Release-candidate v0.55.0-rc.1

[jansegre]

This is a tentative release candidate. We might create a new release candidate soon with more changes from master.

Changes

• refactor: move ValidationState to its own file #635
• feat(feature-activation): implement signal_bits field in txs #623
• feat(events): add event simulator scenarios and tests #609
• feat(feature-activation): implement feature service #639
• chore: remove --x-fast-init-beta CLI option #643
• refactor: Add common Hathor types #642
• tests: Skip flaky event tests #646
• fix(simulator): Patch BaseTransaction.resolve() to prevent updating timestamp #641
• refactor: improve manager building on simulator #653
• chore: improve progress function #651
• refactor: migrate all type annotations to PEP 585 #654
• chore(events): move event queue option to unsafe args #656
• Release v0.54.0 #659
• fix: send tips rate limit disconnect #650
• refactor(builder): Build IndexesManager on builders #640
• chore: bump version to v0.55.0 #661
• feat(feature-activation): bit count optimization #633
• refactor(init): Remove duplicate code and simplify full verification method #662
• fix(storage): incorrect validation store when using cache storage #663
• feat(feature-activation): implement get endpoint #634
• refactor: use None by default for height metadata #665
• fix: settings initialization #666
• refactor: implement typed RunNodeArgs #636
• refactor: Change HathorManager.on_new_tx() to accept only fully validated transactions #664
• refactor(sync): move sync-v1 files to a separate module #667
• fix(tests): remove undeeded broken tests #668
• tests: Do not update time by default on BaseTransaction.resolve() #669
• fix(events): fix bugs in the event stream and improve tests #647
• tests(events): migrate flaky event simulation tests to new format #649
• feat(feature-activation): implement block ancestor optimization #644
• chore: p2p rate limit call later max limit #657
• fix(metadata): actually use None for unset height #671
• feat(traversal): add BFS order traversal #672
• feat(feature-activation): implement caching mechanism #645
• tests(feature-activation): implement reorg test #660
• refactor(events): improve events during the load phase #652
• docs: add PR templates for the new release process #674
• chore: update checkpoints #687
• chore: deprecate set output #689
• feat(feature-activation): new MUST_SIGNAL and LOCKED_IN states #675
• chore: update mypy, mypy-zope, and pydantic #691
• tests: implement new PubSub tests #696
• fix: consensus-fail-id marker should not be treated as a tx-id #695
• chore: add peer connecting event #693

Checklist

• I've read and followed the release candidate process described in https://github.com/HathorNetwork/ops-tools/blob/master/docs/release-guides/hathor-core.md#release-candidate
• I confirm this release candidate only includes production-ready changes

[codecov]

Codecov Report

Merging #700 (67e0848) into release-candidate (664b4ab) will increase coverage by 0.18%.
The diff coverage is 93.11%.

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  Lines                  20126    20450     +324     
  Branches                2743     2760      +17     
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+ Hits                   16896    17206     +310     
- Misses                  2635     2672      +37     
+ Partials                 595      572      -23     

Impacted Files	Coverage Δ
hathor/conf/mainnet.py	100.00% <ø> (ø)
hathor/event/model/base_event.py	100.00% <ø> (ø)
hathor/event/websocket/factory.py	92.85% <ø> (ø)
hathor/wallet/resources/lock.py	100.00% <ø> (ø)
hathor/conf/settings.py	97.05% <50.00%> (ø)
hathor/consensus/consensus.py	97.84% <50.00%> (-2.16%)	⬇️
hathor/merged_mining/bitcoin_rpc.py	32.05% <50.00%> (ø)
hathor/util.py	81.30% <65.00%> (-3.25%)	⬇️
hathor/builder/cli_builder.py	73.95% <70.88%> (+3.21%)	⬆️
hathor/mining/ws.py	35.21% <71.42%> (ø)
... and 130 more

... and 3 files with indirect coverage changes