Copy change log updates from release/v1.24.x-0.45bx (#3821)

Author: opentelemetrybot

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1502,3 +1502,23 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Remove dependency on 'backoff' library
   ([#3679](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/3679))
 
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+- Make create_gauge non-abstract method
+  ([#3817](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/3817))
+- Make `tracer.start_as_current_span()` decorator work with async functions
+  ([#3633](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/3633))
+- Fix python 3.12 deprecation warning
+  ([#3751](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/3751))
+- bump mypy to 0.982
+  ([#3776](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/3776))
+- Add support for OTEL_SDK_DISABLED environment variable
+  ([#3648](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/3648))
+- Fix ValueError message for PeriodicExportingMetricsReader
+  ([#3769](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/3769))
+- Use `BaseException` instead of `Exception` in `record_exception`
+  ([#3354](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/3354))
+- Make span.record_exception more robust
+  ([#3778](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/3778))
+- Fix license field in pyproject.toml files
+  ([#3803](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/3803))
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