v1.2.5.16

What's Changed

Breaking Changes 🛠

• Update abseil and protobuf dependencies. by @fruffy in #5491
• Make P4-14 optional. by @fruffy in #5399

Changes to the Compiler Core

• Reject duplicate extern method and constructor declarations by @aeron-gh in #5670
• Fix out-of-range boost::format placeholders in diagnostics by @aeron-gh in #5690
• Helper functions for json parsing by @ChrisDodd in #5691
• Fix wrong boost::format placeholders in two midend BUG_CHECK messages by @aeron-gh in #5696
• fix: optimize rec_find_bin search by @Devansh-567 in #5692
• Make slice typeError messages consistent by @ChrisDodd in #5700
• Disallow switch of string types. by @ChrisDodd in #5701
• Fix crash on non-constant header union stack index in a parser by @aeron-gh in #5705
• Fix return-code tracking and improve exception handling by @Devansh-567 in #5702
• Infer type arguments for generic extern instances by @fruffy-xsight in #5717
• Fix cleanup method to truly run all cleanup cmds even if one fails by @jafingerhut in #5713

Changes to the P4Tools Back End

• Make it possible to build P4Testgen without the control-plane. by @fruffy in #5708

Changes to the Tofino Back End

• Fix Tofino DefUse for slices wider than 64 bits by @sanket-jadhav-cse in #5694
• Fix out-of-range boost::format placeholders in bf-p4c diagnostics by @aeron-gh in #5693
• Fix Tofino MAU bitvec overlap checks for wide ranges by @sanket-jadhav-cse in #5704
• Remove conflicting and outdated CPack licensing. by @fruffy in #5000

Other Changes

• Fix out-of-range format placeholder in p4fmt output file error by @aeron-gh in #5682
• Document generated test output files in the test guide by @aeron-gh in #5683
• refactor: extract duplicate path validation helpers in testutils by @Devansh-567 in #5688
• ci: introduce reusable setup-p4c-build composite action and migrate core workflows (#5648) by @Devansh-567 in #5669
• Install macOS brew dependencies without --ignore-dependencies by @aeron-gh in #5699
• Disallow equality comparison on type-variable values by @aeron-gh in #5695
• Update black and python versions by @jafingerhut in #5684
• Support push_front/pop_front on a header union stack by @aeron-gh in #5707
• Update Docker base image to behavioral-model latest-24 by @fruffy with @Copilot in #5599
• Update PTF dependency by @fruffy with @Copilot in #5600
• Add SPDX notices for files with copyright notice in latest version by @jafingerhut in #5633
• Fix broken documentation links by @aeron-gh in #5712
• Fix docker installation problems. by @fruffy in #5715
• Bump actions/setup-python from 6 to 7 in the actions group by @dependabot[bot] in #5714
• Add copyright and license annotation to files added by Antonin Bas by @jafingerhut in #5631
• Update BMv2 Pin for P4tools, remove header-stack-ops-bmv2.p4 from xfail by @fruffy in #5721
• Automated Release v1.2.5.16 by @github-actions[bot] in #5725

New Contributors

• @fruffy-xsight made their first contribution in #5717

Full Changelog: v1.2.5.15...v1.2.5.16