v2.79.0

What's Changed

• chore(tck): remove Lombok by converting JSON-RPC params to records by @Ndacyayisenga-droid in #2962
• chore(deps): bump ch.qos.logback:logback-core from 1.6.3 to 1.6.4 in /hiero-dependency-versions by @dependabot[bot] in #2971
• chore(deps): bump org.slf4j:slf4j-api from 2.0.19 to 2.0.20 in /hiero-dependency-versions by @dependabot[bot] in #2969
• chore(deps): bump com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core from 2.22.2 to 2.22.3 in /hiero-dependency-versions by @dependabot[bot] in #2970
• chore(deps): bump mockito from 5.23.0 to 5.24.0 in /hiero-dependency-versions by @dependabot[bot] in #2968
• refactor: getSignatures by @mustafauzunn in #2974
• refactor: file append by @mustafauzunn in #2981
• chore(deps): bump hiero-ledger/hiero-solo-action from 0.24.0 to 0.25.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #2982
• chore(deps): bump gradle/actions/setup-gradle from 6.3.0 to 6.4.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #2977
• chore(deps): bump gradle/actions/wrapper-validation from 6.3.0 to 6.4.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #2976
• feat(tck): add ping, mirror balance and AccountBalanceQuery deprecation methods by @ddeskov-limechain in #2963
• chore(deps): bump org.apache.commons:commons-lang3 from 3.20.0 to 3.21.0 in /hiero-dependency-versions by @dependabot[bot] in #2985
• chore(deps): bump com.google.guava:guava from 33.7.1-android to 33.7.2-android in /hiero-dependency-versions by @dependabot[bot] in #2984
• chore(deps): bump ch.qos.logback:logback-core from 1.6.4 to 1.6.5 in /hiero-dependency-versions by @dependabot[bot] in #2983
• chore: replace JSR-305 with JSpecify for nullability by @Ndacyayisenga-droid in #2938
• chore(deps): bump step-security/harden-runner from 2.21.1 to 2.22.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #2987
• docs: fix Discord links in contributing guide by @ThatsMeGIT in #2986
• chore(deps): bump step-security/harden-runner from 2.22.0 to 2.22.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #2990
• chore(deps): bump actions/setup-node from 7.0.0 to 7.1.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #2991
• chore(deps): bump grpc from 1.84.0 to 1.84.2 in /hiero-dependency-versions by @dependabot[bot] in #2992
• chore(deps): bump io.netty:netty-bom from 4.2.18.Final to 4.2.19.Final in /hiero-dependency-versions by @dependabot[bot] in #2993
• refactor: Transaction handling by @mustafauzunn in #2996
• chore: release 2.79.0 by @mustafauzunn in #2998

New Contributors

• @ThatsMeGIT made their first contribution in #2986

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