chore: release v0.42.0

[xdustinface]

Prepare the v0.42.0 release.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Documentation

  • Added release notes for version 0.42.0 with highlights, features added, changes, and resolved issues.

• Chores

  • Updated test network seed data and node connectivity information.

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• CHANGELOG.md

📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

This PR adds release notes for version 0.42.0 to the changelog and refreshes auto-generated testnet network seed data with updated peer connectivity states and network metadata.

Changes

Release Documentation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
0.42.0 Release Notes CHANGELOG.md	New release section for 0.42.0 (2026-05-15) added with Highlights and detailed lists of Added, Changed, Fixed, and Removed items.

Testnet Network Seeds

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Testnet seed data refresh dash-network-seeds/seeds/testnet.txt	Auto-generated header updated with new timestamp and peer statistics; seed node connectivity outcomes refreshed for multiple masternode addresses (evo and regular ranges), reflecting changed probe states such as timeouts, no-handshakes, and errors.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 1 (Trivial) | ⏱️ ~3 minutes

Poem

🐰 Release notes hop and skip,
Seeds refresh with each network trip,
Version forty-two takes flight,
Connectivity shifts left and right,
A changelog and data so neat! 🌱

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title 'chore: release v0.42.0' directly and clearly describes the main purpose of the pull request—preparing a release for version 0.42.0, which is confirmed by the CHANGELOG additions and seed file updates.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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✨ Finishing Touches

🧪 Generate unit tests (beta)

• Create PR with unit tests
• Commit unit tests in branch chore/release-v0.42.0

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[codecov]

Codecov Report

✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 72.69%. Comparing base (dd0d0d5) to head (d0da235).
⚠️ Report is 1 commits behind head on v0.42-dev.

Additional details and impacted files

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