diff --git a/.chloggen/mdatagen-flatten-metric-stability.yaml b/.chloggen/mdatagen-flatten-metric-stability.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9e002c41812
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/mdatagen-flatten-metric-stability.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: breaking
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. receiver/otlp)
+component: cmd/mdatagen
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Flatten the metric stability field
+
+# One or more tracking issues or pull requests related to the change
+issues: [14113]
+
+# (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: So we better match the weaver schema. Additional deprecation data can be set within the `deprecated` field.
+
+# 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: [api]
diff --git a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/loader_test.go b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/loader_test.go
index 84c223a12cb..f83edfde6be 100644
--- a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/loader_test.go
+++ b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/loader_test.go
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ func TestLoadMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 							Enabled:               true,
 							Description:           "Monotonic cumulative sum int metric enabled by default.",
 							ExtendedDocumentation: "The metric will be become optional soon.",
-							Stability:             Stability{Level: component.StabilityLevelDeprecated},
+							Stability:             component.StabilityLevelDeprecated,
 							Warnings: Warnings{
 								IfEnabledNotSet: "This metric will be disabled by default soon.",
 							},
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ func TestLoadMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 						Signal: Signal{
 							Enabled:     true,
 							Description: "Metric for testing spatial reaggregation",
-							Stability:   Stability{Level: component.StabilityLevelBeta},
+							Stability:   component.StabilityLevelBeta,
 							Attributes:  []AttributeName{"string_attr", "boolean_attr"},
 						},
 						Unit: strPtr("1"),
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ func TestLoadMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 						Signal: Signal{
 							Enabled:     true,
 							Description: "Metric for testing spatial reaggregation with required attributes",
-							Stability:   Stability{Level: component.StabilityLevelBeta},
+							Stability:   component.StabilityLevelBeta,
 							Attributes:  []AttributeName{"required_string_attr", "string_attr", "boolean_attr"},
 						},
 						Unit: strPtr("1"),
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ func TestLoadMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 					"system.cpu.time": {
 						Signal: Signal{
 							Enabled:               true,
-							Stability:             Stability{Level: component.StabilityLevelBeta},
+							Stability:             component.StabilityLevelBeta,
 							SemanticConvention:    &SemanticConvention{SemanticConventionRef: "https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/blob/v1.38.0/docs/system/system-metrics.md#metric-systemcputime"},
 							Description:           "Monotonic cumulative sum int metric enabled by default.",
 							ExtendedDocumentation: "The metric will be become optional soon.",
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ func TestLoadMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 						Signal: Signal{
 							Enabled:     false,
 							Description: "[DEPRECATED] Gauge double metric disabled by default.",
-							Stability:   Stability{Level: component.StabilityLevelDeprecated},
+							Stability:   component.StabilityLevelDeprecated,
 							Warnings: Warnings{
 								IfConfigured: "This metric is deprecated and will be removed soon.",
 							},
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ func TestLoadMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 						Signal: Signal{
 							Enabled:     false,
 							Description: "[DEPRECATED] Gauge double metric disabled by default.",
-							Stability:   Stability{Level: component.StabilityLevelDeprecated},
+							Stability:   component.StabilityLevelDeprecated,
 							Warnings: Warnings{
 								IfConfigured: "This metric is deprecated and will be removed soon.",
 							},
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ func TestLoadMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 							Enabled:               true,
 							Description:           "[DEPRECATED] Non-monotonic delta sum double metric enabled by default.",
 							ExtendedDocumentation: "The metric will be removed soon.",
-							Stability:             Stability{Level: component.StabilityLevelDeprecated},
+							Stability:             component.StabilityLevelDeprecated,
 							Warnings: Warnings{
 								IfEnabled: "This metric is deprecated and will be removed soon.",
 							},
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ func TestLoadMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 						Signal: Signal{
 							Enabled:     true,
 							Description: "Monotonic cumulative sum int metric with string input_type enabled by default.",
-							Stability:   Stability{Level: component.StabilityLevelDevelopment},
+							Stability:   component.StabilityLevelDevelopment,
 							Attributes:  []AttributeName{"string_attr", "overridden_int_attr", "enum_attr", "slice_attr", "map_attr"},
 						},
 						Unit: strPtr("s"),
@@ -429,10 +429,8 @@ func TestLoadMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 					Metrics: map[MetricName]Metric{
 						"batch_size_trigger_send": {
 							Signal: Signal{
-								Enabled: true,
-								Stability: Stability{
-									Level: component.StabilityLevelDeprecated,
-								},
+								Enabled:     true,
+								Stability:   component.StabilityLevelDeprecated,
 								Description: "Number of times the batch was sent due to a size trigger",
 							},
 							Deprecated: &Deprecated{
@@ -448,7 +446,7 @@ func TestLoadMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 						"request_duration": {
 							Signal: Signal{
 								Enabled:     true,
-								Stability:   Stability{Level: component.StabilityLevelAlpha},
+								Stability:   component.StabilityLevelAlpha,
 								Description: "Duration of request",
 							},
 							Unit: strPtr("s"),
@@ -460,7 +458,7 @@ func TestLoadMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 						"process_runtime_total_alloc_bytes": {
 							Signal: Signal{
 								Enabled:     true,
-								Stability:   Stability{Level: component.StabilityLevelStable},
+								Stability:   component.StabilityLevelStable,
 								Description: "Cumulative bytes allocated for heap objects (see 'go doc runtime.MemStats.TotalAlloc')",
 							},
 							Unit: strPtr("By"),
@@ -475,7 +473,7 @@ func TestLoadMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 						"queue_length": {
 							Signal: Signal{
 								Enabled:               true,
-								Stability:             Stability{Level: component.StabilityLevelAlpha},
+								Stability:             component.StabilityLevelAlpha,
 								Description:           "This metric is optional and therefore not initialized in NewTelemetryBuilder.",
 								ExtendedDocumentation: "For example this metric only exists if feature A is enabled.",
 							},
@@ -492,7 +490,7 @@ func TestLoadMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 							Signal: Signal{
 								Enabled:     true,
 								Description: "Queue capacity - sync gauge example.",
-								Stability:   Stability{Level: component.StabilityLevelDevelopment},
+								Stability:   component.StabilityLevelDevelopment,
 							},
 							Unit: strPtr("{items}"),
 							Gauge: &Gauge{
@@ -603,7 +601,7 @@ func TestLoadMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:    "testdata/invalid_metric_stability.yaml",
 			want:    Metadata{},
-			wantErr: "decoding failed due to the following error(s):\n\n'metrics[default.metric]' decoding failed due to the following error(s):\n\n'stability' decoding failed due to the following error(s):\n\n'level' unsupported stability level: \"development42\"",
+			wantErr: "decoding failed due to the following error(s):\n\n'metrics[default.metric]' decoding failed due to the following error(s):\n\n'stability' unsupported stability level: \"development42\"",
 		},
 		{
 			name:    "testdata/invalid_metric_semconvref.yaml",
@@ -613,7 +611,12 @@ func TestLoadMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:    "testdata/no_metric_stability.yaml",
 			want:    Metadata{},
-			wantErr: "decoding failed due to the following error(s):\n\n'metrics[default.metric]' decoding failed due to the following error(s):\n\n'stability' missing required field: `stability.level`",
+			wantErr: "metric \"default.metric\": missing required field: `stability.level`",
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "testdata/undeprecated_with_deprecation.yaml",
+			want:    Metadata{},
+			wantErr: "`stability` must be `deprecated` when specifying a `deprecated` field",
 		},
 		{
 			name:    "testdata/~~this file doesn't exist~~.yaml",
diff --git a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/metadata.go b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/metadata.go
index 2fa2d3eb569..69f695ee3d0 100644
--- a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/metadata.go
+++ b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/metadata.go
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ type Signal struct {
 	SemanticConvention *SemanticConvention `mapstructure:"semantic_convention"`
 
 	// The stability level of the signal.
-	Stability Stability `mapstructure:"stability"`
+	Stability component.StabilityLevel `mapstructure:"stability"`
 
 	// Extended documentation of the signal. If specified, this will be appended to the description used in generated documentation.
 	ExtendedDocumentation string `mapstructure:"extended_documentation"`
diff --git a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/metric.go b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/metric.go
index 21f97301f19..059c02dd07a 100644
--- a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/metric.go
+++ b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/metric.go
@@ -53,54 +53,14 @@ type Metric struct {
 	Deprecated *Deprecated `mapstructure:"deprecated,omitempty"`
 }
 
-type Stability struct {
-	Level component.StabilityLevel `mapstructure:"level"`
-	// Deprecated: [0.144.0] Replaced with `deprecated.since`.
-	From string `mapstructure:"from"`
-}
-
-func (s Stability) String() string {
-	if s.Level == component.StabilityLevelUndefined ||
-		s.Level == component.StabilityLevelStable {
-		return ""
-	}
-	return fmt.Sprintf(" [%s]", s.Level.String())
-}
-
-// Unmarshal decodes the stability configuration.
-// NOTE: confmap rejects unknown keys by default.
-// The "from" field cannot be tested via full metadata loading
-// unless WithIgnoreUnused() is used by the caller.
-func (s *Stability) Unmarshal(parser *confmap.Conf) error {
-	if !parser.IsSet("level") {
-		return errors.New("missing required field: `stability.level`")
-	}
-
-	var level component.StabilityLevel
-	if err := parser.Unmarshal(&struct {
-		Level *component.StabilityLevel `mapstructure:"level"`
-	}{
-		Level: &level,
-	}); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	s.Level = level
-	if parser.IsSet("from") {
-		if err := parser.Unmarshal(&struct {
-			From *string `mapstructure:"from"`
-		}{From: &s.From}); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
 func (m *Metric) validate(metricName MetricName, semConvVersion string) error {
 	var errs error
 
 	if m.Deprecated != nil {
+		if m.Stability != component.StabilityLevelDeprecated {
+			errs = errors.Join(errs, errors.New("`stability` must be `deprecated` when specifying a `deprecated` field"))
+		}
+
 		if err := m.Deprecated.validate(); err != nil {
 			errs = errors.Join(errs, err)
 		}
@@ -114,6 +74,9 @@ func (m *Metric) validate(metricName MetricName, semConvVersion string) error {
 		errs = errors.Join(errs, errors.New("more than one metric type keys, "+
 			"only one of the following has to be specified: sum, gauge, histogram"))
 	}
+	if m.Stability == component.StabilityLevelUndefined {
+		errs = errors.Join(errs, errors.New("missing required field: `stability.level`"))
+	}
 	if m.Description == "" {
 		errs = errors.Join(errs, errors.New(`missing metric description`))
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/metric_test.go b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/metric_test.go
index 33fa665033d..0b495744286 100644
--- a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/metric_test.go
+++ b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/metric_test.go
@@ -7,10 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pmetric"
 )
 
@@ -41,66 +38,3 @@ func TestMetricData(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, arg.wantAsync, arg.metricData.IsAsync())
 	}
 }
-
-func TestStability_String(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		name      string
-		stability Stability
-		want      string
-	}{
-		{
-			name: "undefined level",
-			stability: Stability{
-				Level: component.StabilityLevelUndefined,
-			},
-			want: "",
-		},
-		{
-			name: "stable level",
-			stability: Stability{
-				Level: component.StabilityLevelStable,
-			},
-			want: "",
-		},
-		{
-			name: "beta level",
-			stability: Stability{
-				Level: component.StabilityLevelBeta,
-			},
-			want: " [Beta]",
-		},
-		{
-			name: "alpha level",
-			stability: Stability{
-				Level: component.StabilityLevelAlpha,
-			},
-			want: " [Alpha]",
-		},
-		{
-			name: "deprecated level",
-			stability: Stability{
-				Level: component.StabilityLevelDeprecated,
-			},
-			want: " [Deprecated]",
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			got := tt.stability.String()
-			assert.Equal(t, tt.want, got)
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-func TestStability_Unmarshal_WithoutFrom(t *testing.T) {
-	parser := confmap.NewFromStringMap(map[string]any{
-		"level": "beta",
-	})
-
-	var s Stability
-	err := s.Unmarshal(parser)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.Equal(t, component.StabilityLevelBeta, s.Level)
-	assert.Empty(t, s.From)
-}
diff --git a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/sampleconnector/documentation.md b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/sampleconnector/documentation.md
index abf382ae6e8..3708e08948e 100644
--- a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/sampleconnector/documentation.md
+++ b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/sampleconnector/documentation.md
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Monotonic cumulative sum int metric with string input_type enabled by default.
 
 ### reaggregate.metric
 
-Metric for testing spacial reaggregation
+Metric for testing spatial reaggregation
 
 | Unit | Metric Type | Value Type | Stability |
 | ---- | ----------- | ---------- | --------- |
diff --git a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/sampleconnector/internal/metadata/generated_metrics.go b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/sampleconnector/internal/metadata/generated_metrics.go
index 797f693a314..bf7a23fdf73 100644
--- a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/sampleconnector/internal/metadata/generated_metrics.go
+++ b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/sampleconnector/internal/metadata/generated_metrics.go
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ type metricReaggregateMetric struct {
 // init fills reaggregate.metric metric with initial data.
 func (m *metricReaggregateMetric) init() {
 	m.data.SetName("reaggregate.metric")
-	m.data.SetDescription("Metric for testing spacial reaggregation")
+	m.data.SetDescription("Metric for testing spatial reaggregation")
 	m.data.SetUnit("1")
 	m.data.SetEmptyGauge()
 	m.data.Gauge().DataPoints().EnsureCapacity(m.capacity)
diff --git a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/sampleconnector/internal/metadata/generated_metrics_test.go b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/sampleconnector/internal/metadata/generated_metrics_test.go
index 9c1895ccfae..f20f2db07de 100644
--- a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/sampleconnector/internal/metadata/generated_metrics_test.go
+++ b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/sampleconnector/internal/metadata/generated_metrics_test.go
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ func TestMetricsBuilder(t *testing.T) {
 						validatedMetrics["reaggregate.metric"] = true
 						assert.Equal(t, pmetric.MetricTypeGauge, ms.At(i).Type())
 						assert.Equal(t, 1, ms.At(i).Gauge().DataPoints().Len())
-						assert.Equal(t, "Metric for testing spacial reaggregation", ms.At(i).Description())
+						assert.Equal(t, "Metric for testing spatial reaggregation", ms.At(i).Description())
 						assert.Equal(t, "1", ms.At(i).Unit())
 						dp := ms.At(i).Gauge().DataPoints().At(0)
 						assert.Equal(t, start, dp.StartTimestamp())
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ func TestMetricsBuilder(t *testing.T) {
 						validatedMetrics["reaggregate.metric"] = true
 						assert.Equal(t, pmetric.MetricTypeGauge, ms.At(i).Type())
 						assert.Equal(t, 1, ms.At(i).Gauge().DataPoints().Len())
-						assert.Equal(t, "Metric for testing spacial reaggregation", ms.At(i).Description())
+						assert.Equal(t, "Metric for testing spatial reaggregation", ms.At(i).Description())
 						assert.Equal(t, "1", ms.At(i).Unit())
 						dp := ms.At(i).Gauge().DataPoints().At(0)
 						assert.Equal(t, start, dp.StartTimestamp())
diff --git a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/sampleconnector/metadata.yaml b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/sampleconnector/metadata.yaml
index 70ef1a72228..fcce3fee4a7 100644
--- a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/sampleconnector/metadata.yaml
+++ b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/sampleconnector/metadata.yaml
@@ -115,8 +115,7 @@ metrics:
     enabled: true
     description: Monotonic cumulative sum int metric enabled by default.
     extended_documentation: The metric will be become optional soon.
-    stability:
-      level: development
+    stability: development
     unit: s
     sum:
       value_type: int
@@ -131,8 +130,7 @@ metrics:
     enabled: true
     description: "[DEPRECATED] Non-monotonic delta sum double metric enabled by default."
     extended_documentation: The metric will be removed soon.
-    stability:
-      level: deprecated
+    stability: deprecated
     deprecated:
       since: "1.0.0"
       note: "This metric will be removed"
@@ -147,8 +145,7 @@ metrics:
   metric.input_type:
     enabled: true
     description: Monotonic cumulative sum int metric with string input_type enabled by default.
-    stability:
-      level: development
+    stability: development
     unit: s
     sum:
       value_type: int
@@ -161,8 +158,7 @@ metrics:
   optional.metric:
     enabled: false
     description: "[DEPRECATED] Gauge double metric disabled by default."
-    stability:
-      level: deprecated
+    stability: deprecated
     deprecated:
        since: "1.0.0"
        note: "This metric will be removed"
@@ -176,8 +172,7 @@ metrics:
   optional.metric.empty_unit:
     enabled: false
     description: "[DEPRECATED] Gauge double metric disabled by default."
-    stability:
-      level: deprecated
+    stability: deprecated
     deprecated:
       since: "1.0.0"
       note: "This metric will be removed"
@@ -190,10 +185,9 @@ metrics:
 
   reaggregate.metric:
     enabled: true
-    description: Metric for testing spacial reaggregation
+    description: Metric for testing spatial reaggregation
     unit: "1"
-    stability:
-      level: beta
+    stability: beta
     gauge:
-      value_type: double 
+      value_type: double
     attributes: [string_attr, boolean_attr]
diff --git a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/samplereceiver/internal/metadata/generated_telemetry.go b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/samplereceiver/internal/metadata/generated_telemetry.go
index 2432c77f3d2..2e2cf145de2 100644
--- a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/samplereceiver/internal/metadata/generated_telemetry.go
+++ b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/samplereceiver/internal/metadata/generated_telemetry.go
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func NewTelemetryBuilder(settings component.TelemetrySettings, options ...Teleme
 	errs = errors.Join(errs, err)
 	builder.ProcessRuntimeTotalAllocBytes, err = builder.meter.Int64ObservableCounter(
 		"otelcol_process_runtime_total_alloc_bytes",
-		metric.WithDescription("Cumulative bytes allocated for heap objects (see 'go doc runtime.MemStats.TotalAlloc')"),
+		metric.WithDescription("Cumulative bytes allocated for heap objects (see 'go doc runtime.MemStats.TotalAlloc') [Stable]"),
 		metric.WithUnit("By"),
 	)
 	errs = errors.Join(errs, err)
diff --git a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/samplereceiver/internal/metadatatest/generated_telemetrytest.go b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/samplereceiver/internal/metadatatest/generated_telemetrytest.go
index ec38b4739cd..81261758c79 100644
--- a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/samplereceiver/internal/metadatatest/generated_telemetrytest.go
+++ b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/samplereceiver/internal/metadatatest/generated_telemetrytest.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func AssertEqualBatchSizeTriggerSend(t *testing.T, tt *componenttest.Telemetry,
 func AssertEqualProcessRuntimeTotalAllocBytes(t *testing.T, tt *componenttest.Telemetry, dps []metricdata.DataPoint[int64], opts ...metricdatatest.Option) {
 	want := metricdata.Metrics{
 		Name:        "otelcol_process_runtime_total_alloc_bytes",
-		Description: "Cumulative bytes allocated for heap objects (see 'go doc runtime.MemStats.TotalAlloc')",
+		Description: "Cumulative bytes allocated for heap objects (see 'go doc runtime.MemStats.TotalAlloc') [Stable]",
 		Unit:        "By",
 		Data: metricdata.Sum[int64]{
 			Temporality: metricdata.CumulativeTemporality,
diff --git a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/samplereceiver/metadata.yaml b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/samplereceiver/metadata.yaml
index a2be9e8d02a..2c057696b40 100644
--- a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/samplereceiver/metadata.yaml
+++ b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/samplereceiver/metadata.yaml
@@ -176,8 +176,7 @@ metrics:
     enabled: true
     description: Monotonic cumulative sum int metric enabled by default.
     extended_documentation: The metric will be become optional soon.
-    stability:
-      level: deprecated
+    stability: deprecated
     deprecated:
       since: "1.0.0"
       note: "This metric will be removed"
@@ -204,8 +203,7 @@ metrics:
     enabled: true
     description: "[DEPRECATED] Non-monotonic delta sum double metric enabled by default."
     extended_documentation: The metric will be removed soon.
-    stability:
-      level: deprecated
+    stability: deprecated
     deprecated:
       since: "1.0.0"
       note: "This metric will be removed"
@@ -220,8 +218,7 @@ metrics:
   metric.input_type:
     enabled: true
     description: Monotonic cumulative sum int metric with string input_type enabled by default.
-    stability:
-      level: development
+    stability: development
     unit: s
     sum:
       value_type: int
@@ -234,8 +231,7 @@ metrics:
   optional.metric:
     enabled: false
     description: "[DEPRECATED] Gauge double metric disabled by default."
-    stability:
-      level: deprecated
+    stability: deprecated
     deprecated:
       since: "1.0.0"
       note: "This metric will be removed"
@@ -249,8 +245,7 @@ metrics:
   optional.metric.empty_unit:
     enabled: false
     description: "[DEPRECATED] Gauge double metric disabled by default."
-    stability:
-      level: deprecated
+    stability: deprecated
     deprecated:
       since: "1.0.0"
       note: "This metric will be removed"
@@ -265,26 +260,23 @@ metrics:
     enabled: true
     description: Metric for testing spatial reaggregation
     unit: "1"
-    stability:
-      level: beta
+    stability: beta
     gauge:
-      value_type: double 
+      value_type: double
     attributes: [string_attr, boolean_attr]
 
   reaggregate.metric.with_required:
     enabled: true
     description: Metric for testing spatial reaggregation with required attributes
     unit: "1"
-    stability:
-      level: beta
+    stability: beta
     gauge:
-      value_type: double 
+      value_type: double
     attributes: [required_string_attr, string_attr, boolean_attr]
 
   system.cpu.time:
     enabled: true
-    stability:
-      level: beta
+    stability: beta
     description: Monotonic cumulative sum int metric enabled by default.
     extended_documentation: The metric will be become optional soon.
     unit: s
@@ -299,8 +291,7 @@ telemetry:
   metrics:
     batch_size_trigger_send:
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: deprecated
+      stability: deprecated
       deprecated:
         since: "1.5.0"
         note: "This metric will be removed in favor of batch_send_trigger_size"
@@ -311,8 +302,7 @@ telemetry:
         monotonic: true
     process_runtime_total_alloc_bytes:
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: stable
+      stability: stable
       description: Cumulative bytes allocated for heap objects (see 'go doc runtime.MemStats.TotalAlloc')
       unit: By
       sum:
@@ -322,15 +312,13 @@ telemetry:
     queue_capacity:
       enabled: true
       description: Queue capacity - sync gauge example.
-      stability:
-        level: development
+      stability: development
       unit: "{items}"
       gauge:
         value_type: int
     queue_length:
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: alpha
+      stability: alpha
       description: This metric is optional and therefore not initialized in NewTelemetryBuilder.
       extended_documentation: For example this metric only exists if feature A is enabled.
       unit: "{items}"
@@ -340,8 +328,7 @@ telemetry:
         value_type: int
     request_duration:
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: alpha
+      stability: alpha
       description: Duration of request
       unit: s
       histogram:
diff --git a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/samplescraper/documentation.md b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/samplescraper/documentation.md
index aa6899fcfca..dc0ab8c93aa 100644
--- a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/samplescraper/documentation.md
+++ b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/samplescraper/documentation.md
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Monotonic cumulative sum int metric with string input_type enabled by default.
 
 ### reaggregate.metric
 
-Metric for testing spacial reaggregation
+Metric for testing spatial reaggregation
 
 | Unit | Metric Type | Value Type | Stability |
 | ---- | ----------- | ---------- | --------- |
diff --git a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/samplescraper/internal/metadata/generated_metrics.go b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/samplescraper/internal/metadata/generated_metrics.go
index c1dd3c192ee..8220e134a74 100644
--- a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/samplescraper/internal/metadata/generated_metrics.go
+++ b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/samplescraper/internal/metadata/generated_metrics.go
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ type metricReaggregateMetric struct {
 // init fills reaggregate.metric metric with initial data.
 func (m *metricReaggregateMetric) init() {
 	m.data.SetName("reaggregate.metric")
-	m.data.SetDescription("Metric for testing spacial reaggregation")
+	m.data.SetDescription("Metric for testing spatial reaggregation")
 	m.data.SetUnit("1")
 	m.data.SetEmptyGauge()
 	m.data.Gauge().DataPoints().EnsureCapacity(m.capacity)
diff --git a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/samplescraper/internal/metadata/generated_metrics_test.go b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/samplescraper/internal/metadata/generated_metrics_test.go
index f198712cda4..201b38cf18d 100644
--- a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/samplescraper/internal/metadata/generated_metrics_test.go
+++ b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/samplescraper/internal/metadata/generated_metrics_test.go
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ func TestMetricsBuilder(t *testing.T) {
 						validatedMetrics["reaggregate.metric"] = true
 						assert.Equal(t, pmetric.MetricTypeGauge, ms.At(i).Type())
 						assert.Equal(t, 1, ms.At(i).Gauge().DataPoints().Len())
-						assert.Equal(t, "Metric for testing spacial reaggregation", ms.At(i).Description())
+						assert.Equal(t, "Metric for testing spatial reaggregation", ms.At(i).Description())
 						assert.Equal(t, "1", ms.At(i).Unit())
 						dp := ms.At(i).Gauge().DataPoints().At(0)
 						assert.Equal(t, start, dp.StartTimestamp())
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ func TestMetricsBuilder(t *testing.T) {
 						validatedMetrics["reaggregate.metric"] = true
 						assert.Equal(t, pmetric.MetricTypeGauge, ms.At(i).Type())
 						assert.Equal(t, 1, ms.At(i).Gauge().DataPoints().Len())
-						assert.Equal(t, "Metric for testing spacial reaggregation", ms.At(i).Description())
+						assert.Equal(t, "Metric for testing spatial reaggregation", ms.At(i).Description())
 						assert.Equal(t, "1", ms.At(i).Unit())
 						dp := ms.At(i).Gauge().DataPoints().At(0)
 						assert.Equal(t, start, dp.StartTimestamp())
diff --git a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/samplescraper/metadata.yaml b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/samplescraper/metadata.yaml
index 411ecaafd29..a38381800ce 100644
--- a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/samplescraper/metadata.yaml
+++ b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/samplescraper/metadata.yaml
@@ -107,8 +107,7 @@ metrics:
     enabled: true
     description: Monotonic cumulative sum int metric enabled by default.
     extended_documentation: The metric will be become optional soon.
-    stability:
-      level: development
+    stability: development
     unit: s
     sum:
       value_type: int
@@ -123,8 +122,7 @@ metrics:
     enabled: true
     description: "[DEPRECATED] Non-monotonic delta sum double metric enabled by default."
     extended_documentation: The metric will be removed soon.
-    stability:
-      level: deprecated
+    stability: deprecated
     deprecated:
       since: "1.0.0"
       note: "This metric will be removed"
@@ -138,8 +136,7 @@ metrics:
 
   metric.input_type:
     enabled: true
-    stability:
-      level: development
+    stability: development
     description: Monotonic cumulative sum int metric with string input_type enabled by default.
     unit: s
     sum:
@@ -153,8 +150,7 @@ metrics:
   optional.metric:
     enabled: false
     description: "[DEPRECATED] Gauge double metric disabled by default."
-    stability:
-      level: deprecated
+    stability: deprecated
     deprecated:
       since: "1.0.0"
       note: "This metric will be removed"
@@ -168,8 +164,7 @@ metrics:
   optional.metric.empty_unit:
     enabled: false
     description: "[DEPRECATED] Gauge double metric disabled by default."
-    stability:
-      level: deprecated
+    stability: deprecated
     deprecated:
       since: "1.0.0"
       note: "This metric will be removed"
@@ -182,18 +177,16 @@ metrics:
 
   reaggregate.metric:
     enabled: true
-    description: Metric for testing spacial reaggregation
+    description: Metric for testing spatial reaggregation
     unit: "1"
-    stability:
-      level: beta
+    stability: beta
     gauge:
-      value_type: double 
+      value_type: double
     attributes: [string_attr, boolean_attr]
 
   system.cpu.time:
     enabled: true
-    stability:
-      level: beta
+    stability: beta
     description: Monotonic cumulative sum int metric enabled by default.
     extended_documentation: The metric will be become optional soon.
     unit: s
diff --git a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/templates/documentation.md.tmpl b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/templates/documentation.md.tmpl
index fea3879055b..73cadff8c20 100644
--- a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/templates/documentation.md.tmpl
+++ b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/templates/documentation.md.tmpl
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@
 
 {{- end }}
 
-| Unit | Metric Type | Value Type |{{ if $metric.Data.HasAggregated }} Aggregation Temporality |{{ end }}{{ if $metric.Data.HasMonotonic }} Monotonic |{{ end }}{{ if $metric.Stability.Level }} Stability |{{ end }}{{ if $metric.SemanticConvention }} Semantic Convention |{{ end }}
-| ---- | ----------- | ---------- |{{ if $metric.Data.HasAggregated }} ----------------------- |{{ end }}{{ if $metric.Data.HasMonotonic }} --------- |{{ end }}{{ if $metric.Stability.Level }} --------- |{{ end }}{{ if $metric.SemanticConvention }} ------------------- |{{ end }}
+| Unit | Metric Type | Value Type |{{ if $metric.Data.HasAggregated }} Aggregation Temporality |{{ end }}{{ if $metric.Data.HasMonotonic }} Monotonic |{{ end }}{{ if $metric.Stability }} Stability |{{ end }}{{ if $metric.SemanticConvention }} Semantic Convention |{{ end }}
+| ---- | ----------- | ---------- |{{ if $metric.Data.HasAggregated }} ----------------------- |{{ end }}{{ if $metric.Data.HasMonotonic }} --------- |{{ end }}{{ if $metric.Stability }} --------- |{{ end }}{{ if $metric.SemanticConvention }} ------------------- |{{ end }}
 | {{ $metric.Unit }} | {{ $metric.Data.Type }} | {{ $metric.Data.MetricValueType }} |
 {{- if $metric.Data.HasAggregated }} {{ $metric.Data.AggregationTemporality }} |{{ end }}
 {{- if $metric.Data.HasMonotonic }} {{ $metric.Data.Monotonic }} |{{ end }}
-{{- if $metric.Stability.Level }} {{ $metric.Stability.Level }}{{ if $metric.Deprecated }} since {{ $metric.Deprecated.Since }}{{ end }} |{{ end }}
+{{- if $metric.Stability }} {{ $metric.Stability }}{{ if $metric.Deprecated }} since {{ $metric.Deprecated.Since }}{{ end }} |{{ end }}
 {{- if $metric.SemanticConvention }} [{{ $metricName }}]({{ $metric.SemanticConvention.SemanticConventionRef }}) |{{ end }}
 {{- if $metric.Deprecated }}{{ if $metric.Deprecated.Note }}
 
@@ -91,11 +91,11 @@
 
 {{- end }}
 
-| Unit | Metric Type | Value Type |{{ if $metric.Data.HasMonotonic }} Monotonic |{{ end }}{{ if $metric.Stability.Level }} Stability |{{ end }}{{ if $metric.SemanticConvention }} Semantic Convention |{{ end }}
-| ---- | ----------- | ---------- |{{ if $metric.Data.HasMonotonic }} --------- |{{ end }}{{ if $metric.Stability.Level }} --------- |{{ end }}{{ if $metric.SemanticConvention }} ------------------- |{{ end }}
+| Unit | Metric Type | Value Type |{{ if $metric.Data.HasMonotonic }} Monotonic |{{ end }}{{ if $metric.Stability }} Stability |{{ end }}{{ if $metric.SemanticConvention }} Semantic Convention |{{ end }}
+| ---- | ----------- | ---------- |{{ if $metric.Data.HasMonotonic }} --------- |{{ end }}{{ if $metric.Stability }} --------- |{{ end }}{{ if $metric.SemanticConvention }} ------------------- |{{ end }}
 | {{ $metric.Unit }} | {{ $metric.Data.Type }} | {{ $metric.Data.MetricValueType }} |
 {{- if $metric.Data.HasMonotonic }} {{ $metric.Data.Monotonic }} |{{ end }}
-{{- if $metric.Stability.Level }} {{ $metric.Stability.Level }}{{ if $metric.Deprecated }} since {{ $metric.Deprecated.Since }}{{ end }} |{{ end }}
+{{- if $metric.Stability }} {{ $metric.Stability }}{{ if $metric.Deprecated }} since {{ $metric.Deprecated.Since }}{{ end }} |{{ end }}
 {{- if $metric.SemanticConvention }} [{{ $metricName }}]({{ $metric.SemanticConvention.SemanticConventionRef }}) |{{ end }}
 {{- if $metric.Deprecated }}{{ if $metric.Deprecated.Note }}
 
diff --git a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/templates/telemetry.go.tmpl b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/templates/telemetry.go.tmpl
index da4dc276973..0596c6d9c48 100644
--- a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/templates/telemetry.go.tmpl
+++ b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/templates/telemetry.go.tmpl
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ func NewTelemetryBuilder(settings component.TelemetrySettings, options ...Teleme
         {{ else -}}
         "otelcol_{{ $name }}",
         {{ end -}}
-        metric.WithDescription("{{ $metric.Description }}{{ $metric.Stability }}"),
+        metric.WithDescription("{{ $metric.Description }} [{{ $metric.Stability }}]"),
         metric.WithUnit("{{ $metric.Unit }}"),
         {{ if eq $metric.Data.Type "Histogram" -}}
         {{- if $metric.Data.Boundaries -}}metric.WithExplicitBucketBoundaries([]float64{ {{- range $metric.Data.Boundaries }} {{.}}, {{- end }} }...),{{- end }}
diff --git a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/templates/telemetrytest.go.tmpl b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/templates/telemetrytest.go.tmpl
index 62a371545b2..5b6a402a641 100644
--- a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/templates/telemetrytest.go.tmpl
+++ b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/templates/telemetrytest.go.tmpl
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func AssertEqual{{ $name.Render }}(t *testing.T, tt *componenttest.Telemetry, dp
 		{{ else -}}
 		Name:        "otelcol_{{ $name }}",
 		{{ end -}}
-		Description: "{{ $metric.Description }}{{ $metric.Stability }}",
+		Description: "{{ $metric.Description }} [{{ $metric.Stability }}]",
 		Unit:        "{{ $metric.Unit }}",
 		Data:        metricdata.{{ $metric.Data.Type }}[{{ $metric.Data.BasicType }}]{
 			{{- if $metric.Data.HasAggregated }}
diff --git a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/async_metric.yaml b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/async_metric.yaml
index 0ab62684090..48bba1e958c 100644
--- a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/async_metric.yaml
+++ b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/async_metric.yaml
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ metrics:
   metric:
     enabled: true
     description: Description.
-    stability:
-      level: development
+    stability: development
     unit: s
     gauge:
       value_type: double
diff --git a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/invalid_aggregation.yaml b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/invalid_aggregation.yaml
index c86c2d62662..7c798965c6d 100644
--- a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/invalid_aggregation.yaml
+++ b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/invalid_aggregation.yaml
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ metrics:
     enabled: true
     description: Monotonic cumulative sum int metric enabled by default.
     extended_documentation: The metric will be become optional soon.
-    stability:
-      level: development
+    stability: development
     unit: s
     sum:
       value_type: int
diff --git a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/invalid_input_type.yaml b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/invalid_input_type.yaml
index 5651abe9b4f..3ecbe5cfa64 100644
--- a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/invalid_input_type.yaml
+++ b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/invalid_input_type.yaml
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ metrics:
   system.cpu.time:
     enabled: true
     description: Total CPU seconds broken down by different states.
-    stability:
-      level: development
+    stability: development
     unit: s
     sum:
       value_type: double
diff --git a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/invalid_metric_semconvref.yaml b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/invalid_metric_semconvref.yaml
index cccf15e5524..0f431e8deae 100644
--- a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/invalid_metric_semconvref.yaml
+++ b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/invalid_metric_semconvref.yaml
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ metrics:
     enabled: true
     description: Monotonic cumulative sum int metric enabled by default.
     extended_documentation: The metric will be become optional soon.
-    stability:
-      level: development
+    stability: development
     semantic_convention:
       ref: https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/blob/v1.38.0/docs/system/system-metrics.md#metric-systemcputime
     unit: s
diff --git a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/invalid_metric_stability.yaml b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/invalid_metric_stability.yaml
index 0906a5720b4..44d900a7820 100644
--- a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/invalid_metric_stability.yaml
+++ b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/invalid_metric_stability.yaml
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ metrics:
     enabled: true
     description: Monotonic cumulative sum int metric enabled by default.
     extended_documentation: The metric will be become optional soon.
-    stability:
-      level: development42
+    stability: development42
     unit: s
     sum:
       value_type: int
diff --git a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/metrics_and_type.yaml b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/metrics_and_type.yaml
index e2591e04f6e..537a56335ee 100644
--- a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/metrics_and_type.yaml
+++ b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/metrics_and_type.yaml
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ metrics:
   metric:
     enabled: true
     description: Description.
-    stability:
-      level: development
+    stability: development
     unit: s
     gauge:
       value_type: double
diff --git a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/no_aggregation.yaml b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/no_aggregation.yaml
index f9425fa6df7..fb19f85ed16 100644
--- a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/no_aggregation.yaml
+++ b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/no_aggregation.yaml
@@ -16,9 +16,8 @@ metrics:
     enabled: true
     description: Monotonic cumulative sum int metric enabled by default.
     extended_documentation: The metric will be become optional soon.
-    stability:
-      level: development
+    stability: development
     unit: s
     sum:
       value_type: int
-      monotonic: false
\ No newline at end of file
+      monotonic: false
diff --git a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/no_description_attr.yaml b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/no_description_attr.yaml
index 6d4744ca86e..63d60cc3c49 100644
--- a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/no_description_attr.yaml
+++ b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/no_description_attr.yaml
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ metrics:
     enabled: true
     description: Monotonic cumulative sum int metric enabled by default.
     extended_documentation: The metric will be become optional soon.
-    stability:
-      level: development
+    stability: development
     unit: s
     sum:
       value_type: int
diff --git a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/no_enabled.yaml b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/no_enabled.yaml
index c993152f3f9..2b4a278091d 100644
--- a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/no_enabled.yaml
+++ b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/no_enabled.yaml
@@ -6,12 +6,11 @@ status:
     development: [logs]
     beta: [traces]
     stable: [metrics]
-    
+
 metrics:
   system.cpu.time:
     description: Total CPU seconds broken down by different states.
-    stability:
-      level: development
+    stability: development
     unit: s
     sum:
       value_type: double
diff --git a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/no_metric_description.yaml b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/no_metric_description.yaml
index 0ef5dc10d9f..aa14a70c28f 100644
--- a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/no_metric_description.yaml
+++ b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/no_metric_description.yaml
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ metrics:
   default.metric:
     enabled: true
     extended_documentation: The metric will be become optional soon.
-    stability:
-      level: development
+    stability: development
     unit: s
     sum:
       value_type: int
diff --git a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/no_metric_type.yaml b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/no_metric_type.yaml
index 792e88ecefc..bb6b0c26fdd 100644
--- a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/no_metric_type.yaml
+++ b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/no_metric_type.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ metrics:
   system.cpu.time:
     enabled: true
     description: Total CPU seconds broken down by different states.
-    stability:
-      level: development
+    stability: development
     unit: s
     attributes:
diff --git a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/no_metric_unit.yaml b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/no_metric_unit.yaml
index 9f55e10cf13..394d3e677b6 100644
--- a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/no_metric_unit.yaml
+++ b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/no_metric_unit.yaml
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ metrics:
     enabled: true
     description: Monotonic cumulative sum int metric enabled by default.
     extended_documentation: The metric will be become optional soon.
-    stability:
-      level: development
+    stability: development
     sum:
       value_type: int
       monotonic: true
diff --git a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/no_monotonic.yaml b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/no_monotonic.yaml
index 9d2cf74de9a..cda807c497b 100644
--- a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/no_monotonic.yaml
+++ b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/no_monotonic.yaml
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ metrics:
     enabled: true
     description: Monotonic cumulative sum int metric enabled by default.
     extended_documentation: The metric will be become optional soon.
-    stability:
-      level: development
+    stability: development
     unit: s
     sum:
       value_type: int
diff --git a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/no_type_attr.yaml b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/no_type_attr.yaml
index 0cc5f8e56f5..9bf9f672ce4 100644
--- a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/no_type_attr.yaml
+++ b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/no_type_attr.yaml
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ metrics:
   metric:
     enabled: true
     description: Metric.
-    stability:
-      level: development
+    stability: development
     unit: "1"
     gauge:
       value_type: double
diff --git a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/no_value_type.yaml b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/no_value_type.yaml
index cdc2412d47d..eaab6d45086 100644
--- a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/no_value_type.yaml
+++ b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/no_value_type.yaml
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ metrics:
   system.cpu.time:
     enabled: true
     description: Total CPU seconds broken down by different states.
-    stability:
-      level: development
+    stability: development
     unit: s
     sum:
       monotonic: true
diff --git a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/two_metric_types.yaml b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/two_metric_types.yaml
index b6b48fd2aae..2476aff426e 100644
--- a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/two_metric_types.yaml
+++ b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/two_metric_types.yaml
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ metrics:
   system.cpu.time:
     enabled: true
     description: Total CPU seconds broken down by different states.
-    stability:
-      level: development
+    stability: development
     unit: s
     gauge:
       value_type: double
diff --git a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/undeprecated_with_deprecation.yaml b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/undeprecated_with_deprecation.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6d563178a06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/undeprecated_with_deprecation.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+type: metricreceiver
+
+status:
+  class: receiver
+  stability:
+    development: [logs]
+    beta: [traces]
+    stable: [metrics]
+  distributions: [contrib]
+  warnings:
+    - Any additional information that should be brought to the consumer's attention
+
+metrics:
+  default.metric:
+    enabled: true
+    description: Monotonic cumulative sum int metric enabled by default.
+    extended_documentation: The metric will be become optional soon.
+    stability: development
+    deprecated:
+      note: this should not happen
+    unit: s
+    sum:
+      value_type: int
+      monotonic: true
+      aggregation_temporality: cumulative
diff --git a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/unknown_metric_attribute.yaml b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/unknown_metric_attribute.yaml
index 6e4bad5e281..8f27faab13b 100644
--- a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/unknown_metric_attribute.yaml
+++ b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/unknown_metric_attribute.yaml
@@ -6,13 +6,12 @@ status:
     development: [logs]
     beta: [traces]
     stable: [metrics]
-    
+
 metrics:
   system.cpu.time:
     enabled: true
     description: Total CPU seconds broken down by different states.
-    stability:
-      level: development
+    stability: development
     unit: s
     sum:
       value_type: double
diff --git a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/unknown_value_type.yaml b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/unknown_value_type.yaml
index 1231e7282ac..eab669a95b0 100644
--- a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/unknown_value_type.yaml
+++ b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/unknown_value_type.yaml
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ metrics:
   system.cpu.time:
     enabled: true
     description: Total CPU seconds broken down by different states.
-    stability:
-      level: development
+    stability: development
     unit: s
     sum:
       value_type: unknown
diff --git a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/unused_attribute.yaml b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/unused_attribute.yaml
index 4d07147fa10..a7daa3dd2c3 100644
--- a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/unused_attribute.yaml
+++ b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/unused_attribute.yaml
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ metrics:
   metric:
     enabled: true
     description: Metric.
-    stability:
-      level: development
+    stability: development
     unit: "1"
     gauge:
       value_type: double
@@ -38,9 +37,8 @@ telemetry:
     metric:
       enabled: true
       description: Metric.
-      stability:
-        level: development
+      stability: development
       unit: "1"
       gauge:
         value_type: double
-      attributes: [used_attr_in_telemetry_section]
\ No newline at end of file
+      attributes: [used_attr_in_telemetry_section]
diff --git a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/with_conditional_attribute.yaml b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/with_conditional_attribute.yaml
index d3f4af8e07d..0246020710d 100644
--- a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/with_conditional_attribute.yaml
+++ b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/with_conditional_attribute.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ attributes:
     description: Conditional int attr.
     type: string
     requirement_level: conditionally_required
-  
+
   opt_in_string_attr:
     description: Opt-in string attr.
     type: string
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ metrics:
   metric:
     enabled: true
     description: Metric.
-    stability:
-      level: development
+    stability: development
     unit: "1"
     gauge:
       value_type: double
diff --git a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/with_telemetry.yaml b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/with_telemetry.yaml
index 6d203ac9875..212511683d9 100644
--- a/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/with_telemetry.yaml
+++ b/cmd/mdatagen/internal/testdata/with_telemetry.yaml
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ telemetry:
       description: Latency (in microseconds) of a given sampling policy
       unit: µs
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: alpha
+      stability: alpha
       histogram:
         value_type: int
       attributes: [name]
diff --git a/cmd/mdatagen/metadata-schema.yaml b/cmd/mdatagen/metadata-schema.yaml
index f6d9142a46a..a06f9c2088c 100644
--- a/cmd/mdatagen/metadata-schema.yaml
+++ b/cmd/mdatagen/metadata-schema.yaml
@@ -146,11 +146,7 @@ metrics:
     # Optional: array of attributes that were defined in the attributes section that are emitted by this metric.
     attributes: [string]
     # Required: the metric stability
-    stability:
-      # Required: the level of stability
-      level: <development|alpha|beta|stable|deprecated>
-      # Optional: the version current stability was introduced
-      from:
+    stability: <development|alpha|beta|stable|deprecated>
     # Deprecation information for the metric. Required when stability is `deprecated`.
     deprecated:
       # Required: version when the metric was deprecated
diff --git a/exporter/exporterhelper/metadata.yaml b/exporter/exporterhelper/metadata.yaml
index d5488f8bdf7..949fc33defc 100644
--- a/exporter/exporterhelper/metadata.yaml
+++ b/exporter/exporterhelper/metadata.yaml
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ telemetry:
   metrics:
     exporter_enqueue_failed_log_records:
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: alpha
+      stability: alpha
       description: Number of log records failed to be added to the sending queue.
       unit: "{records}"
       sum:
@@ -25,8 +24,7 @@ telemetry:
 
     exporter_enqueue_failed_metric_points:
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: alpha
+      stability: alpha
       description: Number of metric points failed to be added to the sending queue.
       unit: "{datapoints}"
       sum:
@@ -35,8 +33,7 @@ telemetry:
 
     exporter_enqueue_failed_profile_samples:
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: development
+      stability: development
       description: Number of profile samples failed to be added to the sending queue.
       unit: "{samples}"
       sum:
@@ -45,8 +42,7 @@ telemetry:
 
     exporter_enqueue_failed_spans:
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: alpha
+      stability: alpha
       description: Number of spans failed to be added to the sending queue.
       unit: "{spans}"
       sum:
@@ -56,8 +52,7 @@ telemetry:
     exporter_queue_batch_send_size:
       enabled: true
       description: Number of units in the batch
-      stability:
-        level: development
+      stability: development
       unit: "{units}"
       histogram:
         value_type: int
@@ -90,8 +85,7 @@ telemetry:
     exporter_queue_batch_send_size_bytes:
       enabled: true
       description: Number of bytes in batch that was sent. Only available on detailed level.
-      stability:
-        level: development
+      stability: development
       unit: By
       histogram:
         value_type: int
@@ -115,8 +109,7 @@ telemetry:
 
     exporter_queue_capacity:
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: alpha
+      stability: alpha
       description: Fixed capacity of the retry queue (in batches).
       unit: "{batches}"
       gauge:
@@ -125,8 +118,7 @@ telemetry:
 
     exporter_queue_size:
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: alpha
+      stability: alpha
       description: Current size of the retry queue (in batches).
       unit: "{batches}"
       gauge:
@@ -135,8 +127,7 @@ telemetry:
 
     exporter_send_failed_log_records:
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: alpha
+      stability: alpha
       description: "Number of log records in failed attempts to send to destination. At detailed telemetry level, includes attributes: error.type (semantic convention), error.permanent."
       unit: "{records}"
       sum:
@@ -145,8 +136,7 @@ telemetry:
 
     exporter_send_failed_metric_points:
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: alpha
+      stability: alpha
       description: "Number of metric points in failed attempts to send to destination. At detailed telemetry level, includes attributes: error.type (semantic convention), error.permanent."
       unit: "{datapoints}"
       sum:
@@ -155,8 +145,7 @@ telemetry:
 
     exporter_send_failed_profile_samples:
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: development
+      stability: development
       description: "Number of profile samples in failed attempts to send to destination. At detailed telemetry level, includes attributes: error.type (semantic convention), error.permanent."
       unit: "{samples}"
       sum:
@@ -165,8 +154,7 @@ telemetry:
 
     exporter_send_failed_spans:
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: alpha
+      stability: alpha
       description: "Number of spans in failed attempts to send to destination. At detailed telemetry level, includes attributes: error.type (semantic convention), error.permanent."
       unit: "{spans}"
       sum:
@@ -175,8 +163,7 @@ telemetry:
 
     exporter_sent_log_records:
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: alpha
+      stability: alpha
       description: Number of log record successfully sent to destination.
       unit: "{records}"
       sum:
@@ -185,8 +172,7 @@ telemetry:
 
     exporter_sent_metric_points:
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: alpha
+      stability: alpha
       description: Number of metric points successfully sent to destination.
       unit: "{datapoints}"
       sum:
@@ -195,8 +181,7 @@ telemetry:
 
     exporter_sent_profile_samples:
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: development
+      stability: development
       description: Number of profile samples successfully sent to destination.
       unit: "{samples}"
       sum:
@@ -205,8 +190,7 @@ telemetry:
 
     exporter_sent_spans:
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: alpha
+      stability: alpha
       description: Number of spans successfully sent to destination.
       unit: "{spans}"
       sum:
diff --git a/processor/batchprocessor/metadata.yaml b/processor/batchprocessor/metadata.yaml
index f8294872e15..4488f697c53 100644
--- a/processor/batchprocessor/metadata.yaml
+++ b/processor/batchprocessor/metadata.yaml
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ telemetry:
   metrics:
     processor_batch_batch_send_size:
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: development
+      stability: development
       description: Number of units in the batch
       unit: "{units}"
       histogram:
@@ -48,8 +47,7 @@ telemetry:
           ]
     processor_batch_batch_send_size_bytes:
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: development
+      stability: development
       description: Number of bytes in batch that was sent. Only available on detailed level.
       unit: By
       histogram:
@@ -98,8 +96,7 @@ telemetry:
           ]
     processor_batch_batch_size_trigger_send:
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: development
+      stability: development
       description: Number of times the batch was sent due to a size trigger
       unit: "{times}"
       sum:
@@ -107,8 +104,7 @@ telemetry:
         monotonic: true
     processor_batch_metadata_cardinality:
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: development
+      stability: development
       description: Number of distinct metadata value combinations being processed
       unit: "{combinations}"
       sum:
@@ -116,8 +112,7 @@ telemetry:
         async: true
     processor_batch_timeout_trigger_send:
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: development
+      stability: development
       description: Number of times the batch was sent due to a timeout trigger
       unit: "{times}"
       sum:
diff --git a/processor/memorylimiterprocessor/metadata.yaml b/processor/memorylimiterprocessor/metadata.yaml
index 19bc4106c0f..660c39d9802 100644
--- a/processor/memorylimiterprocessor/metadata.yaml
+++ b/processor/memorylimiterprocessor/metadata.yaml
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ telemetry:
     processor_accepted_log_records:
       enabled: true
       description: Number of log records successfully pushed into the next component in the pipeline.
-      stability:
-        level: deprecated
+      stability: deprecated
       deprecated:
         since: "0.110.0"
         note: "This metric is deprecated"
@@ -34,8 +33,7 @@ telemetry:
     processor_accepted_metric_points:
       enabled: true
       description: Number of metric points successfully pushed into the next component in the pipeline.
-      stability:
-        level: deprecated
+      stability: deprecated
       deprecated:
         since: "0.110.0"
         note: "This metric is deprecated"
@@ -47,8 +45,7 @@ telemetry:
     processor_accepted_spans:
       enabled: true
       description: Number of spans successfully pushed into the next component in the pipeline.
-      stability:
-        level: deprecated
+      stability: deprecated
       deprecated:
         since: "0.110.0"
         note: "This metric is deprecated"
@@ -60,8 +57,7 @@ telemetry:
     processor_refused_log_records:
       enabled: true
       description: Number of log records that were rejected by the next component in the pipeline.
-      stability:
-        level: deprecated
+      stability: deprecated
       deprecated:
         since: "0.110.0"
         note: "This metric is deprecated"
@@ -73,8 +69,7 @@ telemetry:
     processor_refused_metric_points:
       enabled: true
       description: Number of metric points that were rejected by the next component in the pipeline.
-      stability:
-        level: deprecated
+      stability: deprecated
       deprecated:
         since: "0.110.0"
         note: "This metric is deprecated"
@@ -86,8 +81,7 @@ telemetry:
     processor_refused_spans:
       enabled: true
       description: Number of spans that were rejected by the next component in the pipeline.
-      stability:
-        level: deprecated
+      stability: deprecated
       deprecated:
         since: "0.110.0"
         note: "This metric is deprecated"
diff --git a/processor/processorhelper/metadata.yaml b/processor/processorhelper/metadata.yaml
index 97b9e594a1c..4c1bc56e1b4 100644
--- a/processor/processorhelper/metadata.yaml
+++ b/processor/processorhelper/metadata.yaml
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ telemetry:
   metrics:
     processor_incoming_items:
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: alpha
+      stability: alpha
       description: Number of items passed to the processor.
       unit: "{items}"
       sum:
@@ -21,8 +20,7 @@ telemetry:
 
     processor_internal_duration:
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: alpha
+      stability: alpha
       description: Duration of time taken to process a batch of telemetry data through the processor.
       unit: s
       histogram:
@@ -31,8 +29,7 @@ telemetry:
 
     processor_outgoing_items:
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: alpha
+      stability: alpha
       description: Number of items emitted from the processor.
       unit: "{items}"
       sum:
diff --git a/receiver/receiverhelper/metadata.yaml b/receiver/receiverhelper/metadata.yaml
index 6696d5b68a0..ba9c7908619 100644
--- a/receiver/receiverhelper/metadata.yaml
+++ b/receiver/receiverhelper/metadata.yaml
@@ -9,16 +9,14 @@ telemetry:
   metrics:
     receiver_accepted_log_records:
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: alpha
+      stability: alpha
       description: Number of log records successfully pushed into the pipeline.
       unit: "{records}"
       sum:
         value_type: int
         monotonic: true
     receiver_accepted_metric_points:
-      stability:
-        level: alpha
+      stability: alpha
       enabled: true
       description: Number of metric points successfully pushed into the pipeline.
       unit: "{datapoints}"
@@ -27,8 +25,7 @@ telemetry:
         monotonic: true
     receiver_accepted_profile_samples:
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: alpha
+      stability: alpha
       description: Number of profile samples successfully pushed into the pipeline.
       unit: "{samples}"
       sum:
@@ -36,8 +33,7 @@ telemetry:
         monotonic: true
     receiver_accepted_spans:
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: alpha
+      stability: alpha
       description: Number of spans successfully pushed into the pipeline.
       unit: "{spans}"
       sum:
@@ -45,8 +41,7 @@ telemetry:
         monotonic: true
     receiver_failed_log_records:
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: alpha
+      stability: alpha
       description: The number of log records that failed to be processed by the receiver due to internal errors.
       unit: "{records}"
       sum:
@@ -54,8 +49,7 @@ telemetry:
         monotonic: true
     receiver_failed_metric_points:
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: alpha
+      stability: alpha
       description: The number of metric points that failed to be processed by the receiver due to internal errors.
       unit: "{datapoints}"
       sum:
@@ -63,8 +57,7 @@ telemetry:
         monotonic: true
     receiver_failed_profile_samples:
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: alpha
+      stability: alpha
       description: The number of profile samples that failed to be processed by the receiver due to internal errors.
       unit: "{samples}"
       sum:
@@ -72,8 +65,7 @@ telemetry:
         monotonic: true
     receiver_failed_spans:
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: alpha
+      stability: alpha
       description: The number of spans that failed to be processed by the receiver due to internal errors.
       unit: "{spans}"
       sum:
@@ -81,8 +73,7 @@ telemetry:
         monotonic: true
     receiver_refused_log_records:
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: alpha
+      stability: alpha
       description: Number of log records that could not be pushed into the pipeline.
       unit: "{records}"
       sum:
@@ -90,8 +81,7 @@ telemetry:
         monotonic: true
     receiver_refused_metric_points:
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: alpha
+      stability: alpha
       description: Number of metric points that could not be pushed into the pipeline.
       unit: "{datapoints}"
       sum:
@@ -99,8 +89,7 @@ telemetry:
         monotonic: true
     receiver_refused_profile_samples:
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: alpha
+      stability: alpha
       description: Number of profile samples that could not be pushed into the pipeline.
       unit: "{samples}"
       sum:
@@ -108,8 +97,7 @@ telemetry:
         monotonic: true
     receiver_refused_spans:
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: alpha
+      stability: alpha
       description: Number of spans that could not be pushed into the pipeline.
       unit: "{spans}"
       sum:
@@ -117,8 +105,7 @@ telemetry:
         monotonic: true
     receiver_requests:
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: alpha
+      stability: alpha
       description: The number of requests performed.
       unit: "{requests}"
       sum:
diff --git a/scraper/scraperhelper/metadata.yaml b/scraper/scraperhelper/metadata.yaml
index 6963d5751d6..ea8010188d9 100644
--- a/scraper/scraperhelper/metadata.yaml
+++ b/scraper/scraperhelper/metadata.yaml
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ telemetry:
   metrics:
     scraper_errored_log_records:
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: alpha
+      stability: alpha
       description: Number of log records that were unable to be scraped.
       unit: "{datapoints}"
       sum:
@@ -21,8 +20,7 @@ telemetry:
 
     scraper_errored_metric_points:
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: alpha
+      stability: alpha
       description: Number of metric points that were unable to be scraped.
       unit: "{datapoints}"
       sum:
@@ -31,8 +29,7 @@ telemetry:
 
     scraper_scraped_log_records:
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: alpha
+      stability: alpha
       description: Number of log records successfully scraped.
       unit: "{datapoints}"
       sum:
@@ -41,8 +38,7 @@ telemetry:
 
     scraper_scraped_metric_points:
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: alpha
+      stability: alpha
       description: Number of metric points successfully scraped.
       unit: "{datapoints}"
       sum:
diff --git a/scraper/scraperhelper/xscraperhelper/metadata.yaml b/scraper/scraperhelper/xscraperhelper/metadata.yaml
index fd53acbbf49..c6b353b5ca1 100644
--- a/scraper/scraperhelper/xscraperhelper/metadata.yaml
+++ b/scraper/scraperhelper/xscraperhelper/metadata.yaml
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ telemetry:
   metrics:
     scraper_errored_profile_records:
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: alpha
+      stability: alpha
       description: Number of profile records that were unable to be scraped.
       unit: "{datapoints}"
       sum:
@@ -24,8 +23,7 @@ telemetry:
 
     scraper_scraped_profile_records:
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: alpha
+      stability: alpha
       description: Number of profile records successfully scraped.
       unit: "{datapoints}"
       sum:
diff --git a/service/metadata.yaml b/service/metadata.yaml
index 2bd1292a0a9..de436afbb7a 100644
--- a/service/metadata.yaml
+++ b/service/metadata.yaml
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ telemetry:
     connector.consumed.items:
       prefix: otelcol.
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: development
+      stability: development
       description: Number of items passed to the connector.
       unit: "{item}"
       sum:
@@ -25,8 +24,7 @@ telemetry:
     connector.consumed.size:
       prefix: otelcol.
       enabled: false
-      stability:
-        level: development
+      stability: development
       description: Size of items passed to the connector, based on ProtoMarshaler.Sizer.
       unit: "{item}"
       sum:
@@ -36,8 +34,7 @@ telemetry:
     connector.produced.items:
       prefix: otelcol.
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: development
+      stability: development
       description: Number of items emitted from the connector.
       unit: "{item}"
       sum:
@@ -47,8 +44,7 @@ telemetry:
     connector.produced.size:
       prefix: otelcol.
       enabled: false
-      stability:
-        level: development
+      stability: development
       description: Size of items emitted from the connector, based on ProtoMarshaler.Sizer.
       unit: "{item}"
       sum:
@@ -58,8 +54,7 @@ telemetry:
     exporter.consumed.items:
       prefix: otelcol.
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: development
+      stability: development
       description: Number of items passed to the exporter.
       unit: "{item}"
       sum:
@@ -69,8 +64,7 @@ telemetry:
     exporter.consumed.size:
       prefix: otelcol.
       enabled: false
-      stability:
-        level: development
+      stability: development
       description: Size of items passed to the exporter, based on ProtoMarshaler.Sizer.
       unit: "{item}"
       sum:
@@ -79,8 +73,7 @@ telemetry:
 
     process_cpu_seconds:
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: alpha
+      stability: alpha
       description: Total CPU user and system time in seconds
       unit: s
       sum:
@@ -90,8 +83,7 @@ telemetry:
 
     process_memory_rss:
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: alpha
+      stability: alpha
       description: Total physical memory (resident set size)
       unit: By
       gauge:
@@ -100,8 +92,7 @@ telemetry:
 
     process_runtime_heap_alloc_bytes:
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: alpha
+      stability: alpha
       description: Bytes of allocated heap objects (see 'go doc runtime.MemStats.HeapAlloc')
       unit: By
       gauge:
@@ -110,8 +101,7 @@ telemetry:
 
     process_runtime_total_alloc_bytes:
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: alpha
+      stability: alpha
       description: Cumulative bytes allocated for heap objects (see 'go doc runtime.MemStats.TotalAlloc')
       unit: By
       sum:
@@ -121,8 +111,7 @@ telemetry:
 
     process_runtime_total_sys_memory_bytes:
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: alpha
+      stability: alpha
       description: Total bytes of memory obtained from the OS (see 'go doc runtime.MemStats.Sys')
       unit: By
       gauge:
@@ -131,8 +120,7 @@ telemetry:
 
     process_uptime:
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: alpha
+      stability: alpha
       description: Uptime of the process
       unit: s
       sum:
@@ -143,8 +131,7 @@ telemetry:
     processor.consumed.items:
       prefix: otelcol.
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: development
+      stability: development
       description: Number of items passed to the processor.
       unit: "{item}"
       sum:
@@ -154,8 +141,7 @@ telemetry:
     processor.consumed.size:
       prefix: otelcol.
       enabled: false
-      stability:
-        level: development
+      stability: development
       description: Size of items passed to the processor, based on ProtoMarshaler.Sizer.
       unit: "{item}"
       sum:
@@ -165,8 +151,7 @@ telemetry:
     processor.produced.items:
       prefix: otelcol.
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: development
+      stability: development
       description: Number of items emitted from the processor.
       unit: "{item}"
       sum:
@@ -176,8 +161,7 @@ telemetry:
     processor.produced.size:
       prefix: otelcol.
       enabled: false
-      stability:
-        level: development
+      stability: development
       description: Size of items emitted from the processor, based on ProtoMarshaler.Sizer.
       unit: "{item}"
       sum:
@@ -187,8 +171,7 @@ telemetry:
     receiver.produced.items:
       prefix: otelcol.
       enabled: true
-      stability:
-        level: development
+      stability: development
       description: Number of items emitted from the receiver.
       unit: "{item}"
       sum:
@@ -198,8 +181,7 @@ telemetry:
     receiver.produced.size:
       prefix: otelcol.
       enabled: false
-      stability:
-        level: development
+      stability: development
       description: Size of items emitted from the receiver, based on ProtoMarshaler.Sizer.
       unit: "{item}"
       sum: