[receiver/wavefront] deprecate wavefront receiver (#46087)

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Ex. Adding a feature - Explain what this achieves.-->
#### Description
Deprecate the wavefront receiver. There is no replacement, as Wavefront
itself is now EOL. See announcement:
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/release-announcements/0/25153

Fixes #45806

Author: atoulme

.chloggen/deprecate_wavefront.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: deprecation
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. receiver/filelog)
+component: receiver/wavefront
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Deprecate the wavefront receiver
+
+# Mandatory: One or more tracking issues related to the change. You can use the PR number here if no issue exists.
+issues: [46087]
+
+# (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: |
+  There is no replacement for the wavefront receiver.
+  Wavefront is EOL: https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/release-announcements/0/25153
+
+# If your change doesn't affect end users or the exported elements of any package,
+# you should instead start your pull request title with [chore] or use the "Skip Changelog" label.
+# 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: []

receiver/wavefrontreceiver/README.md

@@ -3,13 +3,17 @@
 <!-- status autogenerated section -->
 | Status        |           |
 | ------------- |-----------|
-| Stability     | [beta]: metrics   |
+| Stability     | [deprecated]: metrics   |
+| Deprecation of metrics | [Date]: 2026-02-13   |
+|                      | [Migration Note]: There is no replacement. This component will be removed in a future release.   |
 | Distributions | [contrib] |
 | Issues        | [![Open issues](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-search/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib?query=is%3Aissue%20is%3Aopen%20label%3Areceiver%2Fwavefront%20&label=open&color=orange&logo=opentelemetry)](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Areceiver%2Fwavefront) [![Closed issues](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-search/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib?query=is%3Aissue%20is%3Aclosed%20label%3Areceiver%2Fwavefront%20&label=closed&color=blue&logo=opentelemetry)](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues?q=is%3Aclosed+is%3Aissue+label%3Areceiver%2Fwavefront) |
 | Code coverage | [![codecov](https://codecov.io/github/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/graph/main/badge.svg?component=receiver_wavefront)](https://app.codecov.io/gh/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/?components%5B0%5D=receiver_wavefront&displayType=list) |
 | [Code Owners](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#becoming-a-code-owner)    | [@samiura](https://www.github.com/samiura) |
 
-[beta]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/blob/main/docs/component-stability.md#beta
+[deprecated]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/blob/main/docs/component-stability.md#deprecated
+[Date]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/blob/main/docs/component-stability.md#deprecation-information
+[Migration Note]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/blob/main/docs/component-stability.md#deprecation-information
 [contrib]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/tree/main/distributions/otelcol-contrib
 <!-- end autogenerated section -->
 

receiver/wavefrontreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_status.go

@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@ type: wavefront
 status:
   class: receiver
   stability:
-    beta: [metrics]
+    deprecated: [metrics]
   distributions: [contrib]
   codeowners:
     active: [samiura]
+  deprecation:
+    metrics:
+      migration: "There is no replacement. This component will be removed in a future release."
+      date: "2026-02-13"