v0.97.1

Summary

In this release, we:

• Improved launchTestNode and typegen'd contract factories integration
• Fixed transferToContract and batchTransferToContracts to accept big number amounts.
• Fixed issue with fuel-core node cleanup operation failing in Bun.
• Deprecated the bech32Address type in favour of hexadecimal address format going forward.
• Upgraded fuel-core to 0.40.1
• Added a cookbook for deploying and manually upgrading by proxy contract
• Exported TypeScript recipes of Sway Programs

Features

• #3398 - Better typegen contract factory integration with launchTestNode, by @nedsalk

Fixes

• #3396 - Typegen and storage slots integration, by @nedsalk
• #3458 - transferToContract method now allows big numbers, by @petertonysmith94
• #3438 - Enable fuel-core node cleanup to work in Bun, by @petertonysmith94

Chores

• #3442 - Upgrade graphql-request@6.1.0, by @danielbate
• #3384 - Added noImplicitOverride option to config, by @YaTut1901
• #3411 - Deprecate bech32 addresses, by @maschad
• #3461 - Avoid re-estimate gasPrice at estimateTxDependencies, by @Torres-ssf
• #3423 - Bump fuel-core to 0.40.1, by @Torres-ssf
• #3439 - Recipes build clean ups, by @danielbate

Docs

• #3253 - Proxy contract cookbook, by @danielbate