chore(release): update changelog and bump version to 4.2.0-dev.1

[shumkov]

Issue being fixed or feature implemented

Release new Dash Platform version

What was done?

• Updated changelog
• Bumped packages version

How Has This Been Tested?

None

Breaking Changes

None

Checklist:

• I have performed a self-review of my own code
• I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas
• I have added or updated relevant unit/integration/functional/e2e tests
• I have made corresponding changes to the documentation

For repository code-owners and collaborators only

• I have assigned this pull request to a milestone

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Release

  • Published the 4.2.0-dev.1 development release across the platform and related packages.
  • Updated compatible SDK, wallet, contract, networking, and verification components to their corresponding development versions.

• Documentation

  • Added comprehensive release notes covering breaking changes, new capabilities, bug fixes, performance improvements, documentation updates, and quality improvements across the ecosystem.

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📒 Files selected for processing (26)

• CHANGELOG.md
• Cargo.toml
• package.json
• packages/bench-suite/package.json
• packages/dapi-grpc/package.json
• packages/dapi/package.json
• packages/dash-spv/package.json
• packages/dashmate/package.json
• packages/dashpay-contract/package.json
• packages/document-history-contract/package.json
• packages/dpns-contract/package.json
• packages/js-dapi-client/package.json
• packages/js-dash-sdk/package.json
• packages/js-evo-sdk/package.json
• packages/js-grpc-common/package.json
• packages/keyword-search-contract/package.json
• packages/masternode-reward-shares-contract/package.json
• packages/platform-test-suite/package.json
• packages/token-history-contract/package.json
• packages/wallet-lib/package.json
• packages/wallet-utils-contract/package.json
• packages/wasm-dpp/package.json
• packages/wasm-dpp2/package.json
• packages/wasm-drive-verify/package.json
• packages/wasm-sdk/package.json
• packages/withdrawals-contract/package.json

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The workspace and package manifests were updated to development version 4.2.0-dev.1, with related package-specific version increments. CHANGELOG.md now documents protocol, wallet, SDK, CI, documentation, refactoring, maintenance, and test changes.

Changes

Release preparation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Synchronize release versions Cargo.toml, package.json, packages/*/package.json	The workspace and package manifests now use updated development-release versions, including 5.2.0-dev.1, 7.2.0-dev.1, and 11.2.0-dev.1 where applicable.
Document 4.2.0-dev.1 changes CHANGELOG.md	The changelog now lists breaking changes, features, fixes, performance improvements, documentation, CI updates, refactoring, maintenance, and tests.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Suggested reviewers: quantumexplorer

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly summarizes the changelog update and package version bump for the 4.2.0-dev.1 release.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

✨ Finishing Touches

🧪 Generate unit tests (beta)

• Create PR with unit tests
• Commit unit tests in branch release_4.2.0-dev.1

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[thepastaclaw]

✅ Final review complete — no blockers (commit 8a7b1ab)

[thepastaclaw]

Final validation — Codex/Sol only (Phase 2 disabled)

The release manifests consistently update the Rust and npm workspaces to 4.2.0-dev.1 while preserving the established major-version offsets for dash-spv, dash, and wallet-lib. The changelog covers the changes since v4.1.0, and both Yarn constraints and immutable dependency installation validation pass; no actionable defects were found.
Source: reviewer backend gpt-5.6-sol; final verifier backend gpt-5.6-sol. Orchestration only (not reviewer evidence): openclaw-agent/cliproxy/gpt-5.6-sol.

Validated zero-blocker Codex/Sol precheck evidence was promoted to final because Phase 2 (Sonnet/Opus) is temporarily disabled. This is Codex/Sol-only final validation, not Codex + Sonnet/Opus coverage.

Review provenance

• Codex reviewers: gpt-5.6-sol — general (completed)
• Verifier: gpt-5.6-sol — verifier
• Sonnet/Opus: not run (Phase 2 disabled — temporary Codex/Sol-only final)
• Secondary pass: disabled (temporary_phase2_sonnet_disable)