Merge branch 'release/v1.6' of github.com:grafana/alloy into release/…

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CHANGELOG.md

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 changes that impact end-user behavior are listed; changes to documentation or
 internal API changes are not present.
 
-v1.6.0-rc.2
+v1.6.0-rc.3
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 ### Breaking changes
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 ### Enhancements
 
+- Improved performance by reducing allocation in Prometheus write pipelines by ~30% (@thampiotr)
+
 - Update `prometheus.write.queue` to support v2 for cpu performance. (@mattdurham)
 
 - (_Experimental_) Add health reporting to `database_observability.mysql` component (@cristiangreco)