Release/1238.0.0

[jpuri]

Explanation

Release @metamask/transaction-controller.

References

https://consensyssoftware.atlassian.net/browse/CONF-1725

Checklist

• I've updated the test suite for new or updated code as appropriate
• I've updated documentation (JSDoc, Markdown, etc.) for new or updated code as appropriate
• I've communicated my changes to consumers by updating changelogs for packages I've changed
• I've introduced breaking changes in this PR and have prepared draft pull requests for clients and consumer packages to resolve them

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Note

Medium Risk
The release propagates a transaction-controller fix in gas preflight and external-sign handling, which affects signing and fee flows across many packages even though the diff is mostly version bumps.

Overview
This release cuts @metamask/transaction-controller 69.8.1 and rolls it through the monorepo as 1238.0.0.

The patch fixes gas fee token preflight: pending gas estimates are no longer treated as zero-cost native gas, and isExternalSign is cleared when preflight validation fails (#10071). Dependent packages (assets, bridge, wallet, phishing, smart transactions, and others) only bump their @metamask/transaction-controller range to ^69.8.1 and record the bump in their changelogs; yarn.lock is updated accordingly. There is no new application logic outside transaction-controller in this diff.

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[metamask-ci]

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[cryptodev-2s]

Fixes are considered as patches would you mind changing this ?

Suggested change

	## [69.9.0]
	## [69.8.1]

[jpuri]

Done — @metamask/transaction-controller is now 69.8.1 (patch), and dependent ranges/changelogs are aligned to ^69.8.1.