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
• 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
• Fix/4998 by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/5041
• 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
• Fix: Signers CI tests and refresh signer config behaviors by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/5054
• fix: handle empty type_args in define-trait definition by @hugocaillard in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/5053
• docs & script for running cargo mutants locally on CI limitation by @ASuciuX in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/5057
• fix: Rust 1.80 warnings by @jbencin in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/5045
• CI: fix mock miner test by @kantai in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/5063
• Fix/multi miner fixes jude by @jcnelson in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/5040
• chore: add warn logs for block validate rejections by @obycode in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/5079
• feat: Neon mock miner replay by @jbencin in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/5060
• chore: fix some comments by @shangchengbabaiban in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/5085
• Fix block proposal rejection test by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/5084
• Feat/mock signing revamp by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/5070
• Fix: Revert BurnchainHeaderHash serialization change by @jbencin in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/5094
• bugfix/boot_to_epoch_3 in SignerTest should wait for a new commit by @jferrant in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/5087
• Chore/2.5.0.0.7 changelog by @wileyj in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/5120
• remove spurious deadlock condition by @wileyj in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/5141

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
• @shangchengbabaiban made their first contribution in https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/pull/5085

Full Changelog: https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core/compare/2.5.0.0.5...2.5.0.0.7