Merge pull request #3105 from aws-observability/prepare-release-v0.45.0

bump version to v0.45.0

Author: roystchiang

VERSION

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-v0.44.0
+v0.45.0

docs/releases/v0.45.0.md

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+# Changelog
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+## [v0.45.0](https://github.com/aws-observability/aws-otel-collector/tree/v0.45.0) (2025-08-22)
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+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/aws-observability/aws-otel-collector/compare/v0.44.0...v0.45.0)
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+**Merged pull requests:**
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+- \[chore\] Bump OTel Collector and Collector Contrib to v0.131.0 [\#3099](https://github.com/aws-observability/aws-otel-collector/pull/3099) ([roystchiang](https://github.com/roystchiang))
+- \[chore\] Bump OTel Collector and Collector Contrib to v0.131.0 [\#3098](https://github.com/aws-observability/aws-otel-collector/pull/3098) ([anant10](https://github.com/anant10))
+- Merge release/v0.44.x to. main [\#3094](https://github.com/aws-observability/aws-otel-collector/pull/3094) ([vasireddy99](https://github.com/vasireddy99))
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+\* *This Changelog was automatically generated by [github_changelog_generator](https://github.com/github-changelog-generator/github-changelog-generator)*