0.0.9-rc7

What's Changed

Protocol Breaking Changes 🚨

• refactor: wsts-related cleanup by @cylewitruk in #1287
• feat: consensus on successful DKG prior to rotate-keys submission by @cylewitruk in #1285
• feat: DKG verification pre-key-rotation by @cylewitruk in #1301

Local Breaking Changes ⚠️

• add sleep after new block to the request_decider by @Jiloc in #1246

Other Changes

• refactor: ci/test improvements by @cylewitruk in #1238
• chore: bump rust version to 1.84.0 by @djordon in #1213
• feat: Re-enable cargo-vet by @fabergat in #1250
• refactor: libp2p testing and minor improvements by @cylewitruk in #1242
• feat: signer /info api endpoint by @cylewitruk in #1251
• chore: remove outdated todos by @matteojug in #1273
• chore: fix some typos by @matteojug in #1276
• chore: dependency cleanup pre-cargo-vet by @cylewitruk in #1271
• feat: Emily CDK deploy requires confirmation for every change by @fabergat in #1281
• chore: regenerate protos after tonic/prost upgrade by @cylewitruk in #1283
• chore: update dockerfiles for rc6 by @cylewitruk in #1269
• fix: use the same sorting key for in memory impl of stacks chain tip by @matteojug in #1282
• [feat]: enable integer overflow protection on release builds by @MCJOHN974 in #1280
• fix: missing signers' votes by @Jiloc in #1243
• feat: Add binaries / Docker images to GitHub releases by @fabergat in #1259
• feat: reject coordinator wsts messages from non canonical tips by @matteojug in #1284
• fix: don't vote on deposit requests in case of blocklist client errors by @matteojug in #1270
• Add RELEASE.md by @aldur in #1297
• feat: cache key-rotation data block observer by @djordon in #1298
• refactor: pass around block refs by @djordon in #1221
• feat: Move the docker build action to a protected environment by @fabergat in #1302
• feat: add DKG verification window by @matteojug in #1317
• feat: do not use DKG shares that have failed verification by @djordon in #1318
• feat: add missing rules for dkg verification by @matteojug in #1322
• [chore] logging startup erros by @MCJOHN974 in #1311
• chore: log latest dkg status by @matteojug in #1335
• feat: print signer version and pubkey on startup by @MCJOHN974 in #1279
• feat: state machine for out-of-order message handling during dkg verification by @cylewitruk in #1324

Full Changelog: 0.0.9-rc6...0.0.9-rc7