Enhancements

• IBFT: Ensure that Committed Seal is not zero value #1118
• [Upgrade] Go-Ethereum release v1.9.25 #1223
• Standalone node MPS DB Upgrade #1240
• replace crypto secp256k1 #1260
• Send transactions to all peers instead of a sub-set #1261
• Contract extension with mandatory recipients #1252
• Support mandatory recipients #1243
• Protect ProposerPolicy Registry using Mutex #1242
• Prefetch next block to warm up Private State #1238

Fixes

• Upstream merge fixes #1273
• Receipt unit test was not checking QuorumReceiptExtraData in PSReceipt #1266
• Fix private receipt of privacy marker transaction #1253
• fix: upgradebot: git configured so git merge works #1250
• fix: flacky unit test #1248
• fix: null pointer when error occurs #1239

Other

• Unit test for deadlock detection when testQBFTBlock is set to 1 #1272
• typo: change whitelist to autorization list #1257
• feat: add build sentinel job in the build workflow #1256
• Document setRawTransactionPrivateFrom with unit tests #1245
• Refactorisation: use a global Quorum Chain Config to avoid mutability #1228

Binaries