v0.38.0

What's Changed

⭐ New Features

• feat: Make ServerStatus aware of the earliest managed block setting by @berryware in #3165

🐛 Bug Fixes

• fix(roster-bootstrap-rsa): resolve genesis era without the blocks API by @AlfredoG87 in #3109
• docs: fix and complete metrics.md - wrong plugin names, missing metrics, alerting table bugs (#3117) by @deshmukhpranali in #3118
• ci(sync): push to branch and open PR instead of direct push to master by @deshmukhpranali in #3128
• docs(block-node): fix log format, TLS references, and config defaults in troubleshooting and configuration docs by @deshmukhpranali in #3120
• fix(health): close connections after health/status responses by @AlfredoG87 in #3167
• fix(backfill): stop re-fetching blocks evicted by the recent-tier retention policy by @AlfredoG87 in #3129

🔨 Tests

• fix(solo-e2e): give Block Node a realistic heap to prevent OOM during streaming of Oversized Wraps first Block by @AlfredoG87 in #3086

📝 Documentation

• docs: add Tier 2 and testnet hardware specs to block-node-hardware-specifications.md doc by @deshmukhpranali in #3064
• docs(operations): add Solo + NLG load testing guide for Block Node (closes #3012) by @deshmukhpranali in #3014
• docs(operations): add WRB cutover preparation guide (#2588) by @deshmukhpranali in #3008
• docs(operations): add CN-to-BN configuration guide (#3068) by @deshmukhpranali in #3073
• docs: add Helm profiles, fix config defaults, add undocumented fields by @deshmukhpranali in #3067
• docs: add subscribeBlockStream protocol reference by @deshmukhpranali in #3055
• docs: complete Block Access, Subscribe, and Backfill flow stubs in data-flow.md by @deshmukhpranali in #3063
• docs(operations): add local node Block Node integration guide (#3069) by @deshmukhpranali in #3078
• chore: Update plugin defaults and RFH docs by @Nana-EC in #3112

⬆️ Dependency Upgrades

• build(deps): bump protobufVersion from 4.35.0 to 4.35.1 in /hiero-dependency-versions by @dependabot[bot] in #3083
• build(deps): bump gradle-wrapper from 9.5.1 to 9.6.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #3084
• build(deps): bump hederaVersion from 0.75.0-rc.5 to 0.76.0-rc.1 in /hiero-dependency-versions by @dependabot[bot] in #3085
• build(deps): bump PandasWhoCode/initialize-github-job from 1.1.2 to 1.2.0. by @dependabot[bot] in #3116
• build(deps): bump actions/setup-python from 6.2.0 to 6.3.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #3092
• build(deps): bump Azure/setup-helm from 5.0.0 to 5.0.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #3091
• build(deps): bump actions/setup-java from 5.3.0 to 5.4.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #3090
• build(deps): bump hederaCryptographyVersion from 3.9.0 to 3.11.0 in /hiero-dependency-versions by @dependabot[bot] in #3136
• build(deps): bump daggerVersion from 2.59.2 to 2.60 in /hiero-dependency-versions by @dependabot[bot] in #3134
• build(deps): bump PandasWhoCode/initialize-github-job from 1.2.0 to 1.2.1. by @dependabot[bot] in #3153
• build(deps): bump docker/setup-qemu-action from 4.1.0 to 4.2.0. by @dependabot[bot] in #3152
• build(deps): bump docker/build-push-action from 7.2.0 to 7.3.0. by @dependabot[bot] in #3151
• build(deps): bump gradle-wrapper from 9.6.0 to 9.6.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #3135
• build(deps): bump grpcIoVersion from 1.82.0 to 1.82.1 in /hiero-dependency-versions by @dependabot[bot] in #3133

Full Changelog: v0.37.1...v0.38.0