scapetta

ok @Sam-Kramer @sudiksha27 I have addressed all the comments. If everything looks good, I am happy to start working on the RC testing.

@Sam-Kramer I am happy to. I didnt see anything about it in the contribution section and am not sure how to do it. -I know how to make an RC-...

tested new version on catalog, all spans exist except the intentionally removed ones.