v2.5.0

What's Changed

• Update version by @onf-bot in #1147
• Improve pre-commit checks and address issues when arise by @gab-arrobo in #1148
• Fix vulnerabilities due to indirect dependencies by @gab-arrobo in #1149
• Prevent PFCP dump overwrite fallback and tighten test file permissions by @gab-arrobo in #1151
• Bump omec-project/bess_build from 260527 to 260602 by @dependabot[bot] in #1152
• Bump golang from 1.26.3-bookworm to 1.26.4-bookworm by @dependabot[bot] in #1153
• Upgrade codebase to use Ubuntu 26.04 by @gab-arrobo in #1155
• Bump ubuntu from 24.04 to 26.04 in /ptf by @dependabot[bot] in #1136
• Bump golang from 5d2b868 to 5f68ec6 by @dependabot[bot] in #1160
• Bump alpine from 3.23 to 3.24 by @dependabot[bot] in #1159
• Bump alpine from 3.23 to 3.24 in /ptf by @dependabot[bot] in #1161
• Bump ubuntu from f3d2860 to 53958ec in /ptf by @dependabot[bot] in #1162
• Bump golang from 5f68ec6 to b305420 by @dependabot[bot] in #1165
• Bump omec-project/bess_build from 260603 to 260626 by @dependabot[bot] in #1166
• Improve build efficiency and cache reuse by @gab-arrobo in #1167
• Bump google.golang.org/grpc from 1.81.1 to 1.82.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #1168
• Add newly required parameter to scorecard analysis action by @gab-arrobo in #1172
• Bump omec-project/bess_build from 260626 to 260703 by @dependabot[bot] in #1170
• Bump ubuntu from 53958ec to b7f4819 in /ptf by @dependabot[bot] in #1171
• Bump pip from 26.1.1 to 26.1.2 by @dependabot[bot] in #1174
• Bump golang from 1.26.4-bookworm to 1.26.5-bookworm by @dependabot[bot] in #1175
• Bump omec-project/bess_build from 260703 to 260710 by @dependabot[bot] in #1176
• Update dependencies by @gab-arrobo in #1177
• Bump the actions-deps group with 16 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #1178
• Bump google.golang.org/grpc from 1.82.0 to 1.82.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #1179
• Bump the python-deps group with 16 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #1180
• Recover panics from malformed SDF/PFD IE payloads by @gab-arrobo in #1181
• Bump golang from 18aedc1 to 1ecb7ed by @dependabot[bot] in #1183
• Bump omec-project/bess_build from 260710 to 260717 by @dependabot[bot] in #1182
• Bump ubuntu from b7f4819 to 3131b4c in /ptf by @dependabot[bot] in #1184
• Bump github.com/prometheus/client_golang from 1.23.2 to 1.24.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #1185
• Remove retired GO label from README.md by @gab-arrobo in #1187
• Bump omec-project/bess_build from 260717 to 260724 by @dependabot[bot] in #1188
• Bump the actions-deps group with 16 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #1189
• Bump github.com/prometheus/client_golang from 1.24.0 to 1.24.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #1191
• Update dependencies by @gab-arrobo in #1192
• Create minor release for 3GPP R18.4.0 and optimizations by @gab-arrobo in #1193

Full Changelog: v2.4.3...v2.5.0