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Author: ShahanaFarooqui

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CHANGELOG.md

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 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
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+## [25.09.3] - 2025-11-06: "Hot Wallet Guardian IV"
+
+### Fixed
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+ - Docker image was missing SQLite library
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+[#8667]: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/8667
+[25.09.3]: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/releases/tag/v25.09.3
+
+## [25.09.2] - 2025-11-04: "Hot Wallet Guardian III"
+
+`Bookkeeper` and `xpay` users: please upgrade!
+This point release includes fixes for `xpay`, `bookkeeper` and optimizations for large nodes using `bookkeeper`. 
+
+### Changed
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+ - plugins: the sql plugin now keeps an index on `channelmoves` by `payment_hash`. ([#8618])
+ - plugins: `bookkeeper` reduced logging for large imports to increase speed. ([#8657])
+ - plugins: `sql` initial load for tables is much faster (e.g 82 to 17 seconds for very large channelmoves table). ([#8657])
+
+### Fixed
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+ - Core lightning builds for Ubuntu Focal, Jammy and Noble are deterministic again. ([#8547])
+ - Reproducible build for Ubuntu noble by updating sqlite3 version and shasums. ([#8551])
+ - plugins: bookkeeper first invocation after migration from prior to 25.09 with very large databases will not crash. ([#8618])
+ - `xpay` would sometimes leave payment parts status `pending` in failure cases (as seen in listpays or listsendpays). ([#8635])
+ - Plugins: `askrene` could enter an infinite loop when maxparts is restricted. ([#8636])
+ - plugins: `bcli` would fail with "Argument list too long" when sending a giant tx. ([#8639])
+ - JSON-RPC: Dealing with giant PSBTs (700 inputs!) is now much faster. ([#8639])
+ - plugins: assertion crash in bookkeeper when fresh records arrive while multiple queries in progress. ([#8642])
+ - Plugins: `bookkeeper` now correctly restores chain event blockheights it has derived. ([#8649])
+
+[#8529]: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/8529
+[#8547]: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/8547
+[#8551]: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/8551
+[#8607]: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/8607
+[#8618]: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/8618
+[#8635]: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/8635
+[#8636]: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/8636
+[#8639]: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/8639
+[#8642]: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/8642
+[#8649]: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/8649 
+[#8657]: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/8657
+[25.09.2]: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/releases/tag/v25.09.2
+
 ## [25.09.1] - 2025-10-15: "Hot Wallet Guardian II"
 
 Several important fixes, please upgrade!

contrib/pyln-client/pyln/client/__init__.py

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 from .gossmapstats import GossmapStats
 from .version import NodeVersion
 
-__version__ = "25.09.1"
+__version__ = "25.09.3"
 
 __all__ = [
     "LightningRpc",

contrib/pyln-client/pyproject.toml

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 [project]
 name = "pyln-client"
-version = "25.09.1"
+version = "25.09.3"
 description = "Client library and plugin library for Core Lightning"
 authors = [{ name = "Christian Decker", email = "decker.christian@gmail.com" }]
 license = { text = "BSD-MIT" }

contrib/pyln-proto/pyln/proto/__init__.py

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 from .onion import OnionPayload, TlvPayload, LegacyOnionPayload
 from .wire import LightningConnection, LightningServerSocket
 
-__version__ = "25.09.1"
+__version__ = "25.09.3"
 
 __all__ = [
     "Invoice",

contrib/pyln-proto/pyproject.toml

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 [project]
 name = "pyln-proto"
-version = "25.09.1"
+version = "25.09.3"
 description = "This package implements some of the Lightning Network protocol in pure python. It is intended for protocol testing and some minor tooling only. It is not deemed secure enough to handle any amount of real funds (you have been warned!)."
 authors = [
     {name = "Christian Decker", email = "decker.christian@gmail.com"}

contrib/pyln-testing/pyln/testing/__init__.py

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-__version__ = "25.09.1"
+__version__ = "25.09.3"
 
 __all__ = [
     "__version__",

contrib/pyln-testing/pyproject.toml

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 [project]
 name = "pyln-testing"
-version = "25.09.1"
+version = "25.09.3"
 description = "Test your Core Lightning integration, plugins or whatever you want"
 authors = [{ name = "Christian Decker", email = "decker.christian@gmail.com" }]
 license = { text = "BSD-MIT" }

tools/reckless

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 import venv
 
 
-__VERSION__ = '25.09.1'
+__VERSION__ = '25.09.3'
 
 logging.basicConfig(
     level=logging.INFO,