Release 3.16.0

[Jackson Weber (JacksonWeber)]

Release 3.16.0.

Changes

• Bump version 3.15.1 -> 3.16.0 in package.json / package-lock.json and the SDK version constant.
• Update CHANGELOG.md with the 3.16.0 entry covering changes since 3.15.1:

Other Changes

• Updated @azure/monitor-opentelemetry and @opentelemetry/* dependencies to resolve dependency audit alerts.
• Replaced the legacy diagnostic-channel / diagnostic-channel-publishers console collection with OpenTelemetry console instrumentation provided by the Azure Monitor distro.
• Deprecated the legacy noDiagnosticChannel and noPatchModules options in favor of OpenTelemetry instrumentationOptions.

Behavioral Changes

• Console severity is now derived from the console method (console.error -> Error, console.warn -> Warning, and console.log / console.info -> Information).
• An explicitly configured console logSendingLevel now takes precedence over APPLICATIONINSIGHTS_INSTRUMENTATION_LOGGING_LEVEL.

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

Prepares the repository for the 3.16.0 release by updating version constants and release notes.

Changes:

• Bumped the SDK version constant in src/types.ts to 3.16.0.
• Updated package versions in package.json and package-lock.json to 3.16.0.
• Added a 3.16.0 section to CHANGELOG.md.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 3 out of 4 changed files in this pull request and generated 1 comment.

File	Description
src/types.ts	Updates the exported SDK version constant to 3.16.0.
package.json	Bumps the package version to 3.16.0.
package-lock.json	Aligns lockfile package versions to 3.16.0.
CHANGELOG.md	Adds the 3.16.0 release notes entry.

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