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# pdata

## Feature Gates

This component has the following feature gates:

| Feature Gate | Stage | Description | From Version | To Version | Reference |
| ------------ | ----- | ----------- | ------------ | ---------- | --------- |
| `pdata.useCustomProtoEncoding` | stable | When enabled, enable custom proto encoding. This is a required step to enable featuregate pdata.useProtoPooling. | v0.133.0 | v0.137.0 | [Link](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/issues/13631) |
| `pdata.useProtoPooling` | alpha | When enabled, enable using local memory pools for underlying data that the pdata messages are pushed to. | v0.133.0 | N/A | [Link](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/issues/13631) |

For more information about feature gates, see the [Feature Gates](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/blob/main/featuregate/README.md) documentation.