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+change_type: enhancement
+
+component: instrumentation
+
+note: "Modified the logic for iterating over pod annotations, utilizing pod.GetAnnotations() to identify and extract resources using the specified namespace prefix (constants.ReservedNamespace)."
+
+issues:
+  - https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/issues/2181
+
+
+subtext: |
+  Modified files:
+  - pkg/constants/env.go
+  - pkg/instrumentation/sdk.go
+  - pkg/instrumentation/sdk_test.go
+
+  Implemented the use of the OpenTelemetry.io namespace for extracting resource annotations from Kubernetes pods.
+
+  Enhanced handling to streamline the extraction process and avoid overwriting existing resource mappings.