chore: prepare release 1.12.0

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Important

Merging this PR will create a new release.

Features

• Ctrl + K search menu is now context aware and lists the current space's rooms at the top. (#499 by @7w1)
• Add knocking support when attempting to join a room from the directory, an address, a room mention, or space hierarchy, as well as text command support for knocking. Also improves rendering for knock notifications in rooms. (#470 by @polyjitter)
• Add Android/iOS PWA-specific icon variants. (#473 by @Septicity)
• Add support for youtube embeds. (#497 by @thundertheidiot)
• Add sidebar three dot menu for quick access to related settings (#474 by @wolterkam)
• Replies that mention the OP are now indicated by the OP username being prefixed with @ (#465 by @mini-bomba)
• Made pin events show a tally of the messages that are pinned. (#462 by @nushea)

Improve multiline composer and voice recording (#476 by @hazre)

• Add a multiline composer layout for longer drafts.
• Keep the voice recorder between composer actions in multiline mode.
• Show the recorder inside the composer on mobile while recording.
• Prevent the composer from expanding when recording starts.
• Make the recorder footer and waveform fit better across screen sizes.
• Let interrupted mobile recording gestures still stop correctly.
• Stabilize wrap detection around edge cases like narrow widths and trailing spaces.

Fixes

• Added error messages provided by homeserver to unknown login errors. (#496 by @7w1)
• Ensure new updates always reload the page properly. (#502 by @7w1)
• Removed the blocked users moved notice from notifications setting page. (#490 by @7w1)
• Fix recieved encrypted message per-message profiles not triggering rerenders. (#464 by @7w1)
• Add .m4a files as a recognized audio type. (#472 by @henk717)
• Fix messages disappearing from rooms after reconnects and timeline resets. (#478 by @hazre)
• Fix Camera being enabled by default even when the client has it off pre joining in browsers that permit the video (Electron/Tauri as examples). (#485 by @Rawrington)
• Fix cinny-dark-theme link colors being too dark (#469 by @Elec3137)
• Fix "Default" menu item height in room notification switcher. (#466 by @polyjitter)
• fix the issue of empty displaynames of a persona, causing an empty fallback message, it will now ommit the fallback, if the name is empty or only consists of whitespace (#495 by @dozro)
• Fixed an Android issue where recording a voice message with headphones could leave audio stuck in low-quality mode until the app was restarted. (#476 by @hazre)
• Fixed voice message scrubbing/seeking on Firefox by switching the recorder from WebM (no seek index) to Ogg/Opus. (#476 by @hazre)
• fixes touchpad zooming behaviour (#481 by @integralfunction)
• Fixes width mismatch for the call chat view. (#460 by @polyjitter)
• Fix messages sent from sable showing wrong on other client(s) (#468 by @nushea)

Documentation

• Updated PR template and CONTRIBUTING.md to add AI disclosure requirement. (#456 by @Rosy-iso)

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