Release v0.26.0

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Version v0.26.0

Fixed

Breaking

• #1868: Include the event_inbox_root in the header hash. Changed types of the transactions_count to u16 and message_receipt_count to u32 instead of u64. Updated the application hash root calculation to not pad numbers.
• #1866: Fixed a runtime panic that occurred when restarting a node. The panic happens when the relayer database is already populated, and the relayer attempts an empty commit during start up. This invalid commit is removed in this PR.
• #1871: Fixed block endpoint to return fetch the blocks from both databases after regenesis.
• #1856: Replaced instances of Union with Enum for GraphQL definitions of ConsensusParametersVersion and related types. This is needed because Union does not support multiple Versions inside discriminants or empty variants.
• #1870: Fixed benchmarks for the 0.25.3.
• #1870: Improves the performance of getting the size of the contract from the InMemoryTransaction.
• #1851: Provided migration capabilities (enabled addition of new column families) to RocksDB instance.

Added

• #1853: Added a test case to verify the database's behavior when new columns are added to the RocksDB database.
• #1860: Regenesis now preserves FuelBlockIdsToHeights off-chain table.

Changed

• #1847: Simplify the validation interface to use Block. Remove Validation variant of ExecutionKind.
• #1832: Snapshot generation can be cancelled. Progress is also reported.
• #1837: Refactor the executor and separate validation from the other use cases

What's Changed

• Weekly cargo update by @github-actions in Weekly cargo update #1850
• Refactor/separate validation from other executions by @MitchTurner in Refactor/separate validation from other executions #1837
• fix: Use Enum for ConsensusParametersVersion and related types by @bvrooman in fix: Use Enum for ConsensusParametersVersion and related types #1856
• feat: snapshot generation graceful shutdown by @segfault-magnet in feat: snapshot generation graceful shutdown #1832
• regenesis: migrate FuelBlockIdsToHeights by @Dentosal in regenesis: migrate FuelBlockIdsToHeights #1860
• Weekly cargo update by @github-actions in Weekly cargo update #1869
• Refactor/Simplify validation logic by @MitchTurner in Refactor/Simplify validation logic #1847
• Fixed block endpoint to return fetch the blocks from both databases after regenesis by @xgreenx in Fixed block endpoint to return fetch the blocks from both databases after regenesis #1871
• Add Eq and Partial Eq to tx response and status by @MujkicA in Add Eq and Partial Eq to tx response and status #1872
• test: restart with relayer data by @bvrooman in test: restart with relayer data #1866
• Fix BlockHeader hash by @MitchTurner in Fix BlockHeader hash  #1868
• Added a test for the case of adding new columns into the existing RocksDB database by @xgreenx in Added a test for the case of adding new columns into the existing RocksDB database #1853
• Fixed benchmarks for the 0.25.3 by @xgreenx in Fixed benchmarks for the 0.25.3 #1870

Full Changelog: v0.25.3...v0.26.0

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We will use 0.26.0 as a starting binary for the testnet, so we don't need to increase the version.