v2.24.12 Observation batching (mainnet cutover)

Key Changes

#4066 introduced observation batching in v2.24.10 but was purposefully not enabled at the time. In v2.24.11, the modification and the cutover logic has been successfully tested on testnet guardians.

This release contains the cutover time for mainnet. Mainnet guardians that upgrade to this version will automatically switch to batched observations at the set time: 9:00 CDT, October 29th, 2024

Related pr: #4127

What's Changed

• Node: Linea supports finalized by @bruce-riley in #4109
• whitepapers: add security considerations for GMP integrators by @evan-gray in #4110
• Node/EVM: Batch poller publish initial blocks by @bruce-riley in #4112
• clients/js: switch eth rpc by @evan-gray in #4114
• Node/CCQ/EVM: Logging changes by @bruce-riley in #4115
• Lower governor limits of chains based upon usage by @mdulin2 in #4102
• Update bug bounty reward limit in SECURITY.md by @banescusebi in #4117
• node: Governor token list update by @djb15 in #4107
• go-sdk: Add xLabs public RPC by @bruce-riley in #4124
• Doc: Create guardian.md by @bruce-riley in #4125
• Node: Set mainnet gossip cutover time by @bruce-riley in #4127
• eth: fix unbound variable errors in shell utilities by @johnsaigle in #4103
• node/hack: Print potential USD stablecoins that appear depegged by @djb15 in #4130
• docs: Clarify CCQ sol_pda support by @djb15 in #4129

New Contributors

• @banescusebi made their first contribution in #4117

Full Changelog: v2.24.11...v2.24.12