What's Changed

• Use debug logging for connection issues of private IPs by @ASuciuX in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4800
• warn for not using local stacks node with the signer by @ASuciuX in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4782
• Add v0 signer process_event paths by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4788
• fix: always use compressed public keys in signer config by @hstove in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4762
• fix: Rename .cargo/config -> .cargo/config.toml to fix warning by @jbencin in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4799
• Run the v0 signer by default instead of v1 by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4819
• fix: add missing methods to generate-stacking-signature by @hstove in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4769
• docs: fix typos by @omahs in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4818
• Fix/4793 by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4817
• Fix/StackerDB Audit by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4821
• Fix/nakamoto downloader audit by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4822
• Fix typo in nakamoto tenures table by @ASuciuX in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4812
• test: Timing of Nakamoto miner block production by @jbencin in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4823
• Fix DB compatibility issue by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4841
• PoX-4 stateful property tests updates by @BowTiedRadone in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4820
• feat: gather v0 block signatures from stackerdb by @hstove in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4807
• modify nakamoto block header to use Vec<MessageSignature> by @hstove in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4781
• Fix/4826 by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4840
• Burn state handling in the Clarity VM by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4789
• Test: speedup the nakamoto_attempt_time integration test by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4875
• Feat: sortition state tracking in signer by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4801
• chore: remove repetitive words by @clonemycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4774
• Add skips and comments for certain mutants by @ASuciuX in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4790
• Chore: add backtrace to db busy handler by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4882
• Feat/nakamoto block push by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4877
• Feat: PoX punish/reward via bitvec by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4879
• stacks-inspect: add index-range option to replay-blocks by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4885
• Fix: signer slots count in develop by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4892
• Test: miner correctly sets bitvec to reward set length in naka_node now by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4894
• Feat: Garbage collect mempool in nakamoto using accept time by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4884
• Feat/tenure extend transactions by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4827
• Fix: never consider Stacks chain tips that are not on the canonical burn chain by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4886
• fix: 2 blocks dead time between 2.5 -> 3.0 transition by @jbencin in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4883
• CI: disable the signer::v1 integration tests by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4901
• feat: add timestamp to nakamoto block header by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4846
• Stateful property-tests for the error/failure paths in PoX-4 by @BowTiedRadone in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4842
• Chore: do not consider orphaned blocks during replay-block by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4906
• Expose whether the node is synced in /v2/info by @ASuciuX in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4847
• End of tenure test by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4919
• Chore/port signer v1 tests by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4903
• Test chore: v0 signature assert fixes by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4936
• feat: make miner retry when signature collection times out by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4926
• Feat: push blocks to signer set and add /v3/blocks/upload/ by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4902
• Fix: block commit pox-descendant check in nakamoto by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4927
• feat: Sortition tracking in signer binary by @jbencin in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4905
• Add vote for cli command by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4934
• Add skip header for timeout mutants - pr #4877 related by @ASuciuX in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4918
• merge release/2.5.0.0.5 to master by @wileyj in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4947
• Update time@0.3.34 to time@0.3.36 for nightly build on linux by @BowTiedRadone in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4943
• Fix/4938 by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4939
• Chore: Merge master to develop by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4946
• docs: specify allowed character set for branch names by @aldur in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4951
• [fix]replacement the abs() with unsigned_abs() by @maldiohead in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4921
• Update rusqlite version (and sqlite) by @ASuciuX in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4948
• First pass focusing on warn and info level logging. Couple debugs by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4923
• Fix/4950 signers terminate tenure early by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4952
• chore: fix some comments by @haouvw in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4958
• test: fix block reward check in check_block_info_rewards by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4928
• chore: fix comment typo by @eltociear in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4957
• MARF'ed Nakamoto chainstate by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4930
• Workflow to lock closed issues/pr/discussions by @wileyj in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4964
• Nakamoto: Allow miner to reorg in poorly timed tenures by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4956
• Chore: signerdb schema versions by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4965
• Add unblock log by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4971
• Nakamoto mempool sync by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4966
• Modify Workflow to Build Signer Releases by @BowTiedDevOps in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4968
• Update stacks-signer changelog for 2.5.0.0.5.1 by @wileyj in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/5000

New Contributors

• @clonemycode made their first contribution in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4774
• @aldur made their first contribution in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4951
• @maldiohead made their first contribution in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4921
• @haouvw made their first contribution in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4958
• @eltociear made their first contribution in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4957

Full Changelog: https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/compare/2.5.0.0.5...signer-2.5.0.0.5.1