CODE_COLOR: CODE_GREEN_TESTNET
RELEASE_VERSION: 2.5.0-rc.2
PROTOCOL_UPGRADE: FALSE
DATABASE_UPGRADE: FALSE
SECURITY_UPGRADE: FALSE

Protocol Changes

Nothing on top of 2.5.0-rc.1

Non-protocol Changes

• State sync: Resolve the race condition that causes the state dumper node to have a bad state snapshot and be unable to generate state parts.

Notes

Information regarding resharding and hardware requirements can be found in 2.5.0-rc.1 release notes.

Protocol upgrade voting

This release will perform 3 protocol upgrades.
Voting for protocol version 74 will start on Sunday 2025-02-16 18:00 UTC.
Voting for protocol version 75 will start on Monday 2025-02-17 18:00 UTC.
Voting for protocol version 76 will start on Tuesday 2025-02-18 18:00 UTC.