Release v0.55.0

[jansegre]

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
• refactor: Prepare for sync-v2 #697
• refactor: do not use built-in random and add proper linter check #698
• refactor: remove deprecated typing uses and add custom linter script #699
• chore(extras): script to generate list of PRs that master is ahead of rc #701
• fix(event-queue): fix event simulator scenario parsing #706
• feat(feature-activation): fix criteria validation #708
• feat(feature-activation): implement bit signaling service #702
• feat(feature-activation): block features endpoint #690
• chore: update default Python version to 3.10 #712
• chore: update autobahn package #713
• feat(sync-v2): sync-v2 implemented, sync-v1 still default #275
• fix(test): regression after sync-v2 command was removed #730
• refactor(p2p): rename sync *manager* to sync *agent* #729
• refactor(sync-v2): improve deferreds handling #732
• feat(indexes): add get_n_height_tips method to height index #734
• feat(p2p): add setting to enable/disable peer whitelist for sync-v2 #735
• feat: add get-best-blockchain capability #686

Release-candidates

• Release-candidate v0.55.0-rc.1 #700
• Release-candidate v0.55.0-rc.2 #723

Checklist

• I've read and followed the release process described in https://github.com/HathorNetwork/ops-tools/blob/master/docs/release-guides/hathor-core.md#stable-release
• The QA process was run successfully during the tests of the corresponding release-candidate(s)

[codecov]

Codecov Report

Merging #740 (e1aefa8) into release (449666c) will increase coverage by 0.71%.
The diff coverage is 89.14%.

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Files Changed	Coverage Δ
hathor/conf/mainnet.py	100.00% <ø> (ø)
hathor/event/model/base_event.py	100.00% <ø> (ø)
hathor/wallet/resources/lock.py	100.00% <ø> (ø)
hathor/p2p/states/peer_id.py	71.11% <20.00%> (-2.46%)	⬇️
hathor/merged_mining/bitcoin_rpc.py	32.05% <50.00%> (ø)
hathor/p2p/states/utils.py	62.50% <62.50%> (ø)
hathor/util.py	81.30% <65.00%> (-2.64%)	⬇️
hathor/builder/cli_builder.py	73.95% <70.88%> (+3.21%)	⬆️
hathor/mining/ws.py	35.21% <71.42%> (ø)
hathor/merged_mining/coordinator.py	34.20% <75.00%> (-8.66%)	⬇️
... and 149 more

... and 4 files with indirect coverage changes

The base branch was changed.

[jansegre]

Closed because it should be release-candidate -> release.