Cut v1.23.0-rc.0 (#1837)

* Cut v1.23.0-rc.0

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Signed-off-by: Arianna Vespri <arianna.vespri@yahoo.it>
Signed-off-by: Arianna Vespri <36129782+vesari@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Kemal Akkoyun <kakkoyun@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: vesari

CHANGELOG.md

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 ## Unreleased
 
+## 1.23.0-rc.0 / 2025-07-15
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+* [CHANGE] Minimum required Go version is now 1.23, only the two latest Go versions are supported from now on. #1812
+* [FEATURE] Add WrapCollectorWith and WrapCollectorWithPrefix #1766
+* [FEATURE] Add exemplars for native histograms #1686
+* [ENHANCEMENT] exp/api: Bubble up status code from writeResponse #1823
+* [ENHANCEMENT] collector/go: Update runtime metrics for Go v1.23 and v1.24 #1833
+* [BUGFIX] exp/api: client prompt return on context cancellation #1729
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 ## 1.22.0 / 2025-04-07
 
 :warning: This release contains potential breaking change if you use experimental `zstd` support introduce in #1496 :warning:

VERSION

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-1.22.0
+1.23.0-rc.0