.opentelemetry.io/collector/connector/forwardconnector => ../../connector/forwardconnector
   - go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter => ../../exporter
   - go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/debugexporter => ../../exporter/debugexporter
+  - go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exportertest => ../../exporter/exportertest
   - go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterprofiles => ../../exporter/exporterprofiles
   - go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterhelper/exporterhelperprofiles => ../../exporter/exporterhelper/exporterhelperprofiles
   - go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/nopexporter => ../../exporter/nopexporter
diff --git a/cmd/otelcorecol/go.mod b/cmd/otelcorecol/go.mod
index f8bc7e30897..d58a71fb035 100644
--- a/cmd/otelcorecol/go.mod
+++ b/cmd/otelcorecol/go.mod
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/memorylimiterextension v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/zpagesextension v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/otelcol v0.111.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor v0.111.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor v0.111.1-0.20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/batchprocessor v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/memorylimiterprocessor v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver v0.111.0
@@ -93,14 +93,15 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtls v1.17.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/internal v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/connector/connectorprofiles v0.111.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/connector/connectortest v0.111.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror v0.111.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror/consumererrorprofiles v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/connector/connectortest v0.0.0-20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.1-0.20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror v0.0.0-20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror/consumererrorprofiles v0.0.0-20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumerprofiles v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumertest v0.111.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterhelper/exporterhelperprofiles v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterhelper/exporterhelperprofiles v0.0.0-20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterprofiles v0.111.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exportertest v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/auth v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/experimental/storage v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/extensioncapabilities v0.111.0 // indirect
@@ -110,9 +111,9 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/testdata v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline v0.111.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline/pipelineprofiles v0.111.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline/pipelineprofiles v0.0.0-20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/processorprofiles v0.111.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/processortest v0.111.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/processortest v0.0.0-20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/receiverprofiles v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/semconv v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/service v0.111.0 // indirect
@@ -214,6 +215,8 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter => ../../exporter
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/debugexporter => ../../exporter/debugexporter
 
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exportertest => ../../exporter/exportertest
+
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterprofiles => ../../exporter/exporterprofiles
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterhelper/exporterhelperprofiles => ../../exporter/exporterhelper/exporterhelperprofiles
diff --git a/connector/connectorprofiles/go.mod b/connector/connectorprofiles/go.mod
index 655f8219d5d..5f1004d10d9 100644
--- a/connector/connectorprofiles/go.mod
+++ b/connector/connectorprofiles/go.mod
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/connector v0.111.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.1-0.20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumerprofiles v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumertest v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/testdata v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline v0.111.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline/pipelineprofiles v0.111.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline/pipelineprofiles v0.0.0-20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/connector/connectortest/go.mod b/connector/connectortest/go.mod
index 23755de583e..9554fdb6a4f 100644
--- a/connector/connectortest/go.mod
+++ b/connector/connectortest/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/connector v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/connector/connectorprofiles v0.111.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.1-0.20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumerprofiles v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumertest v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.17.0
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline v0.111.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline/pipelineprofiles v0.111.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline/pipelineprofiles v0.0.0-20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.31.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.31.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.31.0 // indirect
diff --git a/connector/forwardconnector/go.mod b/connector/forwardconnector/go.mod
index 5fdd198cc6d..574905764b8 100644
--- a/connector/forwardconnector/go.mod
+++ b/connector/forwardconnector/go.mod
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v1.17.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/connector v0.111.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/connector/connectortest v0.111.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/connector/connectortest v0.0.0-20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.1-0.20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumertest v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.17.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline v0.111.0
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/connector/connectorprofiles v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumerprofiles v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile v0.111.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline/pipelineprofiles v0.111.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline/pipelineprofiles v0.0.0-20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.31.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.31.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.31.0 // indirect
diff --git a/connector/go.mod b/connector/go.mod
index 89628737b57..f4ca58de6c6 100644
--- a/connector/go.mod
+++ b/connector/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.111.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.1-0.20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumertest v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.17.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/testdata v0.111.0
diff --git a/consumer/consumererror/consumererrorprofiles/go.mod b/consumer/consumererror/consumererrorprofiles/go.mod
index 04f55f4aa33..92c89f9f992 100644
--- a/consumer/consumererror/consumererrorprofiles/go.mod
+++ b/consumer/consumererror/consumererrorprofiles/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.22.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror v0.111.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror v0.0.0-20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/testdata v0.111.0
 )
diff --git a/consumer/consumerprofiles/go.mod b/consumer/consumerprofiles/go.mod
index fe83e9a165e..a78c7f30091 100644
--- a/consumer/consumerprofiles/go.mod
+++ b/consumer/consumerprofiles/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer => ../
 
 require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.1-0.20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile v0.111.0
 )
 
diff --git a/consumer/consumertest/go.mod b/consumer/consumertest/go.mod
index 0feda3e38ae..ac5cbe984d0 100644
--- a/consumer/consumertest/go.mod
+++ b/consumer/consumertest/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer => ../
 
 require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.1-0.20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumerprofiles v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.17.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile v0.111.0
diff --git a/docs/release.md b/docs/release.md
index 0497f9bc7e5..f93870afcbe 100644
--- a/docs/release.md
+++ b/docs/release.md
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ The last step of the release process creates artifacts for the new version of th
 
     3. build and release ocb binaries under a separate tagged Github release, e.g. `cmd/builder/v0.85.0`
 
+    4. build and push ocb Docker images to `https://hub.docker.com/r/otel/opentelemetry-collector-builder` and the GitHub Container Registry within the releases repository
+
 ## Troubleshooting
 
 1. `unknown revision internal/coreinternal/v0.85.0` -- This is typically an indication that there's a dependency on a new module. You can fix it by adding a new `replaces` entry to the `go.mod` for the affected module.
diff --git a/exporter/debugexporter/go.mod b/exporter/debugexporter/go.mod
index 323767d0129..931c72ec3d9 100644
--- a/exporter/debugexporter/go.mod
+++ b/exporter/debugexporter/go.mod
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v1.17.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.1-0.20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter v0.111.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exportertest v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.17.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/testdata v0.111.0
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configretry v1.17.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror v0.111.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror v0.0.0-20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumerprofiles v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumertest v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterprofiles v0.111.0 // indirect
@@ -92,4 +93,6 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterprofiles => ../exporterpr
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline => ../../pipeline
 
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exportertest => ../exportertest
+
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror => ../../consumer/consumererror
diff --git a/exporter/exporterbatcher/batch_func.go b/exporter/exporterbatcher/batch_func.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 0298276ba7b..00000000000
--- a/exporter/exporterbatcher/batch_func.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-package exporterbatcher // import "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterbatcher"
-
-import "context"
-
-// BatchMergeFunc is a function that merges two requests into a single request.
-// Do not mutate the requests passed to the function if error can be returned after mutation or if the exporter is
-// marked as not mutable.
-// Experimental: This API is at the early stage of development and may change without backward compatibility
-// until https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/issues/8122 is resolved.
-type BatchMergeFunc[T any] func(context.Context, T, T) (T, error)
-
-// BatchMergeSplitFunc is a function that merge and/or splits one or two requests into multiple requests based on the
-// configured limit provided in MaxSizeConfig.
-// All the returned requests MUST have a number of items that does not exceed the maximum number of items.
-// Size of the last returned request MUST be less or equal than the size of any other returned request.
-// The original request MUST not be mutated if error is returned after mutation or if the exporter is
-// marked as not mutable. The length of the returned slice MUST not be 0. The optionalReq argument can be nil,
-// make sure to check it before using.
-// Experimental: This API is at the early stage of development and may change without backward compatibility
-// until https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/issues/8122 is resolved.
-type BatchMergeSplitFunc[T any] func(ctx context.Context, cfg MaxSizeConfig, optionalReq T, req T) ([]T, error)
diff --git a/exporter/exporterhelper/common.go b/exporter/exporterhelper/common.go
index 7f396f40776..ab1f0db4e0b 100644
--- a/exporter/exporterhelper/common.go
+++ b/exporter/exporterhelper/common.go
@@ -69,11 +69,3 @@ func WithCapabilities(capabilities consumer.Capabilities) Option {
 func WithBatcher(cfg exporterbatcher.Config) Option {
 	return internal.WithBatcher(cfg)
 }
-
-// WithBatchFuncs enables setting custom batch merge functions.
-// This API is at the early stage of development and may change without backward compatibility
-// until https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/issues/8122 is resolved.
-func WithBatchFuncs(mf exporterbatcher.BatchMergeFunc[Request],
-	msf exporterbatcher.BatchMergeSplitFunc[Request]) Option {
-	return internal.WithBatchFuncs(mf, msf)
-}
diff --git a/exporter/exporterhelper/exporterhelperprofiles/go.mod b/exporter/exporterhelper/exporterhelperprofiles/go.mod
index 1057dfd35b7..dea9f1e2626 100644
--- a/exporter/exporterhelper/exporterhelperprofiles/go.mod
+++ b/exporter/exporterhelper/exporterhelperprofiles/go.mod
@@ -6,17 +6,17 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configretry v1.17.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror v0.111.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror/consumererrorprofiles v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.1-0.20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror v0.0.0-20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror/consumererrorprofiles v0.0.0-20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumerprofiles v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumertest v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterprofiles v0.111.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.17.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exportertest v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/testdata v0.111.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline/pipelineprofiles v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline/pipelineprofiles v0.0.0-20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.31.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.31.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.31.0
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/experimental/storage v0.111.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.17.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/receiverprofiles v0.111.0 // indirect
@@ -88,4 +89,6 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/experimental/storage => ../../..
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline => ../../../pipeline
 
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exportertest => ../../exportertest
+
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror => ../../../consumer/consumererror
diff --git a/exporter/exporterhelper/exporterhelperprofiles/profiles.go b/exporter/exporterhelper/exporterhelperprofiles/profiles.go
index 89410f22892..069613dbed3 100644
--- a/exporter/exporterhelper/exporterhelperprofiles/profiles.go
+++ b/exporter/exporterhelper/exporterhelperprofiles/profiles.go
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ func NewProfilesExporter(
 	}
 	profilesOpts := []exporterhelper.Option{
 		internal.WithMarshaler(profilesRequestMarshaler), internal.WithUnmarshaler(newProfileRequestUnmarshalerFunc(pusher)),
-		internal.WithBatchFuncs(mergeProfiles, mergeSplitProfiles),
 	}
 	return NewProfilesRequestExporter(ctx, set, requestFromProfiles(pusher), append(profilesOpts, options...)...)
 }
diff --git a/exporter/exporterhelper/exporterhelperprofiles/profiles_batch.go b/exporter/exporterhelper/exporterhelperprofiles/profiles_batch.go
index 0db7d879e20..fc725666438 100644
--- a/exporter/exporterhelper/exporterhelperprofiles/profiles_batch.go
+++ b/exporter/exporterhelper/exporterhelperprofiles/profiles_batch.go
@@ -12,29 +12,28 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile"
 )
 
-// mergeProfiles merges two profiles requests into one.
-func mergeProfiles(_ context.Context, r1 exporterhelper.Request, r2 exporterhelper.Request) (exporterhelper.Request, error) {
-	tr1, ok1 := r1.(*profilesRequest)
+// Merge merges two profiles requests into one.
+func (req *profilesRequest) Merge(_ context.Context, r2 exporterhelper.Request) (exporterhelper.Request, error) {
 	tr2, ok2 := r2.(*profilesRequest)
-	if !ok1 || !ok2 {
+	if !ok2 {
 		return nil, errors.New("invalid input type")
 	}
-	tr2.pd.ResourceProfiles().MoveAndAppendTo(tr1.pd.ResourceProfiles())
-	return tr1, nil
+	tr2.pd.ResourceProfiles().MoveAndAppendTo(req.pd.ResourceProfiles())
+	return req, nil
 }
 
-// mergeSplitProfiles splits and/or merges the profiles into multiple requests based on the MaxSizeConfig.
-func mergeSplitProfiles(_ context.Context, cfg exporterbatcher.MaxSizeConfig, r1 exporterhelper.Request, r2 exporterhelper.Request) ([]exporterhelper.Request, error) {
+// MergeSplit splits and/or merges the profiles into multiple requests based on the MaxSizeConfig.
+func (req *profilesRequest) MergeSplit(_ context.Context, cfg exporterbatcher.MaxSizeConfig, r2 exporterhelper.Request) ([]exporterhelper.Request, error) {
 	var (
 		res          []exporterhelper.Request
 		destReq      *profilesRequest
 		capacityLeft = cfg.MaxSizeItems
 	)
-	for _, req := range []exporterhelper.Request{r1, r2} {
-		if req == nil {
+	for _, r := range []exporterhelper.Request{req, r2} {
+		if r == nil {
 			continue
 		}
-		srcReq, ok := req.(*profilesRequest)
+		srcReq, ok := r.(*profilesRequest)
 		if !ok {
 			return nil, errors.New("invalid input type")
 		}
diff --git a/exporter/exporterhelper/exporterhelperprofiles/profiles_batch_test.go b/exporter/exporterhelper/exporterhelperprofiles/profiles_batch_test.go
index 0272d8126b1..9674e2d3fd4 100644
--- a/exporter/exporterhelper/exporterhelperprofiles/profiles_batch_test.go
+++ b/exporter/exporterhelper/exporterhelperprofiles/profiles_batch_test.go
@@ -12,27 +12,25 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterbatcher"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterhelper"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/ptrace"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/testdata"
 )
 
 func TestMergeProfiles(t *testing.T) {
 	pr1 := &profilesRequest{pd: testdata.GenerateProfiles(2)}
 	pr2 := &profilesRequest{pd: testdata.GenerateProfiles(3)}
-	res, err := mergeProfiles(context.Background(), pr1, pr2)
+	res, err := pr1.Merge(context.Background(), pr2)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "%#v\n", res.(*profilesRequest).pd)
 	assert.Equal(t, 5, res.(*profilesRequest).pd.SampleCount())
 }
 
 func TestMergeProfilesInvalidInput(t *testing.T) {
-	pr1 := &tracesRequest{td: testdata.GenerateTraces(2)}
+	pr1 := &dummyRequest{}
 	pr2 := &profilesRequest{pd: testdata.GenerateProfiles(3)}
-	_, err := mergeProfiles(context.Background(), pr1, pr2)
+	_, err := pr2.Merge(context.Background(), pr1)
 	assert.Error(t, err)
 }
 
@@ -51,13 +49,6 @@ func TestMergeSplitProfiles(t *testing.T) {
 			pr2:      &profilesRequest{pd: pprofile.NewProfiles()},
 			expected: []*profilesRequest{{pd: pprofile.NewProfiles()}},
 		},
-		{
-			name:     "both_requests_nil",
-			cfg:      exporterbatcher.MaxSizeConfig{MaxSizeItems: 10},
-			pr1:      nil,
-			pr2:      nil,
-			expected: []*profilesRequest{},
-		},
 		{
 			name:     "first_request_empty",
 			cfg:      exporterbatcher.MaxSizeConfig{MaxSizeItems: 10},
@@ -66,17 +57,10 @@ func TestMergeSplitProfiles(t *testing.T) {
 			expected: []*profilesRequest{{pd: testdata.GenerateProfiles(5)}},
 		},
 		{
-			name:     "first_requests_nil",
-			cfg:      exporterbatcher.MaxSizeConfig{MaxSizeItems: 10},
-			pr1:      nil,
-			pr2:      &profilesRequest{pd: testdata.GenerateProfiles(5)},
-			expected: []*profilesRequest{{pd: testdata.GenerateProfiles(5)}},
-		},
-		{
-			name:     "first_nil_second_empty",
+			name:     "first_empty_second_nil",
 			cfg:      exporterbatcher.MaxSizeConfig{MaxSizeItems: 10},
-			pr1:      nil,
-			pr2:      &profilesRequest{pd: pprofile.NewProfiles()},
+			pr1:      &profilesRequest{pd: pprofile.NewProfiles()},
+			pr2:      nil,
 			expected: []*profilesRequest{{pd: pprofile.NewProfiles()}},
 		},
 		{
@@ -93,8 +77,8 @@ func TestMergeSplitProfiles(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "split_only",
 			cfg:  exporterbatcher.MaxSizeConfig{MaxSizeItems: 4},
-			pr1:  nil,
-			pr2:  &profilesRequest{pd: testdata.GenerateProfiles(10)},
+			pr1:  &profilesRequest{pd: testdata.GenerateProfiles(10)},
+			pr2:  nil,
 			expected: []*profilesRequest{
 				{pd: testdata.GenerateProfiles(4)},
 				{pd: testdata.GenerateProfiles(4)},
@@ -133,7 +117,7 @@ func TestMergeSplitProfiles(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			res, err := mergeSplitProfiles(context.Background(), tt.cfg, tt.pr1, tt.pr2)
+			res, err := tt.pr1.MergeSplit(context.Background(), tt.cfg, tt.pr2)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			assert.Equal(t, len(tt.expected), len(res))
 			for i, r := range res {
@@ -145,9 +129,9 @@ func TestMergeSplitProfiles(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestMergeSplitProfilesInvalidInput(t *testing.T) {
-	r1 := &tracesRequest{td: testdata.GenerateTraces(2)}
+	r1 := &dummyRequest{}
 	r2 := &profilesRequest{pd: testdata.GenerateProfiles(3)}
-	_, err := mergeSplitProfiles(context.Background(), exporterbatcher.MaxSizeConfig{}, r1, r2)
+	_, err := r2.MergeSplit(context.Background(), exporterbatcher.MaxSizeConfig{}, r1)
 	assert.Error(t, err)
 }
 
@@ -160,15 +144,23 @@ func TestExtractProfiles(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-type tracesRequest struct {
-	td     ptrace.Traces
-	pusher consumer.ConsumeTracesFunc
+// dummyRequest implements Request. It is for checking that merging two request types would fail
+type dummyRequest struct {
+}
+
+func (req *dummyRequest) Export(_ context.Context) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (req *dummyRequest) ItemsCount() int {
+	return 1
 }
 
-func (req *tracesRequest) Export(ctx context.Context) error {
-	return req.pusher(ctx, req.td)
+func (req *dummyRequest) Merge(_ context.Context, _ exporterhelper.Request) (exporterhelper.Request, error) {
+	return nil, nil
 }
 
-func (req *tracesRequest) ItemsCount() int {
-	return req.td.SpanCount()
+func (req *dummyRequest) MergeSplit(_ context.Context, _ exporterbatcher.MaxSizeConfig, _ exporterhelper.Request) (
+	[]exporterhelper.Request, error) {
+	return nil, nil
 }
diff --git a/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/base_exporter.go b/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/base_exporter.go
index 1aebb318c8f..763972e793e 100644
--- a/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/base_exporter.go
+++ b/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/base_exporter.go
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ type BaseExporter struct {
 
 	Signal pipeline.Signal
 
-	BatchMergeFunc      exporterbatcher.BatchMergeFunc[internal.Request]
-	BatchMergeSplitfunc exporterbatcher.BatchMergeSplitFunc[internal.Request]
-
 	Marshaler   exporterqueue.Marshaler[internal.Request]
 	Unmarshaler exporterqueue.Unmarshaler[internal.Request]
 
@@ -104,10 +101,7 @@ func NewBaseExporter(set exporter.Settings, signal pipeline.Signal, osf ObsrepSe
 	}
 
 	if be.BatcherCfg.Enabled {
-		bs := NewBatchSender(be.BatcherCfg, be.Set, be.BatchMergeFunc, be.BatchMergeSplitfunc)
-		if bs.mergeFunc == nil || bs.mergeSplitFunc == nil {
-			err = multierr.Append(err, fmt.Errorf("WithRequestBatchFuncs must be provided for the batcher applied to the request-based exporters"))
-		}
+		bs := NewBatchSender(be.BatcherCfg, be.Set)
 		be.BatchSender = bs
 	}
 
@@ -298,16 +292,6 @@ func WithUnmarshaler(unmarshaler exporterqueue.Unmarshaler[internal.Request]) Op
 	}
 }
 
-// withBatchFuncs is used to set the functions for merging and splitting batches for OLTP-based exporters.
-// It must be provided as the first option when creating a new exporter helper.
-func WithBatchFuncs(mf exporterbatcher.BatchMergeFunc[internal.Request], msf exporterbatcher.BatchMergeSplitFunc[internal.Request]) Option {
-	return func(o *BaseExporter) error {
-		o.BatchMergeFunc = mf
-		o.BatchMergeSplitfunc = msf
-		return nil
-	}
-}
-
 func CheckStatus(t *testing.T, sd sdktrace.ReadOnlySpan, err error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		require.Equal(t, codes.Error, sd.Status().Code, "SpanData %v", sd)
diff --git a/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/batch_sender.go b/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/batch_sender.go
index 65d7e0965f7..21eed2c91d8 100644
--- a/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/batch_sender.go
+++ b/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/batch_sender.go
@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@ import (
 // - concurrencyLimit is reached.
 type BatchSender struct {
 	BaseRequestSender
-	cfg            exporterbatcher.Config
-	mergeFunc      exporterbatcher.BatchMergeFunc[internal.Request]
-	mergeSplitFunc exporterbatcher.BatchMergeSplitFunc[internal.Request]
+	cfg exporterbatcher.Config
 
 	// concurrencyLimit is the maximum number of goroutines that can be blocked by the batcher.
 	// If this number is reached and all the goroutines are busy, the batch will be sent right away.
@@ -46,14 +44,11 @@ type BatchSender struct {
 }
 
 // newBatchSender returns a new batch consumer component.
-func NewBatchSender(cfg exporterbatcher.Config, set exporter.Settings,
-	mf exporterbatcher.BatchMergeFunc[internal.Request], msf exporterbatcher.BatchMergeSplitFunc[internal.Request]) *BatchSender {
+func NewBatchSender(cfg exporterbatcher.Config, set exporter.Settings) *BatchSender {
 	bs := &BatchSender{
 		activeBatch:        newEmptyBatch(),
 		cfg:                cfg,
 		logger:             set.Logger,
-		mergeFunc:          mf,
-		mergeSplitFunc:     msf,
 		shutdownCh:         nil,
 		shutdownCompleteCh: make(chan struct{}),
 		stopped:            &atomic.Bool{},
@@ -156,10 +151,17 @@ func (bs *BatchSender) Send(ctx context.Context, req internal.Request) error {
 func (bs *BatchSender) sendMergeSplitBatch(ctx context.Context, req internal.Request) error {
 	bs.mu.Lock()
 
-	reqs, err := bs.mergeSplitFunc(ctx, bs.cfg.MaxSizeConfig, bs.activeBatch.request, req)
-	if err != nil || len(reqs) == 0 {
+	var reqs []internal.Request
+	var mergeSplitErr error
+	if bs.activeBatch.request == nil {
+		reqs, mergeSplitErr = req.MergeSplit(ctx, bs.cfg.MaxSizeConfig, nil)
+	} else {
+		reqs, mergeSplitErr = bs.activeBatch.request.MergeSplit(ctx, bs.cfg.MaxSizeConfig, req)
+	}
+
+	if mergeSplitErr != nil || len(reqs) == 0 {
 		bs.mu.Unlock()
-		return err
+		return mergeSplitErr
 	}
 
 	bs.activeRequests.Add(1)
@@ -201,7 +203,7 @@ func (bs *BatchSender) sendMergeBatch(ctx context.Context, req internal.Request)
 
 	if bs.activeBatch.request != nil {
 		var err error
-		req, err = bs.mergeFunc(ctx, bs.activeBatch.request, req)
+		req, err = bs.activeBatch.request.Merge(ctx, req)
 		if err != nil {
 			bs.mu.Unlock()
 			return err
diff --git a/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/batch_sender_test.go b/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/batch_sender_test.go
index f6d53bca0e0..f75febca205 100644
--- a/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/batch_sender_test.go
+++ b/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/batch_sender_test.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func TestBatchSender_Merge(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			be := queueBatchExporter(t, tt.batcherOption, WithBatchFuncs(fakeBatchMergeFunc, fakeBatchMergeSplitFunc))
+			be := queueBatchExporter(t, tt.batcherOption)
 
 			require.NoError(t, be.Start(context.Background(), componenttest.NewNopHost()))
 			t.Cleanup(func() {
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func TestBatchSender_BatchExportError(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			be := queueBatchExporter(t, tt.batcherOption, WithBatchFuncs(fakeBatchMergeFunc, fakeBatchMergeSplitFunc))
+			be := queueBatchExporter(t, tt.batcherOption)
 
 			require.NoError(t, be.Start(context.Background(), componenttest.NewNopHost()))
 			t.Cleanup(func() {
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ func TestBatchSender_MergeOrSplit(t *testing.T) {
 	cfg.MinSizeItems = 5
 	cfg.MaxSizeItems = 10
 	cfg.FlushTimeout = 100 * time.Millisecond
-	be := queueBatchExporter(t, WithBatcher(cfg), WithBatchFuncs(fakeBatchMergeFunc, fakeBatchMergeSplitFunc))
+	be := queueBatchExporter(t, WithBatcher(cfg))
 
 	require.NoError(t, be.Start(context.Background(), componenttest.NewNopHost()))
 	t.Cleanup(func() {
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ func TestBatchSender_MergeOrSplit(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// big request should be broken down into two requests, both are sent right away.
 	require.NoError(t, be.Send(context.Background(), &fakeRequest{items: 17, sink: sink}))
-
 	assert.Eventually(t, func() bool {
 		return sink.requestsCount.Load() == 3 && sink.itemsCount.Load() == 25
 	}, 50*time.Millisecond, 10*time.Millisecond)
@@ -190,7 +189,7 @@ func TestBatchSender_MergeOrSplit(t *testing.T) {
 func TestBatchSender_Shutdown(t *testing.T) {
 	batchCfg := exporterbatcher.NewDefaultConfig()
 	batchCfg.MinSizeItems = 10
-	be := queueBatchExporter(t, WithBatcher(batchCfg), WithBatchFuncs(fakeBatchMergeFunc, fakeBatchMergeSplitFunc))
+	be := queueBatchExporter(t, WithBatcher(batchCfg))
 
 	require.NoError(t, be.Start(context.Background(), componenttest.NewNopHost()))
 
@@ -212,7 +211,6 @@ func TestBatchSender_Disabled(t *testing.T) {
 	cfg.Enabled = false
 	cfg.MaxSizeItems = 5
 	be, err := NewBaseExporter(defaultSettings, defaultSignal, newNoopObsrepSender,
-		WithBatchFuncs(fakeBatchMergeFunc, fakeBatchMergeSplitFunc),
 		WithBatcher(cfg))
 	require.NotNil(t, be)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -229,39 +227,38 @@ func TestBatchSender_Disabled(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, int64(8), sink.itemsCount.Load())
 }
 
-func TestBatchSender_InvalidMergeSplitFunc(t *testing.T) {
-	invalidMergeSplitFunc := func(_ context.Context, _ exporterbatcher.MaxSizeConfig, _ internal.Request, req2 internal.Request) ([]internal.Request,
-		error) {
-		// reply with invalid 0 length slice if req2 is more than 20 items
-		if req2.(*fakeRequest).items > 20 {
-			return []internal.Request{}, nil
-		}
-		// otherwise reply with a single request.
-		return []internal.Request{req2}, nil
-	}
-	cfg := exporterbatcher.NewDefaultConfig()
-	cfg.FlushTimeout = 50 * time.Millisecond
-	cfg.MaxSizeItems = 20
-	be := queueBatchExporter(t, WithBatcher(cfg), WithBatchFuncs(fakeBatchMergeFunc, invalidMergeSplitFunc))
-
-	require.NoError(t, be.Start(context.Background(), componenttest.NewNopHost()))
-	t.Cleanup(func() {
-		require.NoError(t, be.Shutdown(context.Background()))
-	})
-
-	sink := newFakeRequestSink()
-	// first request should be ignored due to invalid merge/split function.
-	require.NoError(t, be.Send(context.Background(), &fakeRequest{items: 30, sink: sink}))
-	// second request should be sent after reaching the timeout.
-	require.NoError(t, be.Send(context.Background(), &fakeRequest{items: 15, sink: sink}))
-	assert.Eventually(t, func() bool {
-		return sink.requestsCount.Load() == 1 && sink.itemsCount.Load() == 15
-	}, 100*time.Millisecond, 10*time.Millisecond)
-}
+// func TestBatchSender_InvalidMergeSplitFunc(t *testing.T) {
+// 	invalidMergeSplitFunc := func(_ context.Context, _ exporterbatcher.MaxSizeConfig, _ internal.Request, req2 internal.Request) ([]internal.Request,
+// 		error) {
+// 		// reply with invalid 0 length slice if req2 is more than 20 items
+// 		if req2.(*fakeRequest).items > 20 {
+// 			return []internal.Request{}, nil
+// 		}
+// 		// otherwise reply with a single request.
+// 		return []internal.Request{req2}, nil
+// 	}
+// 	cfg := exporterbatcher.NewDefaultConfig()
+// 	cfg.FlushTimeout = 50 * time.Millisecond
+// 	cfg.MaxSizeItems = 20
+// 	be := queueBatchExporter(t, WithBatcher(cfg), WithBatchFuncs(fakeBatchMergeFunc, invalidMergeSplitFunc))
+
+// 	require.NoError(t, be.Start(context.Background(), componenttest.NewNopHost()))
+// 	t.Cleanup(func() {
+// 		require.NoError(t, be.Shutdown(context.Background()))
+// 	})
+
+// 	sink := newFakeRequestSink()
+// 	// first request should be ignored due to invalid merge/split function.
+// 	require.NoError(t, be.Send(context.Background(), &fakeRequest{items: 30, sink: sink}))
+// 	// second request should be sent after reaching the timeout.
+// 	require.NoError(t, be.Send(context.Background(), &fakeRequest{items: 15, sink: sink}))
+// 	assert.Eventually(t, func() bool {
+// 		return sink.requestsCount.Load() == 1 && sink.itemsCount.Load() == 15
+// 	}, 100*time.Millisecond, 10*time.Millisecond)
+// }
 
 func TestBatchSender_PostShutdown(t *testing.T) {
 	be, err := NewBaseExporter(defaultSettings, defaultSignal, newNoopObsrepSender,
-		WithBatchFuncs(fakeBatchMergeFunc, fakeBatchMergeSplitFunc),
 		WithBatcher(exporterbatcher.NewDefaultConfig()))
 	require.NotNil(t, be)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -323,7 +320,6 @@ func TestBatchSender_ConcurrencyLimitReached(t *testing.T) {
 			qCfg := exporterqueue.NewDefaultConfig()
 			qCfg.NumConsumers = 2
 			be, err := NewBaseExporter(defaultSettings, defaultSignal, newNoopObsrepSender,
-				WithBatchFuncs(fakeBatchMergeFunc, fakeBatchMergeSplitFunc),
 				WithBatcher(tt.batcherCfg),
 				WithRequestQueue(qCfg, exporterqueue.NewMemoryQueueFactory[internal.Request]()))
 			require.NotNil(t, be)
@@ -379,7 +375,6 @@ func TestBatchSender_BatchBlocking(t *testing.T) {
 	bCfg := exporterbatcher.NewDefaultConfig()
 	bCfg.MinSizeItems = 3
 	be, err := NewBaseExporter(defaultSettings, defaultSignal, newNoopObsrepSender,
-		WithBatchFuncs(fakeBatchMergeFunc, fakeBatchMergeSplitFunc),
 		WithBatcher(bCfg))
 	require.NotNil(t, be)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -410,7 +405,6 @@ func TestBatchSender_BatchCancelled(t *testing.T) {
 	bCfg := exporterbatcher.NewDefaultConfig()
 	bCfg.MinSizeItems = 2
 	be, err := NewBaseExporter(defaultSettings, defaultSignal, newNoopObsrepSender,
-		WithBatchFuncs(fakeBatchMergeFunc, fakeBatchMergeSplitFunc),
 		WithBatcher(bCfg))
 	require.NotNil(t, be)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -446,7 +440,6 @@ func TestBatchSender_DrainActiveRequests(t *testing.T) {
 	bCfg := exporterbatcher.NewDefaultConfig()
 	bCfg.MinSizeItems = 2
 	be, err := NewBaseExporter(defaultSettings, defaultSignal, newNoopObsrepSender,
-		WithBatchFuncs(fakeBatchMergeFunc, fakeBatchMergeSplitFunc),
 		WithBatcher(bCfg))
 	require.NotNil(t, be)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -476,45 +469,8 @@ func TestBatchSender_DrainActiveRequests(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, int64(3), sink.itemsCount.Load())
 }
 
-func TestBatchSender_WithBatcherOption(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		name        string
-		opts        []Option
-		expectedErr bool
-	}{
-		{
-			name:        "no_funcs_set",
-			opts:        []Option{WithBatcher(exporterbatcher.NewDefaultConfig())},
-			expectedErr: true,
-		},
-		{
-			name:        "funcs_set_internally",
-			opts:        []Option{WithBatchFuncs(fakeBatchMergeFunc, fakeBatchMergeSplitFunc), WithBatcher(exporterbatcher.NewDefaultConfig())},
-			expectedErr: false,
-		},
-		{
-			name:        "nil_funcs",
-			opts:        []Option{WithBatchFuncs(nil, nil), WithBatcher(exporterbatcher.NewDefaultConfig())},
-			expectedErr: true,
-		},
-	}
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			be, err := NewBaseExporter(defaultSettings, defaultSignal, newNoopObsrepSender, tt.opts...)
-			if tt.expectedErr {
-				assert.Nil(t, be)
-				assert.Error(t, err)
-			} else {
-				assert.NotNil(t, be)
-				assert.NoError(t, err)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
-
 func TestBatchSender_UnstartedShutdown(t *testing.T) {
 	be, err := NewBaseExporter(defaultSettings, defaultSignal, newNoopObsrepSender,
-		WithBatchFuncs(fakeBatchMergeFunc, fakeBatchMergeSplitFunc),
 		WithBatcher(exporterbatcher.NewDefaultConfig()))
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
@@ -524,51 +480,50 @@ func TestBatchSender_UnstartedShutdown(t *testing.T) {
 
 // TestBatchSender_ShutdownDeadlock tests that the exporter does not deadlock when shutting down while a batch is being
 // merged.
-func TestBatchSender_ShutdownDeadlock(t *testing.T) {
-	blockMerge := make(chan struct{})
-	waitMerge := make(chan struct{}, 10)
-
-	// blockedBatchMergeFunc blocks until the blockMerge channel is closed
-	blockedBatchMergeFunc := func(_ context.Context, r1 internal.Request, r2 internal.Request) (internal.Request, error) {
-		waitMerge <- struct{}{}
-		<-blockMerge
-		r1.(*fakeRequest).items += r2.(*fakeRequest).items
-		return r1, nil
-	}
-
-	bCfg := exporterbatcher.NewDefaultConfig()
-	bCfg.FlushTimeout = 10 * time.Minute // high timeout to avoid the timeout to trigger
-	be, err := NewBaseExporter(defaultSettings, defaultSignal, newNoopObsrepSender,
-		WithBatchFuncs(blockedBatchMergeFunc, fakeBatchMergeSplitFunc),
-		WithBatcher(bCfg))
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.NoError(t, be.Start(context.Background(), componenttest.NewNopHost()))
-
-	sink := newFakeRequestSink()
-
-	// Send 2 concurrent requests
-	go func() { assert.NoError(t, be.Send(context.Background(), &fakeRequest{items: 4, sink: sink})) }()
-	go func() { assert.NoError(t, be.Send(context.Background(), &fakeRequest{items: 4, sink: sink})) }()
-
-	// Wait for the requests to enter the merge function
-	<-waitMerge
-
-	// Initiate the exporter shutdown, unblock the batch merge function to catch possible deadlocks,
-	// then wait for the exporter to finish.
-	startShutdown := make(chan struct{})
-	doneShutdown := make(chan struct{})
-	go func() {
-		close(startShutdown)
-		assert.NoError(t, be.Shutdown(context.Background()))
-		close(doneShutdown)
-	}()
-	<-startShutdown
-	close(blockMerge)
-	<-doneShutdown
-
-	assert.EqualValues(t, 1, sink.requestsCount.Load())
-	assert.EqualValues(t, 8, sink.itemsCount.Load())
-}
+// func TestBatchSender_ShutdownDeadlock(t *testing.T) {
+// 	blockMerge := make(chan struct{})
+// 	waitMerge := make(chan struct{}, 10)
+
+// 	// blockedBatchMergeFunc blocks until the blockMerge channel is closed
+// 	blockedBatchMergeFunc := func(_ context.Context, r1 internal.Request, r2 internal.Request) (internal.Request, error) {
+// 		waitMerge <- struct{}{}
+// 		<-blockMerge
+// 		r1.(*fakeRequest).items += r2.(*fakeRequest).items
+// 		return r1, nil
+// 	}
+
+// 	bCfg := exporterbatcher.NewDefaultConfig()
+// 	bCfg.FlushTimeout = 10 * time.Minute // high timeout to avoid the timeout to trigger
+// 	be, err := NewBaseExporter(defaultSettings, defaultSignal, newNoopObsrepSender,
+// 		WithBatcher(bCfg))
+// 	require.NoError(t, err)
+// 	require.NoError(t, be.Start(context.Background(), componenttest.NewNopHost()))
+
+// 	sink := newFakeRequestSink()
+
+// 	// Send 2 concurrent requests
+// 	go func() { assert.NoError(t, be.Send(context.Background(), &fakeRequest{items: 4, sink: sink})) }()
+// 	go func() { assert.NoError(t, be.Send(context.Background(), &fakeRequest{items: 4, sink: sink})) }()
+
+// 	// Wait for the requests to enter the merge function
+// 	<-waitMerge
+
+// 	// Initiate the exporter shutdown, unblock the batch merge function to catch possible deadlocks,
+// 	// then wait for the exporter to finish.
+// 	startShutdown := make(chan struct{})
+// 	doneShutdown := make(chan struct{})
+// 	go func() {
+// 		close(startShutdown)
+// 		assert.NoError(t, be.Shutdown(context.Background()))
+// 		close(doneShutdown)
+// 	}()
+// 	<-startShutdown
+// 	close(blockMerge)
+// 	<-doneShutdown
+
+// 	assert.EqualValues(t, 1, sink.requestsCount.Load())
+// 	assert.EqualValues(t, 8, sink.itemsCount.Load())
+// }
 
 func TestBatchSenderWithTimeout(t *testing.T) {
 	bCfg := exporterbatcher.NewDefaultConfig()
@@ -576,7 +531,6 @@ func TestBatchSenderWithTimeout(t *testing.T) {
 	tCfg := NewDefaultTimeoutConfig()
 	tCfg.Timeout = 50 * time.Millisecond
 	be, err := NewBaseExporter(defaultSettings, defaultSignal, newNoopObsrepSender,
-		WithBatchFuncs(fakeBatchMergeFunc, fakeBatchMergeSplitFunc),
 		WithBatcher(bCfg),
 		WithTimeout(tCfg))
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -614,51 +568,50 @@ func TestBatchSenderWithTimeout(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.EqualValues(t, 12, sink.itemsCount.Load())
 }
 
-func TestBatchSenderTimerResetNoConflict(t *testing.T) {
-	delayBatchMergeFunc := func(_ context.Context, r1 internal.Request, r2 internal.Request) (internal.Request, error) {
-		time.Sleep(30 * time.Millisecond)
-		if r1 == nil {
-			return r2, nil
-		}
-		fr1 := r1.(*fakeRequest)
-		fr2 := r2.(*fakeRequest)
-		if fr2.mergeErr != nil {
-			return nil, fr2.mergeErr
-		}
-		return &fakeRequest{
-			items:     fr1.items + fr2.items,
-			sink:      fr1.sink,
-			exportErr: fr2.exportErr,
-			delay:     fr1.delay + fr2.delay,
-		}, nil
-	}
-	bCfg := exporterbatcher.NewDefaultConfig()
-	bCfg.MinSizeItems = 8
-	bCfg.FlushTimeout = 50 * time.Millisecond
-	be, err := NewBaseExporter(defaultSettings, defaultSignal, newNoopObsrepSender,
-		WithBatchFuncs(delayBatchMergeFunc, fakeBatchMergeSplitFunc),
-		WithBatcher(bCfg))
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.NoError(t, be.Start(context.Background(), componenttest.NewNopHost()))
-	sink := newFakeRequestSink()
-
-	// Send 2 concurrent requests that should be merged in one batch in the same interval as the flush timer
-	go func() {
-		assert.NoError(t, be.Send(context.Background(), &fakeRequest{items: 4, sink: sink}))
-	}()
-	time.Sleep(30 * time.Millisecond)
-	go func() {
-		assert.NoError(t, be.Send(context.Background(), &fakeRequest{items: 4, sink: sink}))
-	}()
-
-	// The batch should be sent either with the flush interval or by reaching the minimum items size with no conflict
-	assert.EventuallyWithT(t, func(c *assert.CollectT) {
-		assert.LessOrEqual(c, int64(1), sink.requestsCount.Load())
-		assert.EqualValues(c, 8, sink.itemsCount.Load())
-	}, 200*time.Millisecond, 10*time.Millisecond)
-
-	require.NoError(t, be.Shutdown(context.Background()))
-}
+// func TestBatchSenderTimerResetNoConflict(t *testing.T) {
+// 	delayBatchMergeFunc := func(_ context.Context, r1 internal.Request, r2 internal.Request) (internal.Request, error) {
+// 		time.Sleep(30 * time.Millisecond)
+// 		if r1 == nil {
+// 			return r2, nil
+// 		}
+// 		fr1 := r1.(*fakeRequest)
+// 		fr2 := r2.(*fakeRequest)
+// 		if fr2.mergeErr != nil {
+// 			return nil, fr2.mergeErr
+// 		}
+// 		return &fakeRequest{
+// 			items:     fr1.items + fr2.items,
+// 			sink:      fr1.sink,
+// 			exportErr: fr2.exportErr,
+// 			delay:     fr1.delay + fr2.delay,
+// 		}, nil
+// 	}
+// 	bCfg := exporterbatcher.NewDefaultConfig()
+// 	bCfg.MinSizeItems = 8
+// 	bCfg.FlushTimeout = 50 * time.Millisecond
+// 	be, err := NewBaseExporter(defaultSettings, defaultSignal, newNoopObsrepSender,
+// 		WithBatcher(bCfg))
+// 	require.NoError(t, err)
+// 	require.NoError(t, be.Start(context.Background(), componenttest.NewNopHost()))
+// 	sink := newFakeRequestSink()
+
+// 	// Send 2 concurrent requests that should be merged in one batch in the same interval as the flush timer
+// 	go func() {
+// 		assert.NoError(t, be.Send(context.Background(), &fakeRequest{items: 4, sink: sink}))
+// 	}()
+// 	time.Sleep(30 * time.Millisecond)
+// 	go func() {
+// 		assert.NoError(t, be.Send(context.Background(), &fakeRequest{items: 4, sink: sink}))
+// 	}()
+
+// 	// The batch should be sent either with the flush interval or by reaching the minimum items size with no conflict
+// 	assert.EventuallyWithT(t, func(c *assert.CollectT) {
+// 		assert.LessOrEqual(c, int64(1), sink.requestsCount.Load())
+// 		assert.EqualValues(c, 8, sink.itemsCount.Load())
+// 	}, 200*time.Millisecond, 10*time.Millisecond)
+
+// 	require.NoError(t, be.Shutdown(context.Background()))
+// }
 
 func TestBatchSenderTimerFlush(t *testing.T) {
 	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
@@ -668,7 +621,6 @@ func TestBatchSenderTimerFlush(t *testing.T) {
 	bCfg.MinSizeItems = 8
 	bCfg.FlushTimeout = 100 * time.Millisecond
 	be, err := NewBaseExporter(defaultSettings, defaultSignal, newNoopObsrepSender,
-		WithBatchFuncs(fakeBatchMergeFunc, fakeBatchMergeSplitFunc),
 		WithBatcher(bCfg))
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.NoError(t, be.Start(context.Background(), componenttest.NewNopHost()))
@@ -711,65 +663,3 @@ func queueBatchExporter(t *testing.T, opts ...Option) *BaseExporter {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	return be
 }
-
-func fakeBatchMergeFunc(_ context.Context, r1 internal.Request, r2 internal.Request) (internal.Request, error) {
-	if r1 == nil {
-		return r2, nil
-	}
-	fr1 := r1.(*fakeRequest)
-	fr2 := r2.(*fakeRequest)
-	if fr2.mergeErr != nil {
-		return nil, fr2.mergeErr
-	}
-	return &fakeRequest{
-		items:     fr1.items + fr2.items,
-		sink:      fr1.sink,
-		exportErr: fr2.exportErr,
-		delay:     fr1.delay + fr2.delay,
-	}, nil
-}
-
-func fakeBatchMergeSplitFunc(ctx context.Context, cfg exporterbatcher.MaxSizeConfig, r1 internal.Request, r2 internal.Request) ([]internal.Request, error) {
-	maxItems := cfg.MaxSizeItems
-	if maxItems == 0 {
-		r, err := fakeBatchMergeFunc(ctx, r1, r2)
-		return []internal.Request{r}, err
-	}
-
-	if r2.(*fakeRequest).mergeErr != nil {
-		return nil, r2.(*fakeRequest).mergeErr
-	}
-
-	fr2 := r2.(*fakeRequest)
-	fr2 = &fakeRequest{items: fr2.items, sink: fr2.sink, exportErr: fr2.exportErr, delay: fr2.delay}
-	var res []internal.Request
-
-	// fill fr1 to maxItems if it's not nil
-	if r1 != nil {
-		fr1 := r1.(*fakeRequest)
-		fr1 = &fakeRequest{items: fr1.items, sink: fr1.sink, exportErr: fr1.exportErr, delay: fr1.delay}
-		if fr2.items <= maxItems-fr1.items {
-			fr1.items += fr2.items
-			if fr2.exportErr != nil {
-				fr1.exportErr = fr2.exportErr
-			}
-			return []internal.Request{fr1}, nil
-		}
-		// if split is needed, we don't propagate exportErr from fr2 to fr1 to test more cases
-		fr2.items -= maxItems - fr1.items
-		fr1.items = maxItems
-		res = append(res, fr1)
-	}
-
-	// split fr2 to maxItems
-	for {
-		if fr2.items <= maxItems {
-			res = append(res, &fakeRequest{items: fr2.items, sink: fr2.sink, exportErr: fr2.exportErr, delay: fr2.delay})
-			break
-		}
-		res = append(res, &fakeRequest{items: maxItems, sink: fr2.sink, exportErr: fr2.exportErr, delay: fr2.delay})
-		fr2.items -= maxItems
-	}
-
-	return res, nil
-}
diff --git a/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/request.go b/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/request.go
index 0ae94fcf45e..7f71d7e94ea 100644
--- a/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/request.go
+++ b/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/request.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterbatcher"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/internal"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/plog"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pmetric"
@@ -55,6 +56,75 @@ func (r *fakeRequest) ItemsCount() int {
 	return r.items
 }
 
+func (r *fakeRequest) Merge(_ context.Context,
+	r2 internal.Request) (internal.Request, error) {
+	if r == nil {
+		return r2, nil
+	}
+	fr2 := r2.(*fakeRequest)
+	if fr2.mergeErr != nil {
+		return nil, fr2.mergeErr
+	}
+	return &fakeRequest{
+		items:     r.items + fr2.items,
+		sink:      r.sink,
+		exportErr: fr2.exportErr,
+		delay:     r.delay + fr2.delay,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func (r *fakeRequest) MergeSplit(ctx context.Context, cfg exporterbatcher.MaxSizeConfig,
+	r2 internal.Request) ([]internal.Request, error) {
+	if r.mergeErr != nil {
+		return nil, r.mergeErr
+	}
+
+	maxItems := cfg.MaxSizeItems
+	if maxItems == 0 {
+		r, err := r.Merge(ctx, r2)
+		return []internal.Request{r}, err
+	}
+
+	var fr2 *fakeRequest
+	if r2 == nil {
+		fr2 = &fakeRequest{sink: r.sink, exportErr: r.exportErr, delay: r.delay}
+	} else {
+		if r2.(*fakeRequest).mergeErr != nil {
+			return nil, r2.(*fakeRequest).mergeErr
+		}
+		fr2 = r2.(*fakeRequest)
+		fr2 = &fakeRequest{items: fr2.items, sink: fr2.sink, exportErr: fr2.exportErr, delay: fr2.delay}
+	}
+	var res []internal.Request
+
+	// fill fr1 to maxItems if it's not nil
+
+	r = &fakeRequest{items: r.items, sink: r.sink, exportErr: r.exportErr, delay: r.delay}
+	if fr2.items <= maxItems-r.items {
+		r.items += fr2.items
+		if fr2.exportErr != nil {
+			r.exportErr = fr2.exportErr
+		}
+		return []internal.Request{r}, nil
+	}
+	// if split is needed, we don't propagate exportErr from fr2 to fr1 to test more cases
+	fr2.items -= maxItems - r.items
+	r.items = maxItems
+	res = append(res, r)
+
+	// split fr2 to maxItems
+	for {
+		if fr2.items <= maxItems {
+			res = append(res, &fakeRequest{items: fr2.items, sink: fr2.sink, exportErr: fr2.exportErr, delay: fr2.delay})
+			break
+		}
+		res = append(res, &fakeRequest{items: maxItems, sink: fr2.sink, exportErr: fr2.exportErr, delay: fr2.delay})
+		fr2.items -= maxItems
+	}
+
+	return res, nil
+}
+
 type FakeRequestConverter struct {
 	MetricsError  error
 	TracesError   error
diff --git a/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/retry_sender_test.go b/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/retry_sender_test.go
index bdb80d326c4..9ebf4b1f5ad 100644
--- a/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/retry_sender_test.go
+++ b/exporter/exporterhelper/internal/retry_sender_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component/componenttest"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configretry"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterbatcher"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterqueue"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exportertest"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/internal"
@@ -348,6 +349,14 @@ func (mer *mockErrorRequest) ItemsCount() int {
 	return 7
 }
 
+func (mer *mockErrorRequest) Merge(context.Context, internal.Request) (internal.Request, error) {
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+func (mer *mockErrorRequest) MergeSplit(context.Context, exporterbatcher.MaxSizeConfig, internal.Request) ([]internal.Request, error) {
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
 func newErrorRequest() internal.Request {
 	return &mockErrorRequest{}
 }
@@ -390,6 +399,14 @@ func (m *mockRequest) ItemsCount() int {
 	return m.cnt
 }
 
+func (m *mockRequest) Merge(context.Context, internal.Request) (internal.Request, error) {
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+func (m *mockRequest) MergeSplit(context.Context, exporterbatcher.MaxSizeConfig, internal.Request) ([]internal.Request, error) {
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
 func newMockRequest(cnt int, consumeError error) *mockRequest {
 	return &mockRequest{
 		cnt:          cnt,
diff --git a/exporter/exporterhelper/logs.go b/exporter/exporterhelper/logs.go
index 4f5b977b2e5..772a5673e24 100644
--- a/exporter/exporterhelper/logs.go
+++ b/exporter/exporterhelper/logs.go
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ func NewLogs(
 	}
 	logsOpts := []Option{
 		internal.WithMarshaler(logsRequestMarshaler), internal.WithUnmarshaler(newLogsRequestUnmarshalerFunc(pusher)),
-		internal.WithBatchFuncs(mergeLogs, mergeSplitLogs),
 	}
 	return NewLogsRequest(ctx, set, requestFromLogs(pusher), append(logsOpts, options...)...)
 }
diff --git a/exporter/exporterhelper/logs_batch.go b/exporter/exporterhelper/logs_batch.go
index 296538bc0e0..cb296fda95f 100644
--- a/exporter/exporterhelper/logs_batch.go
+++ b/exporter/exporterhelper/logs_batch.go
@@ -12,24 +12,23 @@ import (
 )
 
 // mergeLogs merges two logs requests into one.
-func mergeLogs(_ context.Context, r1 Request, r2 Request) (Request, error) {
-	lr1, ok1 := r1.(*logsRequest)
+func (req *logsRequest) Merge(_ context.Context, r2 Request) (Request, error) {
 	lr2, ok2 := r2.(*logsRequest)
-	if !ok1 || !ok2 {
+	if !ok2 {
 		return nil, errors.New("invalid input type")
 	}
-	lr2.ld.ResourceLogs().MoveAndAppendTo(lr1.ld.ResourceLogs())
-	return lr1, nil
+	lr2.ld.ResourceLogs().MoveAndAppendTo(req.ld.ResourceLogs())
+	return req, nil
 }
 
 // mergeSplitLogs splits and/or merges the logs into multiple requests based on the MaxSizeConfig.
-func mergeSplitLogs(_ context.Context, cfg exporterbatcher.MaxSizeConfig, r1 Request, r2 Request) ([]Request, error) {
+func (req *logsRequest) MergeSplit(_ context.Context, cfg exporterbatcher.MaxSizeConfig, r2 Request) ([]Request, error) {
 	var (
 		res          []Request
 		destReq      *logsRequest
 		capacityLeft = cfg.MaxSizeItems
 	)
-	for _, req := range []Request{r1, r2} {
+	for _, req := range []Request{req, r2} {
 		if req == nil {
 			continue
 		}
diff --git a/exporter/exporterhelper/logs_batch_test.go b/exporter/exporterhelper/logs_batch_test.go
index f5e10b5bcc9..92a18bd864b 100644
--- a/exporter/exporterhelper/logs_batch_test.go
+++ b/exporter/exporterhelper/logs_batch_test.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterbatcher"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/internal"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/plog"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/testdata"
 )
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ import (
 func TestMergeLogs(t *testing.T) {
 	lr1 := &logsRequest{ld: testdata.GenerateLogs(2)}
 	lr2 := &logsRequest{ld: testdata.GenerateLogs(3)}
-	res, err := mergeLogs(context.Background(), lr1, lr2)
+	res, err := lr1.Merge(context.Background(), lr2)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, 5, res.(*logsRequest).ld.LogRecordCount())
 }
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ func TestMergeLogs(t *testing.T) {
 func TestMergeLogsInvalidInput(t *testing.T) {
 	lr1 := &tracesRequest{td: testdata.GenerateTraces(2)}
 	lr2 := &logsRequest{ld: testdata.GenerateLogs(3)}
-	_, err := mergeLogs(context.Background(), lr1, lr2)
+	_, err := lr1.Merge(context.Background(), lr2)
 	assert.Error(t, err)
 }
 
@@ -34,8 +35,8 @@ func TestMergeSplitLogs(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name     string
 		cfg      exporterbatcher.MaxSizeConfig
-		lr1      Request
-		lr2      Request
+		lr1      internal.Request
+		lr2      internal.Request
 		expected []*logsRequest
 	}{
 		{
@@ -45,13 +46,6 @@ func TestMergeSplitLogs(t *testing.T) {
 			lr2:      &logsRequest{ld: plog.NewLogs()},
 			expected: []*logsRequest{{ld: plog.NewLogs()}},
 		},
-		{
-			name:     "both_requests_nil",
-			cfg:      exporterbatcher.MaxSizeConfig{MaxSizeItems: 10},
-			lr1:      nil,
-			lr2:      nil,
-			expected: []*logsRequest{},
-		},
 		{
 			name:     "first_request_empty",
 			cfg:      exporterbatcher.MaxSizeConfig{MaxSizeItems: 10},
@@ -60,17 +54,10 @@ func TestMergeSplitLogs(t *testing.T) {
 			expected: []*logsRequest{{ld: testdata.GenerateLogs(5)}},
 		},
 		{
-			name:     "first_requests_nil",
-			cfg:      exporterbatcher.MaxSizeConfig{MaxSizeItems: 10},
-			lr1:      nil,
-			lr2:      &logsRequest{ld: testdata.GenerateLogs(5)},
-			expected: []*logsRequest{{ld: testdata.GenerateLogs(5)}},
-		},
-		{
-			name:     "first_nil_second_empty",
+			name:     "first_empty_second_nil",
 			cfg:      exporterbatcher.MaxSizeConfig{MaxSizeItems: 10},
-			lr1:      nil,
-			lr2:      &logsRequest{ld: plog.NewLogs()},
+			lr1:      &logsRequest{ld: plog.NewLogs()},
+			lr2:      nil,
 			expected: []*logsRequest{{ld: plog.NewLogs()}},
 		},
 		{
@@ -87,7 +74,7 @@ func TestMergeSplitLogs(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "split_only",
 			cfg:  exporterbatcher.MaxSizeConfig{MaxSizeItems: 4},
-			lr1:  nil,
+			lr1:  &logsRequest{ld: plog.NewLogs()},
 			lr2:  &logsRequest{ld: testdata.GenerateLogs(10)},
 			expected: []*logsRequest{
 				{ld: testdata.GenerateLogs(4)},
@@ -132,7 +119,7 @@ func TestMergeSplitLogs(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			res, err := mergeSplitLogs(context.Background(), tt.cfg, tt.lr1, tt.lr2)
+			res, err := tt.lr1.MergeSplit(context.Background(), tt.cfg, tt.lr2)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			assert.Equal(t, len(tt.expected), len(res))
 			for i, r := range res {
@@ -146,7 +133,7 @@ func TestMergeSplitLogs(t *testing.T) {
 func TestMergeSplitLogsInvalidInput(t *testing.T) {
 	r1 := &tracesRequest{td: testdata.GenerateTraces(2)}
 	r2 := &logsRequest{ld: testdata.GenerateLogs(3)}
-	_, err := mergeSplitLogs(context.Background(), exporterbatcher.MaxSizeConfig{}, r1, r2)
+	_, err := r1.MergeSplit(context.Background(), exporterbatcher.MaxSizeConfig{}, r2)
 	assert.Error(t, err)
 }
 
diff --git a/exporter/exporterhelper/metrics.go b/exporter/exporterhelper/metrics.go
index 64557029ce7..b2da8895f98 100644
--- a/exporter/exporterhelper/metrics.go
+++ b/exporter/exporterhelper/metrics.go
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ func NewMetrics(
 	}
 	metricsOpts := []Option{
 		internal.WithMarshaler(metricsRequestMarshaler), internal.WithUnmarshaler(newMetricsRequestUnmarshalerFunc(pusher)),
-		internal.WithBatchFuncs(mergeMetrics, mergeSplitMetrics),
 	}
 	return NewMetricsRequest(ctx, set, requestFromMetrics(pusher), append(metricsOpts, options...)...)
 }
diff --git a/exporter/exporterhelper/metrics_batch.go b/exporter/exporterhelper/metrics_batch.go
index 1a6448c8496..6721563eac4 100644
--- a/exporter/exporterhelper/metrics_batch.go
+++ b/exporter/exporterhelper/metrics_batch.go
@@ -12,24 +12,23 @@ import (
 )
 
 // mergeMetrics merges two metrics requests into one.
-func mergeMetrics(_ context.Context, r1 Request, r2 Request) (Request, error) {
-	mr1, ok1 := r1.(*metricsRequest)
+func (req *metricsRequest) Merge(_ context.Context, r2 Request) (Request, error) {
 	mr2, ok2 := r2.(*metricsRequest)
-	if !ok1 || !ok2 {
+	if !ok2 {
 		return nil, errors.New("invalid input type")
 	}
-	mr2.md.ResourceMetrics().MoveAndAppendTo(mr1.md.ResourceMetrics())
-	return mr1, nil
+	mr2.md.ResourceMetrics().MoveAndAppendTo(req.md.ResourceMetrics())
+	return req, nil
 }
 
 // mergeSplitMetrics splits and/or merges the metrics into multiple requests based on the MaxSizeConfig.
-func mergeSplitMetrics(_ context.Context, cfg exporterbatcher.MaxSizeConfig, r1 Request, r2 Request) ([]Request, error) {
+func (req *metricsRequest) MergeSplit(_ context.Context, cfg exporterbatcher.MaxSizeConfig, r2 Request) ([]Request, error) {
 	var (
 		res          []Request
 		destReq      *metricsRequest
 		capacityLeft = cfg.MaxSizeItems
 	)
-	for _, req := range []Request{r1, r2} {
+	for _, req := range []Request{req, r2} {
 		if req == nil {
 			continue
 		}
diff --git a/exporter/exporterhelper/metrics_batch_test.go b/exporter/exporterhelper/metrics_batch_test.go
index 860a1eee9c3..854cc59db3a 100644
--- a/exporter/exporterhelper/metrics_batch_test.go
+++ b/exporter/exporterhelper/metrics_batch_test.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import (
 func TestMergeMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 	mr1 := &metricsRequest{md: testdata.GenerateMetrics(2)}
 	mr2 := &metricsRequest{md: testdata.GenerateMetrics(3)}
-	res, err := mergeMetrics(context.Background(), mr1, mr2)
+	res, err := mr1.Merge(context.Background(), mr2)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, 5, res.(*metricsRequest).md.MetricCount())
 }
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func TestMergeMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 func TestMergeMetricsInvalidInput(t *testing.T) {
 	mr1 := &tracesRequest{td: testdata.GenerateTraces(2)}
 	mr2 := &metricsRequest{md: testdata.GenerateMetrics(3)}
-	_, err := mergeMetrics(context.Background(), mr1, mr2)
+	_, err := mr1.Merge(context.Background(), mr2)
 	assert.Error(t, err)
 }
 
@@ -45,13 +45,6 @@ func TestMergeSplitMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 			mr2:      &metricsRequest{md: pmetric.NewMetrics()},
 			expected: []*metricsRequest{{md: pmetric.NewMetrics()}},
 		},
-		{
-			name:     "both_requests_nil",
-			cfg:      exporterbatcher.MaxSizeConfig{MaxSizeItems: 10},
-			mr1:      nil,
-			mr2:      nil,
-			expected: []*metricsRequest{},
-		},
 		{
 			name:     "first_request_empty",
 			cfg:      exporterbatcher.MaxSizeConfig{MaxSizeItems: 10},
@@ -60,17 +53,10 @@ func TestMergeSplitMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 			expected: []*metricsRequest{{md: testdata.GenerateMetrics(5)}},
 		},
 		{
-			name:     "first_requests_nil",
-			cfg:      exporterbatcher.MaxSizeConfig{MaxSizeItems: 10},
-			mr1:      nil,
-			mr2:      &metricsRequest{md: testdata.GenerateMetrics(5)},
-			expected: []*metricsRequest{{md: testdata.GenerateMetrics(5)}},
-		},
-		{
-			name:     "first_nil_second_empty",
+			name:     "first_empty_second_nil",
 			cfg:      exporterbatcher.MaxSizeConfig{MaxSizeItems: 10},
-			mr1:      nil,
-			mr2:      &metricsRequest{md: pmetric.NewMetrics()},
+			mr1:      &metricsRequest{md: pmetric.NewMetrics()},
+			mr2:      nil,
 			expected: []*metricsRequest{{md: pmetric.NewMetrics()}},
 		},
 		{
@@ -87,7 +73,7 @@ func TestMergeSplitMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "split_only",
 			cfg:  exporterbatcher.MaxSizeConfig{MaxSizeItems: 14},
-			mr1:  nil,
+			mr1:  &metricsRequest{md: pmetric.NewMetrics()},
 			mr2:  &metricsRequest{md: testdata.GenerateMetrics(15)}, // 15 metrics, 30 data points
 			expected: []*metricsRequest{
 				{md: testdata.GenerateMetrics(7)}, // 7 metrics, 14 data points
@@ -133,7 +119,7 @@ func TestMergeSplitMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			res, err := mergeSplitMetrics(context.Background(), tt.cfg, tt.mr1, tt.mr2)
+			res, err := tt.mr1.MergeSplit(context.Background(), tt.cfg, tt.mr2)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			assert.Equal(t, len(tt.expected), len(res))
 			for i := range res {
@@ -146,7 +132,7 @@ func TestMergeSplitMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 func TestMergeSplitMetricsInvalidInput(t *testing.T) {
 	r1 := &tracesRequest{td: testdata.GenerateTraces(2)}
 	r2 := &metricsRequest{md: testdata.GenerateMetrics(3)}
-	_, err := mergeSplitMetrics(context.Background(), exporterbatcher.MaxSizeConfig{MaxSizeItems: 10}, r1, r2)
+	_, err := r1.MergeSplit(context.Background(), exporterbatcher.MaxSizeConfig{MaxSizeItems: 10}, r2)
 	assert.Error(t, err)
 }
 
diff --git a/exporter/exporterhelper/traces.go b/exporter/exporterhelper/traces.go
index 407af781feb..7d7bedbd289 100644
--- a/exporter/exporterhelper/traces.go
+++ b/exporter/exporterhelper/traces.go
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ func NewTraces(
 	}
 	tracesOpts := []Option{
 		internal.WithMarshaler(tracesRequestMarshaler), internal.WithUnmarshaler(newTraceRequestUnmarshalerFunc(pusher)),
-		internal.WithBatchFuncs(mergeTraces, mergeSplitTraces),
 	}
 	return NewTracesRequest(ctx, set, requestFromTraces(pusher), append(tracesOpts, options...)...)
 }
diff --git a/exporter/exporterhelper/traces_batch.go b/exporter/exporterhelper/traces_batch.go
index 1bdada95b7b..ec8a3954610 100644
--- a/exporter/exporterhelper/traces_batch.go
+++ b/exporter/exporterhelper/traces_batch.go
@@ -12,24 +12,23 @@ import (
 )
 
 // mergeTraces merges two traces requests into one.
-func mergeTraces(_ context.Context, r1 Request, r2 Request) (Request, error) {
-	tr1, ok1 := r1.(*tracesRequest)
+func (req *tracesRequest) Merge(_ context.Context, r2 Request) (Request, error) {
 	tr2, ok2 := r2.(*tracesRequest)
-	if !ok1 || !ok2 {
+	if !ok2 {
 		return nil, errors.New("invalid input type")
 	}
-	tr2.td.ResourceSpans().MoveAndAppendTo(tr1.td.ResourceSpans())
-	return tr1, nil
+	tr2.td.ResourceSpans().MoveAndAppendTo(req.td.ResourceSpans())
+	return req, nil
 }
 
 // mergeSplitTraces splits and/or merges the traces into multiple requests based on the MaxSizeConfig.
-func mergeSplitTraces(_ context.Context, cfg exporterbatcher.MaxSizeConfig, r1 Request, r2 Request) ([]Request, error) {
+func (req *tracesRequest) MergeSplit(_ context.Context, cfg exporterbatcher.MaxSizeConfig, r2 Request) ([]Request, error) {
 	var (
 		res          []Request
 		destReq      *tracesRequest
 		capacityLeft = cfg.MaxSizeItems
 	)
-	for _, req := range []Request{r1, r2} {
+	for _, req := range []Request{req, r2} {
 		if req == nil {
 			continue
 		}
diff --git a/exporter/exporterhelper/traces_batch_test.go b/exporter/exporterhelper/traces_batch_test.go
index d88591b3091..ca83c5cfb91 100644
--- a/exporter/exporterhelper/traces_batch_test.go
+++ b/exporter/exporterhelper/traces_batch_test.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import (
 func TestMergeTraces(t *testing.T) {
 	tr1 := &tracesRequest{td: testdata.GenerateTraces(2)}
 	tr2 := &tracesRequest{td: testdata.GenerateTraces(3)}
-	res, err := mergeTraces(context.Background(), tr1, tr2)
+	res, err := tr1.Merge(context.Background(), tr2)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, 5, res.(*tracesRequest).td.SpanCount())
 }
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func TestMergeTraces(t *testing.T) {
 func TestMergeTracesInvalidInput(t *testing.T) {
 	tr1 := &logsRequest{ld: testdata.GenerateLogs(2)}
 	tr2 := &tracesRequest{td: testdata.GenerateTraces(3)}
-	_, err := mergeTraces(context.Background(), tr1, tr2)
+	_, err := tr1.Merge(context.Background(), tr2)
 	assert.Error(t, err)
 }
 
@@ -45,13 +45,6 @@ func TestMergeSplitTraces(t *testing.T) {
 			tr2:      &tracesRequest{td: ptrace.NewTraces()},
 			expected: []*tracesRequest{{td: ptrace.NewTraces()}},
 		},
-		{
-			name:     "both_requests_nil",
-			cfg:      exporterbatcher.MaxSizeConfig{MaxSizeItems: 10},
-			tr1:      nil,
-			tr2:      nil,
-			expected: []*tracesRequest{},
-		},
 		{
 			name:     "first_request_empty",
 			cfg:      exporterbatcher.MaxSizeConfig{MaxSizeItems: 10},
@@ -67,10 +60,10 @@ func TestMergeSplitTraces(t *testing.T) {
 			expected: []*tracesRequest{{td: testdata.GenerateTraces(5)}},
 		},
 		{
-			name:     "first_nil_second_empty",
+			name:     "first_empty_second_nil",
 			cfg:      exporterbatcher.MaxSizeConfig{MaxSizeItems: 10},
-			tr1:      nil,
-			tr2:      &tracesRequest{td: ptrace.NewTraces()},
+			tr1:      &tracesRequest{td: ptrace.NewTraces()},
+			tr2:      nil,
 			expected: []*tracesRequest{{td: ptrace.NewTraces()}},
 		},
 		{
@@ -87,7 +80,7 @@ func TestMergeSplitTraces(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "split_only",
 			cfg:  exporterbatcher.MaxSizeConfig{MaxSizeItems: 4},
-			tr1:  nil,
+			tr1:  &tracesRequest{td: ptrace.NewTraces()},
 			tr2:  &tracesRequest{td: testdata.GenerateTraces(10)},
 			expected: []*tracesRequest{
 				{td: testdata.GenerateTraces(4)},
@@ -133,7 +126,7 @@ func TestMergeSplitTraces(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			res, err := mergeSplitTraces(context.Background(), tt.cfg, tt.tr1, tt.tr2)
+			res, err := tt.tr1.MergeSplit(context.Background(), tt.cfg, tt.tr2)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			assert.Equal(t, len(tt.expected), len(res))
 			for i := range res {
@@ -146,7 +139,7 @@ func TestMergeSplitTraces(t *testing.T) {
 func TestMergeSplitTracesInvalidInput(t *testing.T) {
 	r1 := &tracesRequest{td: testdata.GenerateTraces(2)}
 	r2 := &metricsRequest{md: testdata.GenerateMetrics(3)}
-	_, err := mergeSplitTraces(context.Background(), exporterbatcher.MaxSizeConfig{MaxSizeItems: 10}, r1, r2)
+	_, err := r1.MergeSplit(context.Background(), exporterbatcher.MaxSizeConfig{MaxSizeItems: 10}, r2)
 	assert.Error(t, err)
 }
 
diff --git a/exporter/exporterprofiles/go.mod b/exporter/exporterprofiles/go.mod
index b70e14af842..b6988e8fa81 100644
--- a/exporter/exporterprofiles/go.mod
+++ b/exporter/exporterprofiles/go.mod
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry v0.111.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.1-0.20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.17.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.31.0 // indirect
@@ -66,4 +66,6 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/receiverprofiles => ../../receive
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline => ../../pipeline
 
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exportertest => ../exportertest
+
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror => ../../consumer/consumererror
diff --git a/exporter/exportertest/Makefile b/exporter/exportertest/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c1496226e59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exporter/exportertest/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+include ../../Makefile.Common
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/exporter/exportertest/go.mod b/exporter/exportertest/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3a91bc3de50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exporter/exportertest/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+module go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exportertest
+
+go 1.22.0
+
+require (
+	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.111.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configretry v1.17.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.1-0.20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror v0.0.0-20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumertest v0.111.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter v0.111.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterprofiles v0.111.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.17.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile v0.111.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline v0.111.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver v0.111.0
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.67.1
+)
+
+require (
+	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.3.0 // indirect
+	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2 // indirect
+	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
+	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
+	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
+	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
+	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
+	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry v0.111.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumerprofiles v0.111.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension v0.111.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/experimental/storage v0.111.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/receiverprofiles v0.111.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.31.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.31.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.31.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.31.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.31.0 // indirect
+	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
+	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.28.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.26.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.17.0 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240822170219-fc7c04adadcd // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.1 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
+)
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter => ../../exporter
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/experimental/storage => ../../extension/experimental/storage
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile => ../../pdata/pprofile
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver => ../../receiver
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumertest => ../../consumer/consumertest
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/receiverprofiles => ../../receiver/receiverprofiles
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension => ../../extension
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry => ../../config/configtelemetry
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configretry => ../../config/configretry
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline => ../../pipeline
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata => ../../pdata
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterprofiles => ../exporterprofiles
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component => ../../component
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumerprofiles => ../../consumer/consumerprofiles
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/testdata => ../../pdata/testdata
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer => ../../consumer
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror => ../../consumer/consumererror
diff --git a/exporter/exportertest/go.sum b/exporter/exportertest/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fe17027b364
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exporter/exportertest/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
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+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
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diff --git a/exporter/go.mod b/exporter/go.mod
index cfcd58d0f34..a5296306881 100644
--- a/exporter/go.mod
+++ b/exporter/go.mod
@@ -4,22 +4,20 @@ go 1.22.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.3.0
-	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configretry v1.17.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry v0.111.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror v0.111.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.1-0.20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror v0.0.0-20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumertest v0.111.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterprofiles v0.111.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exportertest v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/experimental/storage v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.17.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/testdata v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline v0.111.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.31.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.31.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.31.0
@@ -28,7 +26,6 @@ require (
 	go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
-	google.golang.org/grpc v1.67.1
 )
 
 require (
@@ -36,16 +33,20 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
+	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumerprofiles v0.111.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterprofiles v0.111.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/receiverprofiles v0.111.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.28.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.26.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.17.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240822170219-fc7c04adadcd // indirect
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.67.1 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
@@ -82,4 +83,6 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/receiverprofiles => ../receiver/r
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterprofiles => ./exporterprofiles
 
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exportertest => ./exportertest
+
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror => ../consumer/consumererror
diff --git a/exporter/internal/request.go b/exporter/internal/request.go
index 1b82e23504d..ed6ee39af1c 100644
--- a/exporter/internal/request.go
+++ b/exporter/internal/request.go
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ package internal // import "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/internal"
 
 import (
 	"context"
+
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterbatcher"
 )
 
 // Request represents a single request that can be sent to an external endpoint.
@@ -17,6 +19,21 @@ type Request interface {
 	// sent. For example, for OTLP exporter, this value represents the number of spans,
 	// metric data points or log records.
 	ItemsCount() int
+	// Merge() is a function that merges this request with another one into a single request.
+	// Do not mutate the requests passed to the function if error can be returned after mutation or if the exporter is
+	// marked as not mutable.
+	// Experimental: This API is at the early stage of development and may change without backward compatibility
+	// until https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/issues/8122 is resolved.
+	Merge(context.Context, Request) (Request, error)
+	// MergeSplit() is a function that merge and/or splits this request with another one into multiple requests based on the
+	// configured limit provided in MaxSizeConfig.
+	// All the returned requests MUST have a number of items that does not exceed the maximum number of items.
+	// Size of the last returned request MUST be less or equal than the size of any other returned request.
+	// The original request MUST not be mutated if error is returned after mutation or if the exporter is
+	// marked as not mutable. The length of the returned slice MUST not be 0.
+	// Experimental: This API is at the early stage of development and may change without backward compatibility
+	// until https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/issues/8122 is resolved.
+	MergeSplit(context.Context, exporterbatcher.MaxSizeConfig, Request) ([]Request, error)
 }
 
 // RequestErrorHandler is an optional interface that can be implemented by Request to provide a way handle partial
diff --git a/exporter/nopexporter/go.mod b/exporter/nopexporter/go.mod
index fb1a8261bc6..5566e96cb53 100644
--- a/exporter/nopexporter/go.mod
+++ b/exporter/nopexporter/go.mod
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v1.17.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumertest v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter v0.111.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exportertest v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.17.0
 	go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0
 )
@@ -29,8 +30,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry v0.111.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror v0.111.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.1-0.20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror v0.0.0-20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumerprofiles v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterprofiles v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile v0.111.0 // indirect
@@ -87,4 +88,6 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterprofiles => ../exporterpr
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline => ../../pipeline
 
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exportertest => ../exportertest
+
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror => ../../consumer/consumererror
diff --git a/exporter/otlpexporter/go.mod b/exporter/otlpexporter/go.mod
index e5ddaf628f2..1e56a02d245 100644
--- a/exporter/otlpexporter/go.mod
+++ b/exporter/otlpexporter/go.mod
@@ -13,11 +13,12 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configretry v1.17.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtls v1.17.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v1.17.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror v0.111.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.1-0.20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror v0.0.0-20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter v0.111.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterhelper/exporterhelperprofiles v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterhelper/exporterhelperprofiles v0.0.0-20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterprofiles v0.111.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exportertest v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.17.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/testdata v0.111.0
@@ -53,14 +54,14 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/confignet v1.17.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/internal v0.111.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror/consumererrorprofiles v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror/consumererrorprofiles v0.0.0-20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumerprofiles v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumertest v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/auth v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/experimental/storage v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline v0.111.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline/pipelineprofiles v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline/pipelineprofiles v0.0.0-20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/receiverprofiles v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.56.0 // indirect
@@ -144,3 +145,5 @@ retract (
 	v0.76.0 // Depends on retracted pdata v1.0.0-rc10 module, use v0.76.1
 	v0.69.0 // Release failed, use v0.69.1
 )
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exportertest => ../exportertest
diff --git a/exporter/otlphttpexporter/go.mod b/exporter/otlphttpexporter/go.mod
index 79136a29487..7b014ff176c 100644
--- a/exporter/otlphttpexporter/go.mod
+++ b/exporter/otlphttpexporter/go.mod
@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configretry v1.17.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtls v1.17.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v1.17.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror v0.111.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.1-0.20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror v0.0.0-20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter v0.111.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterhelper/exporterhelperprofiles v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterhelper/exporterhelperprofiles v0.0.0-20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterprofiles v0.111.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exportertest v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.17.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile v0.111.0
 	go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0
@@ -53,14 +54,14 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configauth v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/internal v0.111.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror/consumererrorprofiles v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror/consumererrorprofiles v0.0.0-20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumerprofiles v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumertest v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/auth v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/experimental/storage v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline v0.111.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline/pipelineprofiles v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline/pipelineprofiles v0.0.0-20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/receiverprofiles v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.56.0 // indirect
@@ -142,3 +143,5 @@ retract (
 	v0.76.0 // Depends on retracted pdata v1.0.0-rc10 module, use v0.76.1
 	v0.69.0 // Release failed, use v0.69.1
 )
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exportertest => ../exportertest
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a371497d8e0..04e02e74c54 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component/componentstatus v0.111.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.1-0.20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumerprofiles v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumertest v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.17.0
diff --git a/internal/e2e/go.mod b/internal/e2e/go.mod
index 6bcaf0ec560..3185d7914ee 100644
--- a/internal/e2e/go.mod
+++ b/internal/e2e/go.mod
@@ -15,10 +15,11 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtls v1.17.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v1.17.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/connector v0.111.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/connector/connectortest v0.111.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/connector/connectortest v0.0.0-20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.1-0.20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumertest v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter v0.111.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exportertest v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/otlpexporter v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/otlphttpexporter v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension v0.111.0
@@ -79,20 +80,20 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/confignet v1.17.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/internal v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/connector/connectorprofiles v0.111.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror v0.111.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror/consumererrorprofiles v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror v0.0.0-20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror/consumererrorprofiles v0.0.0-20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumerprofiles v0.111.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterhelper/exporterhelperprofiles v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterhelper/exporterhelperprofiles v0.0.0-20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterprofiles v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/auth v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/experimental/storage v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/extensioncapabilities v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.17.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile v0.111.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline/pipelineprofiles v0.111.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor v0.111.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline/pipelineprofiles v0.0.0-20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor v0.111.1-0.20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/processorprofiles v0.111.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/processortest v0.111.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/processortest v0.0.0-20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/receiverprofiles v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/semconv v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/config v0.10.0 // indirect
@@ -215,6 +216,8 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline => ../../pipeline
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline/pipelineprofiles => ../../pipeline/pipelineprofiles
 
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exportertest => ../../exporter/exportertest
+
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/processortest => ../../processor/processortest
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror/consumererrorprofiles => ../../consumer/consumererror/consumererrorprofiles
diff --git a/otelcol/go.mod b/otelcol/go.mod
index c3f8aa42d5d..8e05fa818d6 100644
--- a/otelcol/go.mod
+++ b/otelcol/go.mod
@@ -10,13 +10,14 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v1.17.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/connector v0.111.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/connector/connectortest v0.111.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/connector/connectortest v0.0.0-20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter v0.111.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exportertest v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.17.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline v0.111.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor v0.111.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/processortest v0.111.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor v0.111.1-0.20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/processortest v0.0.0-20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/service v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/config v0.10.0
@@ -68,8 +69,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/yusufpapurcu/wmi v1.2.4 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/connector/connectorprofiles v0.111.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror v0.111.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.1-0.20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror v0.0.0-20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumerprofiles v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumertest v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterprofiles v0.111.0 // indirect
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.17.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/testdata v0.111.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline/pipelineprofiles v0.111.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline/pipelineprofiles v0.0.0-20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/processorprofiles v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/receiverprofiles v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/semconv v0.111.0 // indirect
@@ -184,6 +185,8 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline => ../pipeline
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline/pipelineprofiles => ../pipeline/pipelineprofiles
 
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exportertest => ../exporter/exportertest
+
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/processortest => ../processor/processortest
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror => ../consumer/consumererror
diff --git a/otelcol/otelcoltest/go.mod b/otelcol/otelcoltest/go.mod
index f4a47c1555a..d2728f892d7 100644
--- a/otelcol/otelcoltest/go.mod
+++ b/otelcol/otelcoltest/go.mod
@@ -11,13 +11,14 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap/provider/httpprovider v1.17.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap/provider/yamlprovider v1.17.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/connector v0.111.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/connector/connectortest v0.111.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/connector/connectortest v0.0.0-20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter v0.111.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exportertest v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/otelcol v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline v0.111.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor v0.111.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/processortest v0.111.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor v0.111.1-0.20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/processortest v0.0.0-20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/service v0.111.0
 	go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0
@@ -65,8 +66,8 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component/componentstatus v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/connector/connectorprofiles v0.111.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror v0.111.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.1-0.20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror v0.0.0-20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumerprofiles v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumertest v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterprofiles v0.111.0 // indirect
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.17.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/testdata v0.111.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline/pipelineprofiles v0.111.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline/pipelineprofiles v0.0.0-20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/processorprofiles v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/receiverprofiles v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/semconv v0.111.0 // indirect
@@ -201,4 +202,6 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline => ../../pipeline
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline/pipelineprofiles => ../../pipeline/pipelineprofiles
 
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exportertest => ../../exporter/exportertest
+
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror => ../../consumer/consumererror
diff --git a/processor/batchprocessor/batch_processor.go b/processor/batchprocessor/batch_processor.go
index f598d065d3b..146ee59420f 100644
--- a/processor/batchprocessor/batch_processor.go
+++ b/processor/batchprocessor/batch_processor.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ var errTooManyBatchers = consumererror.NewPermanent(errors.New("too many batcher
 // Batches are sent out with any of the following conditions:
 // - batch size reaches cfg.SendBatchSize
 // - cfg.Timeout is elapsed since the timestamp when the previous batch was sent out.
-type batchProcessor struct {
+type batchProcessor[T any] struct {
 	logger           *zap.Logger
 	timeout          time.Duration
 	sendBatchSize    int
@@ -45,16 +45,7 @@ type batchProcessor struct {
 
 	// batchFunc is a factory for new batch objects corresponding
 	// with the appropriate signal.
-	batchFunc func() batch
-
-	// metadataKeys is the configured list of metadata keys.  When
-	// empty, the `singleton` batcher is used.  When non-empty,
-	// each distinct combination of metadata keys and values
-	// triggers a new batcher, counted in `goroutines`.
-	metadataKeys []string
-
-	// metadataLimit is the limiting size of the batchers map.
-	metadataLimit int
+	batchFunc func() batch[T]
 
 	shutdownC  chan struct{}
 	goroutines sync.WaitGroup
@@ -62,16 +53,16 @@ type batchProcessor struct {
 	telemetry *batchProcessorTelemetry
 
 	// batcher will be either *singletonBatcher or *multiBatcher
-	batcher batcher
+	batcher batcher[T]
 }
 
 // batcher is describes a *singletonBatcher or *multiBatcher.
-type batcher interface {
+type batcher[T any] interface {
 	// start initializes background resources used by this batcher.
 	start(ctx context.Context) error
 
 	// consume incorporates a new item of data into the pending batch.
-	consume(ctx context.Context, data any) error
+	consume(ctx context.Context, data T) error
 
 	// currentMetadataCardinality returns the number of shards.
 	currentMetadataCardinality() int
@@ -80,10 +71,10 @@ type batcher interface {
 // shard is a single instance of the batch logic.  When metadata
 // keys are in use, one of these is created per distinct combination
 // of values.
-type shard struct {
+type shard[T any] struct {
 	// processor refers to this processor, for access to common
 	// configuration.
-	processor *batchProcessor
+	processor *batchProcessor[T]
 
 	// exportCtx is a context with the metadata key-values
 	// corresponding with this shard set.
@@ -93,44 +84,40 @@ type shard struct {
 	timer *time.Timer
 
 	// newItem is used to receive data items from producers.
-	newItem chan any
+	newItem chan T
 
 	// batch is an in-flight data item containing one of the
 	// underlying data types.
-	batch batch
+	batch batch[T]
 }
 
 // batch is an interface generalizing the individual signal types.
-type batch interface {
+type batch[T any] interface {
 	// export the current batch
-	export(ctx context.Context, req any) error
+	export(ctx context.Context, req T) error
 
-	// splitBatch returns a full request built from pending items.
-	splitBatch(ctx context.Context, sendBatchMaxSize int) (sentBatchSize int, req any)
+	// split returns a full request built from pending items.
+	split(sendBatchMaxSize int) (sentBatchSize int, req T)
 
 	// itemCount returns the size of the current batch
 	itemCount() int
 
 	// add item to the current batch
-	add(item any)
+	add(item T)
 
 	// sizeBytes counts the OTLP encoding size of the batch
-	sizeBytes(item any) int
+	sizeBytes(item T) int
 }
 
-var _ consumer.Traces = (*batchProcessor)(nil)
-var _ consumer.Metrics = (*batchProcessor)(nil)
-var _ consumer.Logs = (*batchProcessor)(nil)
-
 // newBatchProcessor returns a new batch processor component.
-func newBatchProcessor(set processor.Settings, cfg *Config, batchFunc func() batch) (*batchProcessor, error) {
+func newBatchProcessor[T any](set processor.Settings, cfg *Config, batchFunc func() batch[T]) (*batchProcessor[T], error) {
 	// use lower-case, to be consistent with http/2 headers.
 	mks := make([]string, len(cfg.MetadataKeys))
 	for i, k := range cfg.MetadataKeys {
 		mks[i] = strings.ToLower(k)
 	}
 	sort.Strings(mks)
-	bp := &batchProcessor{
+	bp := &batchProcessor[T]{
 		logger: set.Logger,
 
 		sendBatchSize:    int(cfg.SendBatchSize),
@@ -138,17 +125,16 @@ func newBatchProcessor(set processor.Settings, cfg *Config, batchFunc func() bat
 		timeout:          cfg.Timeout,
 		batchFunc:        batchFunc,
 		shutdownC:        make(chan struct{}, 1),
-		metadataKeys:     mks,
-		metadataLimit:    int(cfg.MetadataCardinalityLimit),
 	}
-	if len(bp.metadataKeys) == 0 {
-		bp.batcher = &singleShardBatcher{
+	if len(mks) == 0 {
+		bp.batcher = &singleShardBatcher[T]{
 			processor: bp,
-			single:    nil, // created in start
 		}
 	} else {
-		bp.batcher = &multiShardBatcher{
-			processor: bp,
+		bp.batcher = &multiShardBatcher[T]{
+			metadataKeys:  mks,
+			metadataLimit: int(cfg.MetadataCardinalityLimit),
+			processor:     bp,
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -162,30 +148,30 @@ func newBatchProcessor(set processor.Settings, cfg *Config, batchFunc func() bat
 }
 
 // newShard gets or creates a batcher corresponding with attrs.
-func (bp *batchProcessor) newShard(md map[string][]string) *shard {
+func (bp *batchProcessor[T]) newShard(md map[string][]string) *shard[T] {
 	exportCtx := client.NewContext(context.Background(), client.Info{
 		Metadata: client.NewMetadata(md),
 	})
-	b := &shard{
+	b := &shard[T]{
 		processor: bp,
-		newItem:   make(chan any, runtime.NumCPU()),
+		newItem:   make(chan T, runtime.NumCPU()),
 		exportCtx: exportCtx,
 		batch:     bp.batchFunc(),
 	}
 	return b
 }
 
-func (bp *batchProcessor) Capabilities() consumer.Capabilities {
+func (bp *batchProcessor[T]) Capabilities() consumer.Capabilities {
 	return consumer.Capabilities{MutatesData: true}
 }
 
 // Start is invoked during service startup.
-func (bp *batchProcessor) Start(ctx context.Context, _ component.Host) error {
+func (bp *batchProcessor[T]) Start(ctx context.Context, _ component.Host) error {
 	return bp.batcher.start(ctx)
 }
 
 // Shutdown is invoked during service shutdown.
-func (bp *batchProcessor) Shutdown(context.Context) error {
+func (bp *batchProcessor[T]) Shutdown(context.Context) error {
 	close(bp.shutdownC)
 
 	// Wait until all goroutines are done.
@@ -193,12 +179,12 @@ func (bp *batchProcessor) Shutdown(context.Context) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (b *shard) start() {
+func (b *shard[T]) start() {
 	b.processor.goroutines.Add(1)
 	go b.startLoop()
 }
 
-func (b *shard) startLoop() {
+func (b *shard[T]) startLoop() {
 	defer b.processor.goroutines.Done()
 
 	// timerCh ensures we only block when there is a
@@ -228,9 +214,6 @@ func (b *shard) startLoop() {
 			}
 			return
 		case item := <-b.newItem:
-			if item == nil {
-				continue
-			}
 			b.processItem(item)
 		case <-timerCh:
 			if b.batch.itemCount() > 0 {
@@ -241,7 +224,7 @@ func (b *shard) startLoop() {
 	}
 }
 
-func (b *shard) processItem(item any) {
+func (b *shard[T]) processItem(item T) {
 	b.batch.add(item)
 	sent := false
 	for b.batch.itemCount() > 0 && (!b.hasTimer() || b.batch.itemCount() >= b.processor.sendBatchSize) {
@@ -255,24 +238,24 @@ func (b *shard) processItem(item any) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (b *shard) hasTimer() bool {
+func (b *shard[T]) hasTimer() bool {
 	return b.timer != nil
 }
 
-func (b *shard) stopTimer() {
+func (b *shard[T]) stopTimer() {
 	if b.hasTimer() && !b.timer.Stop() {
 		<-b.timer.C
 	}
 }
 
-func (b *shard) resetTimer() {
+func (b *shard[T]) resetTimer() {
 	if b.hasTimer() {
 		b.timer.Reset(b.processor.timeout)
 	}
 }
 
-func (b *shard) sendItems(trigger trigger) {
-	sent, req := b.batch.splitBatch(b.exportCtx, b.processor.sendBatchMaxSize)
+func (b *shard[T]) sendItems(trigger trigger) {
+	sent, req := b.batch.split(b.processor.sendBatchMaxSize)
 
 	err := b.batch.export(b.exportCtx, req)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -288,29 +271,38 @@ func (b *shard) sendItems(trigger trigger) {
 
 // singleShardBatcher is used when metadataKeys is empty, to avoid the
 // additional lock and map operations used in multiBatcher.
-type singleShardBatcher struct {
-	processor *batchProcessor
-	single    *shard
+type singleShardBatcher[T any] struct {
+	processor *batchProcessor[T]
+	single    *shard[T]
 }
 
-func (sb *singleShardBatcher) start(context.Context) error {
+func (sb *singleShardBatcher[T]) start(context.Context) error {
 	sb.single = sb.processor.newShard(nil)
 	sb.single.start()
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (sb *singleShardBatcher) consume(_ context.Context, data any) error {
+func (sb *singleShardBatcher[T]) consume(_ context.Context, data T) error {
 	sb.single.newItem <- data
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (sb *singleShardBatcher) currentMetadataCardinality() int {
+func (sb *singleShardBatcher[T]) currentMetadataCardinality() int {
 	return 1
 }
 
-// multiBatcher is used when metadataKeys is not empty.
-type multiShardBatcher struct {
-	processor *batchProcessor
+// multiShardBatcher is used when metadataKeys is not empty.
+type multiShardBatcher[T any] struct {
+	// metadataKeys is the configured list of metadata keys.  When
+	// empty, the `singleton` batcher is used.  When non-empty,
+	// each distinct combination of metadata keys and values
+	// triggers a new batcher, counted in `goroutines`.
+	metadataKeys []string
+
+	// metadataLimit is the limiting size of the batchers map.
+	metadataLimit int
+
+	processor *batchProcessor[T]
 	batchers  sync.Map
 
 	// Guards the size and the storing logic to ensure no more than limit items are stored.
@@ -319,17 +311,17 @@ type multiShardBatcher struct {
 	size int
 }
 
-func (mb *multiShardBatcher) start(context.Context) error {
+func (mb *multiShardBatcher[T]) start(context.Context) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (mb *multiShardBatcher) consume(ctx context.Context, data any) error {
+func (mb *multiShardBatcher[T]) consume(ctx context.Context, data T) error {
 	// Get each metadata key value, form the corresponding
 	// attribute set for use as a map lookup key.
 	info := client.FromContext(ctx)
 	md := map[string][]string{}
 	var attrs []attribute.KeyValue
-	for _, k := range mb.processor.metadataKeys {
+	for _, k := range mb.metadataKeys {
 		// Lookup the value in the incoming metadata, copy it
 		// into the outgoing metadata, and create a unique
 		// value for the attributeSet.
@@ -346,7 +338,7 @@ func (mb *multiShardBatcher) consume(ctx context.Context, data any) error {
 	b, ok := mb.batchers.Load(aset)
 	if !ok {
 		mb.lock.Lock()
-		if mb.processor.metadataLimit != 0 && mb.size >= mb.processor.metadataLimit {
+		if mb.metadataLimit != 0 && mb.size >= mb.metadataLimit {
 			mb.lock.Unlock()
 			return errTooManyBatchers
 		}
@@ -357,49 +349,72 @@ func (mb *multiShardBatcher) consume(ctx context.Context, data any) error {
 		b, loaded = mb.batchers.LoadOrStore(aset, mb.processor.newShard(md))
 		if !loaded {
 			// Start the goroutine only if we added the object to the map, otherwise is already started.
-			b.(*shard).start()
+			b.(*shard[T]).start()
 			mb.size++
 		}
 		mb.lock.Unlock()
 	}
-	b.(*shard).newItem <- data
+	b.(*shard[T]).newItem <- data
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (mb *multiShardBatcher) currentMetadataCardinality() int {
+func (mb *multiShardBatcher[T]) currentMetadataCardinality() int {
 	mb.lock.Lock()
 	defer mb.lock.Unlock()
 	return mb.size
 }
 
-// ConsumeTraces implements processor.Traces
-func (bp *batchProcessor) ConsumeTraces(ctx context.Context, td ptrace.Traces) error {
-	return bp.batcher.consume(ctx, td)
+type tracesBatchProcessor struct {
+	*batchProcessor[ptrace.Traces]
 }
 
-// ConsumeMetrics implements processor.Metrics
-func (bp *batchProcessor) ConsumeMetrics(ctx context.Context, md pmetric.Metrics) error {
-	return bp.batcher.consume(ctx, md)
+// newTracesBatchProcessor creates a new batch processor that batches traces by size or with timeout
+func newTracesBatchProcessor(set processor.Settings, next consumer.Traces, cfg *Config) (processor.Traces, error) {
+	bp, err := newBatchProcessor(set, cfg, func() batch[ptrace.Traces] { return newBatchTraces(next) })
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &tracesBatchProcessor{batchProcessor: bp}, nil
 }
 
-// ConsumeLogs implements processor.Logs
-func (bp *batchProcessor) ConsumeLogs(ctx context.Context, ld plog.Logs) error {
-	return bp.batcher.consume(ctx, ld)
+func (t *tracesBatchProcessor) ConsumeTraces(ctx context.Context, td ptrace.Traces) error {
+	return t.batcher.consume(ctx, td)
 }
 
-// newBatchTraces creates a new batch processor that batches traces by size or with timeout
-func newBatchTracesProcessor(set processor.Settings, next consumer.Traces, cfg *Config) (*batchProcessor, error) {
-	return newBatchProcessor(set, cfg, func() batch { return newBatchTraces(next) })
+type metricsBatchProcessor struct {
+	*batchProcessor[pmetric.Metrics]
 }
 
-// newBatchMetricsProcessor creates a new batch processor that batches metrics by size or with timeout
-func newBatchMetricsProcessor(set processor.Settings, next consumer.Metrics, cfg *Config) (*batchProcessor, error) {
-	return newBatchProcessor(set, cfg, func() batch { return newBatchMetrics(next) })
+// newMetricsBatchProcessor creates a new batch processor that batches metrics by size or with timeout
+func newMetricsBatchProcessor(set processor.Settings, next consumer.Metrics, cfg *Config) (processor.Metrics, error) {
+	bp, err := newBatchProcessor(set, cfg, func() batch[pmetric.Metrics] { return newMetricsBatch(next) })
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &metricsBatchProcessor{batchProcessor: bp}, nil
+}
+
+// ConsumeMetrics implements processor.Metrics
+func (m *metricsBatchProcessor) ConsumeMetrics(ctx context.Context, md pmetric.Metrics) error {
+	return m.batcher.consume(ctx, md)
 }
 
-// newBatchLogsProcessor creates a new batch processor that batches logs by size or with timeout
-func newBatchLogsProcessor(set processor.Settings, next consumer.Logs, cfg *Config) (*batchProcessor, error) {
-	return newBatchProcessor(set, cfg, func() batch { return newBatchLogs(next) })
+type logsBatchProcessor struct {
+	*batchProcessor[plog.Logs]
+}
+
+// newLogsBatchProcessor creates a new batch processor that batches logs by size or with timeout
+func newLogsBatchProcessor(set processor.Settings, next consumer.Logs, cfg *Config) (processor.Logs, error) {
+	bp, err := newBatchProcessor(set, cfg, func() batch[plog.Logs] { return newBatchLogs(next) })
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &logsBatchProcessor{batchProcessor: bp}, nil
+}
+
+// ConsumeLogs implements processor.Logs
+func (l *logsBatchProcessor) ConsumeLogs(ctx context.Context, ld plog.Logs) error {
+	return l.batcher.consume(ctx, ld)
 }
 
 type batchTraces struct {
@@ -414,8 +429,7 @@ func newBatchTraces(nextConsumer consumer.Traces) *batchTraces {
 }
 
 // add updates current batchTraces by adding new TraceData object
-func (bt *batchTraces) add(item any) {
-	td := item.(ptrace.Traces)
+func (bt *batchTraces) add(td ptrace.Traces) {
 	newSpanCount := td.SpanCount()
 	if newSpanCount == 0 {
 		return
@@ -425,29 +439,28 @@ func (bt *batchTraces) add(item any) {
 	td.ResourceSpans().MoveAndAppendTo(bt.traceData.ResourceSpans())
 }
 
-func (bt *batchTraces) sizeBytes(data any) int {
-	return bt.sizer.TracesSize(data.(ptrace.Traces))
+func (bt *batchTraces) sizeBytes(td ptrace.Traces) int {
+	return bt.sizer.TracesSize(td)
 }
 
-func (bt *batchTraces) export(ctx context.Context, req any) error {
-	td := req.(ptrace.Traces)
+func (bt *batchTraces) export(ctx context.Context, td ptrace.Traces) error {
 	return bt.nextConsumer.ConsumeTraces(ctx, td)
 }
 
-func (bt *batchTraces) splitBatch(_ context.Context, sendBatchMaxSize int) (int, any) {
-	var req ptrace.Traces
+func (bt *batchTraces) split(sendBatchMaxSize int) (int, ptrace.Traces) {
+	var td ptrace.Traces
 	var sent int
 	if sendBatchMaxSize > 0 && bt.itemCount() > sendBatchMaxSize {
-		req = splitTraces(sendBatchMaxSize, bt.traceData)
+		td = splitTraces(sendBatchMaxSize, bt.traceData)
 		bt.spanCount -= sendBatchMaxSize
 		sent = sendBatchMaxSize
 	} else {
-		req = bt.traceData
+		td = bt.traceData
 		sent = bt.spanCount
 		bt.traceData = ptrace.NewTraces()
 		bt.spanCount = 0
 	}
-	return sent, req
+	return sent, td
 }
 
 func (bt *batchTraces) itemCount() int {
@@ -461,43 +474,40 @@ type batchMetrics struct {
 	sizer          pmetric.Sizer
 }
 
-func newBatchMetrics(nextConsumer consumer.Metrics) *batchMetrics {
+func newMetricsBatch(nextConsumer consumer.Metrics) *batchMetrics {
 	return &batchMetrics{nextConsumer: nextConsumer, metricData: pmetric.NewMetrics(), sizer: &pmetric.ProtoMarshaler{}}
 }
 
-func (bm *batchMetrics) sizeBytes(data any) int {
-	return bm.sizer.MetricsSize(data.(pmetric.Metrics))
+func (bm *batchMetrics) sizeBytes(md pmetric.Metrics) int {
+	return bm.sizer.MetricsSize(md)
 }
 
-func (bm *batchMetrics) export(ctx context.Context, req any) error {
-	md := req.(pmetric.Metrics)
+func (bm *batchMetrics) export(ctx context.Context, md pmetric.Metrics) error {
 	return bm.nextConsumer.ConsumeMetrics(ctx, md)
 }
 
-func (bm *batchMetrics) splitBatch(_ context.Context, sendBatchMaxSize int) (int, any) {
-	var req pmetric.Metrics
+func (bm *batchMetrics) split(sendBatchMaxSize int) (int, pmetric.Metrics) {
+	var md pmetric.Metrics
 	var sent int
 	if sendBatchMaxSize > 0 && bm.dataPointCount > sendBatchMaxSize {
-		req = splitMetrics(sendBatchMaxSize, bm.metricData)
+		md = splitMetrics(sendBatchMaxSize, bm.metricData)
 		bm.dataPointCount -= sendBatchMaxSize
 		sent = sendBatchMaxSize
 	} else {
-		req = bm.metricData
+		md = bm.metricData
 		sent = bm.dataPointCount
 		bm.metricData = pmetric.NewMetrics()
 		bm.dataPointCount = 0
 	}
 
-	return sent, req
+	return sent, md
 }
 
 func (bm *batchMetrics) itemCount() int {
 	return bm.dataPointCount
 }
 
-func (bm *batchMetrics) add(item any) {
-	md := item.(pmetric.Metrics)
-
+func (bm *batchMetrics) add(md pmetric.Metrics) {
 	newDataPointCount := md.DataPointCount()
 	if newDataPointCount == 0 {
 		return
@@ -517,39 +527,36 @@ func newBatchLogs(nextConsumer consumer.Logs) *batchLogs {
 	return &batchLogs{nextConsumer: nextConsumer, logData: plog.NewLogs(), sizer: &plog.ProtoMarshaler{}}
 }
 
-func (bl *batchLogs) sizeBytes(data any) int {
-	return bl.sizer.LogsSize(data.(plog.Logs))
+func (bl *batchLogs) sizeBytes(ld plog.Logs) int {
+	return bl.sizer.LogsSize(ld)
 }
 
-func (bl *batchLogs) export(ctx context.Context, req any) error {
-	ld := req.(plog.Logs)
+func (bl *batchLogs) export(ctx context.Context, ld plog.Logs) error {
 	return bl.nextConsumer.ConsumeLogs(ctx, ld)
 }
 
-func (bl *batchLogs) splitBatch(_ context.Context, sendBatchMaxSize int) (int, any) {
-	var req plog.Logs
+func (bl *batchLogs) split(sendBatchMaxSize int) (int, plog.Logs) {
+	var ld plog.Logs
 	var sent int
 
 	if sendBatchMaxSize > 0 && bl.logCount > sendBatchMaxSize {
-		req = splitLogs(sendBatchMaxSize, bl.logData)
+		ld = splitLogs(sendBatchMaxSize, bl.logData)
 		bl.logCount -= sendBatchMaxSize
 		sent = sendBatchMaxSize
 	} else {
-		req = bl.logData
+		ld = bl.logData
 		sent = bl.logCount
 		bl.logData = plog.NewLogs()
 		bl.logCount = 0
 	}
-	return sent, req
+	return sent, ld
 }
 
 func (bl *batchLogs) itemCount() int {
 	return bl.logCount
 }
 
-func (bl *batchLogs) add(item any) {
-	ld := item.(plog.Logs)
-
+func (bl *batchLogs) add(ld plog.Logs) {
 	newLogsCount := ld.LogRecordCount()
 	if newLogsCount == 0 {
 		return
diff --git a/processor/batchprocessor/batch_processor_test.go b/processor/batchprocessor/batch_processor_test.go
index 3d2e6571406..a054bc008bc 100644
--- a/processor/batchprocessor/batch_processor_test.go
+++ b/processor/batchprocessor/batch_processor_test.go
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func TestBatchProcessorSpansDelivered(t *testing.T) {
 	cfg.SendBatchSize = 128
 	creationSet := processortest.NewNopSettings()
 	creationSet.MetricsLevel = configtelemetry.LevelDetailed
-	batcher, err := newBatchTracesProcessor(creationSet, sink, cfg)
+	batcher, err := newTracesBatchProcessor(creationSet, sink, cfg)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.NoError(t, batcher.Start(context.Background(), componenttest.NewNopHost()))
 
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ func TestBatchProcessorSpansDeliveredEnforceBatchSize(t *testing.T) {
 	cfg.SendBatchMaxSize = 130
 	creationSet := processortest.NewNopSettings()
 	creationSet.MetricsLevel = configtelemetry.LevelDetailed
-	batcher, err := newBatchTracesProcessor(creationSet, sink, cfg)
+	batcher, err := newTracesBatchProcessor(creationSet, sink, cfg)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.NoError(t, batcher.Start(context.Background(), componenttest.NewNopHost()))
 
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ func TestBatchProcessorSentBySize(t *testing.T) {
 	cfg.Timeout = 500 * time.Millisecond
 	creationSet := tel.NewSettings()
 	creationSet.MetricsLevel = configtelemetry.LevelDetailed
-	batcher, err := newBatchTracesProcessor(creationSet, sink, cfg)
+	batcher, err := newTracesBatchProcessor(creationSet, sink, cfg)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.NoError(t, batcher.Start(context.Background(), componenttest.NewNopHost()))
 
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ func TestBatchProcessorSentBySizeWithMaxSize(t *testing.T) {
 	cfg.Timeout = 500 * time.Millisecond
 	creationSet := tel.NewSettings()
 	creationSet.MetricsLevel = configtelemetry.LevelDetailed
-	batcher, err := newBatchTracesProcessor(creationSet, sink, cfg)
+	batcher, err := newTracesBatchProcessor(creationSet, sink, cfg)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.NoError(t, batcher.Start(context.Background(), componenttest.NewNopHost()))
 
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ func TestBatchProcessorSentByTimeout(t *testing.T) {
 
 	creationSet := processortest.NewNopSettings()
 	creationSet.MetricsLevel = configtelemetry.LevelDetailed
-	batcher, err := newBatchTracesProcessor(creationSet, sink, cfg)
+	batcher, err := newTracesBatchProcessor(creationSet, sink, cfg)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.NoError(t, batcher.Start(context.Background(), componenttest.NewNopHost()))
 
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ func TestBatchProcessorTraceSendWhenClosing(t *testing.T) {
 
 	creationSet := processortest.NewNopSettings()
 	creationSet.MetricsLevel = configtelemetry.LevelDetailed
-	batcher, err := newBatchTracesProcessor(creationSet, sink, &cfg)
+	batcher, err := newTracesBatchProcessor(creationSet, sink, &cfg)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.NoError(t, batcher.Start(context.Background(), componenttest.NewNopHost()))
 
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ func TestBatchMetricProcessor_ReceivingData(t *testing.T) {
 
 	creationSet := processortest.NewNopSettings()
 	creationSet.MetricsLevel = configtelemetry.LevelDetailed
-	batcher, err := newBatchMetricsProcessor(creationSet, sink, &cfg)
+	batcher, err := newMetricsBatchProcessor(creationSet, sink, &cfg)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.NoError(t, batcher.Start(context.Background(), componenttest.NewNopHost()))
 
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ func TestBatchMetricProcessorBatchSize(t *testing.T) {
 
 	creationSet := tel.NewSettings()
 	creationSet.MetricsLevel = configtelemetry.LevelDetailed
-	batcher, err := newBatchMetricsProcessor(creationSet, sink, &cfg)
+	batcher, err := newMetricsBatchProcessor(creationSet, sink, &cfg)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.NoError(t, batcher.Start(context.Background(), componenttest.NewNopHost()))
 
@@ -686,12 +686,12 @@ func TestBatchMetrics_UnevenBatchMaxSize(t *testing.T) {
 	dataPointsPerMetric := 2
 	sendBatchMaxSize := 99
 
-	batchMetrics := newBatchMetrics(sink)
+	batchMetrics := newMetricsBatch(sink)
 	md := testdata.GenerateMetrics(metricsCount)
 
 	batchMetrics.add(md)
 	require.Equal(t, dataPointsPerMetric*metricsCount, batchMetrics.dataPointCount)
-	sent, req := batchMetrics.splitBatch(ctx, sendBatchMaxSize)
+	sent, req := batchMetrics.split(sendBatchMaxSize)
 	sendErr := batchMetrics.export(ctx, req)
 	require.NoError(t, sendErr)
 	require.Equal(t, sendBatchMaxSize, sent)
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ func TestBatchMetricsProcessor_Timeout(t *testing.T) {
 
 	creationSet := processortest.NewNopSettings()
 	creationSet.MetricsLevel = configtelemetry.LevelDetailed
-	batcher, err := newBatchMetricsProcessor(creationSet, sink, &cfg)
+	batcher, err := newMetricsBatchProcessor(creationSet, sink, &cfg)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.NoError(t, batcher.Start(context.Background(), componenttest.NewNopHost()))
 
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ func TestBatchMetricProcessor_Shutdown(t *testing.T) {
 
 	creationSet := processortest.NewNopSettings()
 	creationSet.MetricsLevel = configtelemetry.LevelDetailed
-	batcher, err := newBatchMetricsProcessor(creationSet, sink, &cfg)
+	batcher, err := newMetricsBatchProcessor(creationSet, sink, &cfg)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.NoError(t, batcher.Start(context.Background(), componenttest.NewNopHost()))
 
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ func runMetricsProcessorBenchmark(b *testing.B, cfg Config) {
 	creationSet := processortest.NewNopSettings()
 	creationSet.MetricsLevel = configtelemetry.LevelDetailed
 	metricsPerRequest := 1000
-	batcher, err := newBatchMetricsProcessor(creationSet, sink, &cfg)
+	batcher, err := newMetricsBatchProcessor(creationSet, sink, &cfg)
 	require.NoError(b, err)
 	require.NoError(b, batcher.Start(ctx, componenttest.NewNopHost()))
 
@@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ func TestBatchLogProcessor_ReceivingData(t *testing.T) {
 
 	creationSet := processortest.NewNopSettings()
 	creationSet.MetricsLevel = configtelemetry.LevelDetailed
-	batcher, err := newBatchLogsProcessor(creationSet, sink, &cfg)
+	batcher, err := newLogsBatchProcessor(creationSet, sink, &cfg)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.NoError(t, batcher.Start(context.Background(), componenttest.NewNopHost()))
 
@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ func TestBatchLogProcessor_BatchSize(t *testing.T) {
 
 	creationSet := tel.NewSettings()
 	creationSet.MetricsLevel = configtelemetry.LevelDetailed
-	batcher, err := newBatchLogsProcessor(creationSet, sink, &cfg)
+	batcher, err := newLogsBatchProcessor(creationSet, sink, &cfg)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.NoError(t, batcher.Start(context.Background(), componenttest.NewNopHost()))
 
@@ -1073,7 +1073,7 @@ func TestBatchLogsProcessor_Timeout(t *testing.T) {
 
 	creationSet := processortest.NewNopSettings()
 	creationSet.MetricsLevel = configtelemetry.LevelDetailed
-	batcher, err := newBatchLogsProcessor(creationSet, sink, &cfg)
+	batcher, err := newLogsBatchProcessor(creationSet, sink, &cfg)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.NoError(t, batcher.Start(context.Background(), componenttest.NewNopHost()))
 
@@ -1122,7 +1122,7 @@ func TestBatchLogProcessor_Shutdown(t *testing.T) {
 
 	creationSet := processortest.NewNopSettings()
 	creationSet.MetricsLevel = configtelemetry.LevelDetailed
-	batcher, err := newBatchLogsProcessor(creationSet, sink, &cfg)
+	batcher, err := newLogsBatchProcessor(creationSet, sink, &cfg)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.NoError(t, batcher.Start(context.Background(), componenttest.NewNopHost()))
 
@@ -1201,7 +1201,7 @@ func TestBatchProcessorSpansBatchedByMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 	cfg.MetadataKeys = []string{"token1", "token2"}
 	creationSet := processortest.NewNopSettings()
 	creationSet.MetricsLevel = configtelemetry.LevelDetailed
-	batcher, err := newBatchTracesProcessor(creationSet, sink, cfg)
+	batcher, err := newTracesBatchProcessor(creationSet, sink, cfg)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.NoError(t, batcher.Start(context.Background(), componenttest.NewNopHost()))
 
@@ -1293,7 +1293,7 @@ func TestBatchProcessorMetadataCardinalityLimit(t *testing.T) {
 	cfg.MetadataKeys = []string{"token"}
 	cfg.MetadataCardinalityLimit = cardLimit
 	creationSet := processortest.NewNopSettings()
-	batcher, err := newBatchTracesProcessor(creationSet, sink, cfg)
+	batcher, err := newTracesBatchProcessor(creationSet, sink, cfg)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.NoError(t, batcher.Start(context.Background(), componenttest.NewNopHost()))
 
@@ -1336,7 +1336,7 @@ func TestBatchZeroConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	sink := new(consumertest.LogsSink)
 	creationSet := processortest.NewNopSettings()
 	creationSet.MetricsLevel = configtelemetry.LevelDetailed
-	batcher, err := newBatchLogsProcessor(creationSet, sink, &cfg)
+	batcher, err := newLogsBatchProcessor(creationSet, sink, &cfg)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.NoError(t, batcher.Start(context.Background(), componenttest.NewNopHost()))
 	defer func() { require.NoError(t, batcher.Shutdown(context.Background())) }()
@@ -1377,7 +1377,7 @@ func TestBatchSplitOnly(t *testing.T) {
 	sink := new(consumertest.LogsSink)
 	creationSet := processortest.NewNopSettings()
 	creationSet.MetricsLevel = configtelemetry.LevelDetailed
-	batcher, err := newBatchLogsProcessor(creationSet, sink, &cfg)
+	batcher, err := newLogsBatchProcessor(creationSet, sink, &cfg)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.NoError(t, batcher.Start(context.Background(), componenttest.NewNopHost()))
 	defer func() { require.NoError(t, batcher.Shutdown(context.Background())) }()
diff --git a/processor/batchprocessor/factory.go b/processor/batchprocessor/factory.go
index 12fcbb9e6ab..2cb52a12c39 100644
--- a/processor/batchprocessor/factory.go
+++ b/processor/batchprocessor/factory.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func createTraces(
 	cfg component.Config,
 	nextConsumer consumer.Traces,
 ) (processor.Traces, error) {
-	return newBatchTracesProcessor(set, nextConsumer, cfg.(*Config))
+	return newTracesBatchProcessor(set, nextConsumer, cfg.(*Config))
 }
 
 func createMetrics(
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func createMetrics(
 	cfg component.Config,
 	nextConsumer consumer.Metrics,
 ) (processor.Metrics, error) {
-	return newBatchMetricsProcessor(set, nextConsumer, cfg.(*Config))
+	return newMetricsBatchProcessor(set, nextConsumer, cfg.(*Config))
 }
 
 func createLogs(
@@ -67,5 +67,5 @@ func createLogs(
 	cfg component.Config,
 	nextConsumer consumer.Logs,
 ) (processor.Logs, error) {
-	return newBatchLogsProcessor(set, nextConsumer, cfg.(*Config))
+	return newLogsBatchProcessor(set, nextConsumer, cfg.(*Config))
 }
diff --git a/processor/batchprocessor/go.mod b/processor/batchprocessor/go.mod
index 5350beccf75..c5e72128cdf 100644
--- a/processor/batchprocessor/go.mod
+++ b/processor/batchprocessor/go.mod
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v1.17.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.1-0.20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror v0.0.0-20241021093951-f2b31d131ae2
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumertest v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.17.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/testdata v0.111.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor v0.111.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/processortest v0.111.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor v0.111.1-0.20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/processortest v0.0.0-20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.31.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.31.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.31.0
diff --git a/processor/go.mod b/processor/go.mod
index edd9c909436..c7adacdd7c4 100644
--- a/processor/go.mod
+++ b/processor/go.mod
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry v0.111.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.1-0.20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumertest v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.17.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline v0.111.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/processortest v0.111.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/processortest v0.0.0-20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.31.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.31.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.31.0
diff --git a/processor/memorylimiterprocessor/go.mod b/processor/memorylimiterprocessor/go.mod
index 6f09168b4ed..9859071ef59 100644
--- a/processor/memorylimiterprocessor/go.mod
+++ b/processor/memorylimiterprocessor/go.mod
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v1.17.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.1-0.20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror v0.0.0-20241021093951-f2b31d131ae2
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumertest v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/memorylimiter v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.17.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline v0.111.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor v0.111.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/processortest v0.111.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor v0.111.1-0.20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/processortest v0.0.0-20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.31.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.31.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.31.0
diff --git a/processor/processorprofiles/go.mod b/processor/processorprofiles/go.mod
index 5ff65fd9c8b..78a7a720bf3 100644
--- a/processor/processorprofiles/go.mod
+++ b/processor/processorprofiles/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumerprofiles v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumertest v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline v0.111.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor v0.111.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor v0.111.1-0.20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
 )
 
 require (
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry v0.111.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.1-0.20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.17.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.31.0 // indirect
diff --git a/processor/processortest/go.mod b/processor/processortest/go.mod
index 0766537bb37..da387fa8518 100644
--- a/processor/processortest/go.mod
+++ b/processor/processortest/go.mod
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component/componentstatus v0.111.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.1-0.20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumerprofiles v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumertest v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.17.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/testdata v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline v0.111.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor v0.111.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor v0.111.1-0.20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/processorprofiles v0.111.0
 	go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0
 )
diff --git a/receiver/go.mod b/receiver/go.mod
index 7fe4c8e0fa3..78ddb46c5f0 100644
--- a/receiver/go.mod
+++ b/receiver/go.mod
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry v0.111.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.1-0.20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror v0.0.0-20241021093951-f2b31d131ae2
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumerprofiles v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumertest v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.17.0
diff --git a/receiver/nopreceiver/go.mod b/receiver/nopreceiver/go.mod
index 739cedff950..825f19c1f1f 100644
--- a/receiver/nopreceiver/go.mod
+++ b/receiver/nopreceiver/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v1.17.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.1-0.20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumertest v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver v0.111.0
 	go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry v0.111.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror v0.0.0-20241021093951-f2b31d131ae2 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumerprofiles v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.17.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile v0.111.0 // indirect
diff --git a/receiver/otlpreceiver/go.mod b/receiver/otlpreceiver/go.mod
index d579a702513..b91d1beb3f0 100644
--- a/receiver/otlpreceiver/go.mod
+++ b/receiver/otlpreceiver/go.mod
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/confignet v1.17.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtls v1.17.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v1.17.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.1-0.20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror v0.0.0-20241021093951-f2b31d131ae2
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumerprofiles v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumertest v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.17.0
diff --git a/receiver/receiverprofiles/go.mod b/receiver/receiverprofiles/go.mod
index 7f014dab7b5..c8a989abb7f 100644
--- a/receiver/receiverprofiles/go.mod
+++ b/receiver/receiverprofiles/go.mod
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry v0.111.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.1-0.20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.17.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.31.0 // indirect
diff --git a/service/go.mod b/service/go.mod
index f97bf80301f..bd4f755ee3f 100644
--- a/service/go.mod
+++ b/service/go.mod
@@ -17,12 +17,13 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v1.17.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/connector v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/connector/connectorprofiles v0.111.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/connector/connectortest v0.111.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/connector/connectortest v0.0.0-20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.111.1-0.20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumerprofiles v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumertest v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterprofiles v0.111.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exportertest v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/extensioncapabilities v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/zpagesextension v0.111.0
@@ -31,10 +32,10 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/testdata v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline v0.111.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline/pipelineprofiles v0.111.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor v0.111.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline/pipelineprofiles v0.0.0-20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor v0.111.1-0.20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/processorprofiles v0.111.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/processortest v0.111.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/processortest v0.0.0-20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/receiverprofiles v0.111.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/semconv v0.111.0
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configopaque v1.17.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtls v1.17.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/internal v0.111.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror v0.111.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror v0.0.0-20241021181817-007f06b7c4a8 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/auth v0.111.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.56.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/zpages v0.56.0 // indirect
@@ -189,10 +190,12 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/receiverprofiles => ../receiver/r
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/processorprofiles => ../processor/processorprofiles
 
-replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/connector/connectorprofiles => ../connector/connectorprofiles
-
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterprofiles => ../exporter/exporterprofiles
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pipeline/pipelineprofiles => ../pipeline/pipelineprofiles
 
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exportertest => ../exporter/exportertest
+
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumererror => ../consumer/consumererror
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/connector/connectorprofiles => ../connector/connectorprofiles
diff --git a/versions.yaml b/versions.yaml
index 4e6a12cad8d..9aaf56deed2 100644
--- a/versions.yaml
+++ b/versions.yaml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ module-sets:
       - go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/debugexporter
       - go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterprofiles
       - go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterhelper/exporterhelperprofiles
+      - go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exportertest
       - go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/nopexporter
       - go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/otlpexporter
       - go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/otlphttpexporter