RFC: Consistent timeout handling in Collector pipelines

[jmacd]

Description

Calls for deadline-awareness across common Collector pipeline components, including batch processors, queue sender, retry and
timeout senders.

Link to tracking issue

Part of #11183

Testing

n/a

Documentation

This is a new RFC. As these changes are accepted and implemented, user-facing documentation will be added.

[codecov]

Codecov Report

All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests ✅

Project coverage is 91.62%. Comparing base (4593ba7) to head (46f1e79).
Report is 48 commits behind head on main.

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[jmacd]

I will present this RFC in the next two Collector SIG meetings 1/7/2025 (APAC/PT) and 1/15/2025 (NA).