173.v6a_077a_291eb_5

🐛 Bug fixes

• JENKINS-68885 - Fix class cast exception when VarMaskRegexEntry data is not bound (#60) @arthas-choi

📝 Documentation updates

• Adding contributing guide (#45) @pushker001

👻 Maintenance

• Reduce Jenkinsfile diffs to archetype (#58) @MarkEWaite
• Test with Java 21 (#56) @MarkEWaite
• Deeper spotbugs checks (#44) @pushker001
• Use release drafter from cd workflow (#39) @MarkEWaite

🚦 Tests

• Skip two assertions on Windows (#40) @MarkEWaite

📦 Dependency updates

• Bump org.jenkins-ci.plugins:plugin from 4.72 to 4.73 (#59) @dependabot
• Bump org.jenkins-ci.plugins:plugin from 4.71 to 4.72 (#57) @dependabot
• Bump git-changelist-maven-extension from 1.6 to 1.7 (#54) @dependabot
• Bump org.jenkins-ci.plugins:plugin from 4.65 to 4.71 (#55) @dependabot
• Bump plugin from 4.62 to 4.65 (#52) @dependabot
• Bump bom-2.361.x from 2062.v154408a_24d20 to 2102.v854b_fec19c92 (#51) @dependabot
• Bump bom-2.361.x from 2025.v816d28f1e04f to 2062.v154408a_24d20 (#50) @dependabot
• Bump plugin from 4.57 to 4.62 (#49) @dependabot
• Bump bom-2.361.x from 1968.vb_14a_29e76128 to 2025.v816d28f1e04f (#48) @dependabot
• Bump plugin from 4.55 to 4.57 (#47) @dependabot
• Bump bom-2.361.x from 1836.vfe602c266c05 to 1968.vb_14a_29e76128 (#46) @dependabot
• Bump git-changelist-maven-extension from 1.4 to 1.6 (#42) @dependabot
• Bump bom-2.361.x from 1798.vc671fe94856f to 1836.vfe602c266c05 (#43) @dependabot
• Bump plugin from 4.54 to 4.55 (#41) @dependabot