What's Changed

• Consider nonce when checking for existing vote transactions in stacke… by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4621
• Do not attempt to treat miner as a coordinator when updating DKG by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4591
• Reward cycle length was being incorrectly stored as reward phase length by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4629
• Bugfix: verify block transactions only when the upcoming signers appr… by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4640
• Feat/stacks signer fee estimate by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4583
• fix: dont warn about aggregate key in 2.5 by @hstove in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4626
• remove portable flag by @wileyj in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4646
• feat: add startup logging with config to signer by @hstove in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4678
• Chore/next to develop by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4666
• Hex Encode signer CLI outputs from StackerDB chunks by @8marz8 in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4661
• Debug/dkg results by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4660
• feat: Signer using StackerDB for persisting DKG shares by @netrome in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4659
• Integrated/Scenario Tests In Rust by @setzeus in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4586
• Downgrade transaction warnings by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4697
• chore: properly handle context rollback for eval readonly by @bestmike007 in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4699
• feat: Add nakamoto_attempt_time_ms to control Nakamoto miner by @jbencin in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4696
• fix: Use finite set of strings for HTTP metrics by @jbencin in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4681
• [pox-4] Pool Stacking stateful property-based tests by @moodmosaic in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4550
• feat: limit length of chunks when signer reads from stackerdb by @hstove in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4656
• feat: start of ability for miner to keep track of active signers bitvec by @hstove in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4627
• Do not use canonical tip when getting parent info as a fork may have happened by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4674
• Remove redundant block proposal message and fix tests by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4695
• Merge master into release/2.5.0.0.0 by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4715
• Release PR: 2.5.0.0.0 by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4668
• Feat/signers read stackerdb by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4658
• Merge master to develop by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4723
• fix: add signer-key to synthetic stack-aggregation-increase event by @hstove in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4728
• Solo Stacking stateful property-based tests by @BowTiedRadone in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4725
• Changelog by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4739
• PoX-4 unit testing by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4698
• fix: handle a race condition between the signer and the /v2/pox endpoint by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4738
• Feat/mock mining hot swap by @ASuciuX in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4743
• Fix/4735 by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4749
• feat: signer monitoring server by @hstove in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4719
• Fix/4734 by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4750
• Feat/Bitcoin MEV by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4733
• Fix/4721 by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4748
• [CI] 4746 - Avoid extraneous CI runs (develop) by @wileyj in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4765
• Implement this error for MonitoringError and fix clippy warnings by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4773
• Remove dead CLI commands including Sign, DKG, and generate Files comm… by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4772
• Fix/4752 by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4754
• feat: Preserve PeerNetwork during Epoch 3.0 transition by @jbencin in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4767
• Pull current stacks signer out into v1 implementation and create placeholder v0 mod by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4778
• Chore/block signature message type by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4787
• Add CODEOWNERS by @wileyj in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4544
• Fix/4732 by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4759
• CI: Update Used Actions' Versions by @BowTiedDevOps in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4792
• Signer message for reward set not determined or not registered signer by @ASuciuX in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4797
• Add/update block height keywords in Clarity by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4745
• feat: add a next_initiative_delay config by @hugocaillard in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4795
• Feat: Signature order-independence fix for multisig tx by @fess-v in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3710
• Make rusqlite optional by @hugocaillard in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4791
• Adding 2.5.0.0.4 to the changelog by @wileyj in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4806
• Fix/signer slot count by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4845
• Revert "Fix/signer slot count" by @wileyj in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4853
• Fix/signer-slot-count by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4868
• Fix: never consider Stacks chain tips that are not on the canonical burn chain #4886 by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4893
• Fix: signer slots count in staging by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4891
• Performance improvements in Clarity analysis by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4908
• Add PR's to the changelog for 2.5.0.0.4 by @wileyj in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4909

New Contributors

• @fess-v made their first contribution in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/3710

Full Changelog: https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/compare/2.5.0.0.3...2.5.0.0.4