Release: 1.2.9

This release includes a security fix for the latest Log4J CVE. We recommend you update to this version, 1.3.0, or higher.

Merged Pull Requests

[Backport stable/1.2] deps(maven): bump version.log4j from 2.17.0 to 2.17.1 (#8496)
[Backport stable/1.2] test(raft): remove unnecessary test (#8489)
[Backport stable/1.2] Fix junit report pattern (#8488)
[Snyk] Fix for 1 vulnerabilities (#8482)
test(raft): remove unnecessary test (#8479)
[Backport stable/1.2] Add recreate benchmark script (#8477)
Add recreate benchmark script (#8473)
Fix aggregation of flaky test results in Jenkins (#8472)
Release 1.2.8 (#8471)
[Backport 1.2]: Use correct elastic version (#8465)
Validate benchmark name in createBenchmark.sh script (#8455)
Use correct elastic version (#8446)