diff --git a/.chloggen/debug-exporter-alpha.yaml b/.chloggen/debug-exporter-alpha.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f4c0f931530
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/debug-exporter-alpha.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: enhancement
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. otlpreceiver)
+component: exporter/debug
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Move to alpha stability except profiles
+
+# One or more tracking issues or pull requests related to the change
+issues: [13487]
+
+# (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:
+
+# 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: []
diff --git a/exporter/debugexporter/README.md b/exporter/debugexporter/README.md
index e51e334f2d2..3e57af0919c 100644
--- a/exporter/debugexporter/README.md
+++ b/exporter/debugexporter/README.md
@@ -3,13 +3,15 @@
 <!-- status autogenerated section -->
 | Status        |           |
 | ------------- |-----------|
-| Stability     | [development]: traces, metrics, logs, profiles   |
+| Stability     | [development]: profiles   |
+|               | [alpha]: traces, metrics, logs   |
 | Distributions | [core], [contrib], [k8s] |
 | Warnings      | [Unstable Output Format](#warnings) |
 | Issues        | [![Open issues](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-search/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector?query=is%3Aissue%20is%3Aopen%20label%3Aexporter%2Fdebug%20&label=open&color=orange&logo=opentelemetry)](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Aexporter%2Fdebug) [![Closed issues](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-search/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector?query=is%3Aissue%20is%3Aclosed%20label%3Aexporter%2Fdebug%20&label=closed&color=blue&logo=opentelemetry)](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/issues?q=is%3Aclosed+is%3Aissue+label%3Aexporter%2Fdebug) |
 | [Code Owners](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#becoming-a-code-owner)    | [@andrzej-stencel](https://www.github.com/andrzej-stencel) |
 
 [development]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/blob/main/docs/component-stability.md#development
+[alpha]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/blob/main/docs/component-stability.md#alpha
 [core]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/tree/main/distributions/otelcol
 [contrib]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/tree/main/distributions/otelcol-contrib
 [k8s]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/tree/main/distributions/otelcol-k8s
diff --git a/exporter/debugexporter/internal/metadata/generated_status.go b/exporter/debugexporter/internal/metadata/generated_status.go
index d79a9eb951a..88a98e3877b 100644
--- a/exporter/debugexporter/internal/metadata/generated_status.go
+++ b/exporter/debugexporter/internal/metadata/generated_status.go
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ var (
 )
 
 const (
-	TracesStability   = component.StabilityLevelDevelopment
-	MetricsStability  = component.StabilityLevelDevelopment
-	LogsStability     = component.StabilityLevelDevelopment
 	ProfilesStability = component.StabilityLevelDevelopment
+	TracesStability   = component.StabilityLevelAlpha
+	MetricsStability  = component.StabilityLevelAlpha
+	LogsStability     = component.StabilityLevelAlpha
 )
diff --git a/exporter/debugexporter/metadata.yaml b/exporter/debugexporter/metadata.yaml
index 687c27435bf..73d94988532 100644
--- a/exporter/debugexporter/metadata.yaml
+++ b/exporter/debugexporter/metadata.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ status:
       - andrzej-stencel
   class: exporter
   stability:
-    development: [traces, metrics, logs, profiles]
+    alpha: [traces, metrics, logs]
+    development: [profiles]
   distributions: [core, contrib, k8s]
   warnings: [Unstable Output Format]