What's Changed

• fix: make signer's warning log more accurate by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4999
• Support existing chainstate by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4978
• refactor(signer): Add enum for version-specific data to BlockInfo by @jbencin in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4981
• fix: remove bad feature gating by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/5011
• feat: support resuming from a saved VRF key by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4996
• chore: add debug log with event dispatcher payload by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/5007
• chore: more info in signer logging events by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/5005
• test: Eliminate block between 2.5 and 3.0 by @jbencin in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/5009
• test: add bitcoin reorg test to bitcoind/stacks-node/signers integrations by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/4989
• Test: multiple miner nakamoto_integration test by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/5019
• Oneliner to set signer version at compile time with STACKS_NODE_VERSION by @wileyj in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/5016
• [signer] time out an empty sortition and mark a miner as misbehaving if an initial block proposal fails to arrive in time by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/5003
• Chore/move signer logs to info by @ASuciuX in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/5014
• fix: ensure minimum non-dust amount as change output on regtest by @janniks in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/5008
• Feat/mock signing in 2.5 by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/5020
• chore: improve signer logging by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/5025
• Test: multi-miner & multi-signer scenario by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/5023
• Bug/signer node out of sync peer info by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/5033
• Test: 2 miners with one attempting forks by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/5034
• Merge release/signer-2.5.0.0.5.1 into develop by @wileyj in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/5015
• feat: Enable mock mining in Epoch 3.0 by @jbencin in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/5029
• Timeout connections to observers by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/5042
• Update vscode extension by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/5043
• CI: fix the empty_sortitions signers test in CI by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/5050
• Fix deadlock by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/5036
• Test/4976 signer set handoff by @hstove in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/5037
• CI - Remove Unit Tests From Check by @BowTiedDevOps in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/5058
• Update signer changelog for 2.5.0.0.5.2-rc1 by @wileyj in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/5061

Full Changelog: https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/compare/signer-2.5.0.0.5.1...signer-2.5.0.0.5.2-rc1