v1.18.0

What's Changed

• tests: make the Docker integration suite build and boot again by @TeoSlayer in #506
• pilotctl: send-message asks for the daemon's info once by @TeoSlayer in #511
• daemon: info and trusted replies fit one IPC message by @TeoSlayer in #512
• daemon: blackholed peers stay on the relay; the next packet no longer overwrites a cached peer key by @TeoSlayer in #505
• daemon: a send error no longer strands the end of a write; no RTT sample from a resent segment's ACK by @TeoSlayer in #518
• daemon: much less CPU under send bursts by @TeoSlayer in #510
• daemon: address watcher follow-ups — own retry backoff, Stop not held by a redial, no duplicate heartbeat recovery by @TeoSlayer in #519
• pilotctl: --reuse-conn after a retry, message_id on failure, dgram codes, bench fails on a partial echo by @TeoSlayer in #520
• deps: daily bump 2026-10-08 by @pilot-release-bot[bot] in #522
• daemon: a FIN waits for the data sent before it by @TeoSlayer in #521
• deps: daily bump 2026-10-08 by @pilot-release-bot[bot] in #523
• daemon: forget peers nobody uses, so agents stop growing until they run out of memory by @TeoSlayer in #525

Full Changelog: v1.17.0...v1.18.0